Kyiv vs Raleigh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kyiv	Raleigh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$850	$2388
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2107	$5530
🏠 One person rent	$445	$1484
🏘️ Family rent	$817	$2447
🍽️ Food expenses	$252	$625
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.5	$94.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$571	$4749
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	71	82
😀 Quality of life	64	88
🏙️ Population	2.95M	468K

The cost of living in Kyiv is 64% less expensive than in Raleigh. Cities ranked 6262nd and 972nd ($850 vs $2388) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 892nd in Ukraine and the United States, respectively. Check Ukraine vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Kyiv compared to 2 months in Raleigh. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs Raleigh ranked 51st in the United States, while ranked 4484th and 221st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyiv vs Raleigh

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	Kyiv	Raleigh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.61	$17.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$75.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.26	$9.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$5.88
☕ Cappuccino	$1.51	$5.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$2.31
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$515	$1468
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$336	$1216
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1066	$2614
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$617	$2029
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.3	$149
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$232
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.37	$68.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.89%	6.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2228	$6077
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1274	$2879
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$2.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$58.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.23	$14.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$3.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$3.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$3.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$13.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$16.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$6.48
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$7.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$6.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$3.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$2.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$1.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$2.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.1	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$2.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.49	$7.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.21	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$3.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$2.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.5	$39.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.57	$14.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$158
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.55	$24.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.6	$52
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.6	$93.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$392	$1481
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7184	$21914

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Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$454
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$433
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$549
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$455
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$562
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$440
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$513
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$444
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$483
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$863
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$394
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$490
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$486
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$438
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$486
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$876
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$435
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$829
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$462
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$605
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$780
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$510
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$474
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$718
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$892
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$400
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$517
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$513
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$506
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$502
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$533
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$727
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1062
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$490
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$840
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$552
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$517
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$727
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$709
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$570

Cities near Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2281
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2616
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1836
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2229
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2335
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2315
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2290
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2140
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2309
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2169
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$2184
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2073
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$2052
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1733
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2144
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2100
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2091
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1764
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$2011
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2117
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2076
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2014
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$1934
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2058
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2169
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$2100
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2136
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$2098
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$1952
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1819
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2117
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2136
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$1752
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$2147
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$1976
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2144
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2332
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2182
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2269
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1682