Kyiv vs Rio de Janeiro - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kyiv	Rio de Janeiro
🚶 Cost of living one person	$850	$916
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2107	$2281
🏠 One person rent	$445	$445
🏘️ Family rent	$817	$751
🍽️ Food expenses	$252	$239
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.5	$141
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$571	$372
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	71	95
😀 Quality of life	64	62
🏙️ Population	2.95M	6.21M

The cost of living in Kyiv is 7% less expensive than in Rio de Janeiro. Cities ranked 6262nd and 5954th ($850 vs $916) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Ukraine and Brazil, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Kyiv compared to 0.4 months in Rio de Janeiro. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs Rio de Janeiro ranked 3rd in Brazil, while ranked 4484th and 4857th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyiv vs Rio de Janeiro

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	Kyiv	Rio de Janeiro
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.61	$5.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$29.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.26	$5.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$1.51	$2.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$1.22
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$515	$454
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$336	$306
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1066	$821
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$617	$535
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.3	$92.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$141
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.37	$17.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.89%	11.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2228	$1746
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1274	$1118
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$1.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$46.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.23	$7.66
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$1.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$7.07
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$3.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$7.46
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$2.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.47
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$1.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.1	$7.32
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.49	$1.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.21	$3.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$3.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$1.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$0.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.5	$24.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.57	$6.26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$61.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.55	$7.25
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.6	$46.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.6	$71.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$392	$506
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7184	$10819

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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 Rio de Janeiro

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Niteroi	$718
18 km or 11 mi	Duque de Caxias	$614
21 km or 13 mi	Sao Joao de Meriti	$622
26 km or 16 mi	Belford Roxo	$769
31 km or 19 mi	Nova Iguacu	$562
45 km or 28 mi	Petropolis	$587
60 km or 37 mi	Teresopolis	$546
70 km or 44 mi	Saquarema	$632
98 km or 61 mi	Nova Friburgo	$474
102 km or 64 mi	Volta Redonda	$522
108 km or 67 mi	Barra Mansa	$537
112 km or 70 mi	Sao Pedro da Aldeia	$589
115 km or 72 mi	Angra dos Reis	$636
121 km or 75 mi	Cabo Frio	$584
130 km or 81 mi	Juiz de Fora	$462
135 km or 84 mi	Rio das Ostras	$482
137 km or 85 mi	Resende	$572
157 km or 97 mi	Macae	$642
184 km or 115 mi	Cruzeiro	$595
196 km or 122 mi	Barbacena	$487
199 km or 123 mi	Lorena	$631
200 km or 124 mi	Ubatuba	$599
201 km or 125 mi	Uba	$563
208 km or 129 mi	Guaratingueta	$603
215 km or 134 mi	Muriae	$584
226 km or 140 mi	Sao Joao del-Rei	$505
231 km or 144 mi	Campos dos Goytacazes	$536
232 km or 144 mi	Pindamonhangaba	$588
238 km or 148 mi	Itajuba	$518
240 km or 149 mi	Caraguatatuba	$593
241 km or 150 mi	Taubate	$581
242 km or 150 mi	Vicosa	$584
245 km or 152 mi	Sao Sebastiao	$599
251 km or 156 mi	Tres Coracoes	$523
257 km or 160 mi	Conselheiro Lafaiete	$602
258 km or 160 mi	Cacapava	$605
264 km or 164 mi	Lavras	$503
275 km or 171 mi	Varginha	$449
277 km or 172 mi	Sao Jose dos Campos	$705
279 km or 173 mi	Ponte Nova	$562