Kyiv vs Sacramento - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kyiv	Sacramento
🚶 Cost of living one person	$850	$2813
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2107	$6464
🏠 One person rent	$445	$1786
🏘️ Family rent	$817	$2984
🍽️ Food expenses	$252	$700
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.5	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$571	$4579
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	71	54
😀 Quality of life	64	86
🏙️ Population	2.95M	525K

The cost of living in Kyiv is 70% less expensive than in Sacramento. Cities ranked 6262nd and 313th ($850 vs $2813) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 277th 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 1.6 months in Sacramento. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs Sacramento ranked 81st in the United States, while ranked 4484th and 308th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyiv vs Sacramento

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	Kyiv	Sacramento
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.61	$19.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$74.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.26	$11.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$7.64
☕ Cappuccino	$1.51	$5.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$515	$1822
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$336	$1446
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1066	$3005
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$617	$2512
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.3	$193
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$301
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.37	$71.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.89%	6.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2228	$4209
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1274	$3946
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$2.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$101
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.23	$20.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$3.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$4.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$5.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$14.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$4.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$4.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$6.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$2.92
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$3.34
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$1.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$3.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.1	$17.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$2.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.49	$12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.21	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$6.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$2.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.5	$49.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.57	$15.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$134
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.55	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.6	$54.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.6	$95.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$392	$1530
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7184	$29998

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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 Sacramento

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.6 km or 2.9 mi	West Sacramento	$2652
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Parkway-South Sacramento	$2692
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Arden-Arcade	$2680
16 km or 9.9 mi	Rancho Cordova	$2708
18 km or 11 mi	Elk Grove	$2765
21 km or 13 mi	Citrus Heights	$2744
22 km or 14 mi	Davis	$2848
26 km or 16 mi	Roseville	$2832
27 km or 17 mi	Woodland	$2816
30 km or 19 mi	Folsom	$2684
33 km or 20 mi	Rocklin	$2560
33 km or 20 mi	Dixon	$2869
38 km or 24 mi	Lincoln	$2612
38 km or 24 mi	Galt	$2762
49 km or 30 mi	Vacaville	$3102
53 km or 33 mi	Lodi	$2624
59 km or 37 mi	Suisun	$3212
61 km or 38 mi	Fairfield	$3551
62 km or 39 mi	Placerville	$2732
63 km or 39 mi	Yuba	$2188
67 km or 42 mi	Oakley	$2977
69 km or 43 mi	Stockton	$2170
69 km or 43 mi	Antioch	$3193
70 km or 44 mi	Pittsburg	$2938
74 km or 46 mi	Brentwood	$3015
77 km or 48 mi	Napa	$3453
82 km or 51 mi	Benicia	$2767
82 km or 51 mi	Concord	$2778
84 km or 52 mi	Martinez	$2780
85 km or 53 mi	Vallejo	$2412
85 km or 53 mi	Pleasant Hill	$2816
86 km or 53 mi	Lathrop	$2646
89 km or 55 mi	Manteca	$2622
90 km or 56 mi	Walnut Creek	$2932
91 km or 56 mi	Sonoma	$3048
93 km or 58 mi	Tracy	$2135
94 km or 58 mi	Hercules	$2840
94 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2888
95 km or 59 mi	Danville	$3785
98 km or 61 mi	San Ramon	$3045