Kyiv vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kyiv	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$853	$1139
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2116	$2793
🏠 One person rent	$431	$577
🏘️ Family rent	$753	$1013
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$300
🚐 Transport expenses	$70	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$446	$1316
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	73	85
😀 Quality of life	64	71
🏙️ Population	2.95M	5.65M

The cost of living in Kyiv is 25% less expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 6533rd and 4898th ($853 vs $1139) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Ukraine and Russia, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Kyiv compared to 1.2 months in Saint Petersburg. Kyiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 5360th and 3542nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyiv vs Saint Petersburg

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	Kyiv	Saint Petersburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.21	$9.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.4	$33.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.78	$6.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.55	$2.62
☕ Cappuccino	$1.58	$3.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.71	$1.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$513	$738
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$328	$429
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$940	$1362
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$583	$765
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.9	$78.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.4	$120
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.15	$8.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.89%	20.67%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2604	$4926
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1122	$3068
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$1.17
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.9	$47.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.68	$11.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.72	$0.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.01	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.77	$5.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.66	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.96
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$3.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$0.74
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.12	$1.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.57	$8.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.9	$3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.03	$1.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.1	$1.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.42	$1.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.48	$1.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.8	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.89	$6.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.1	$17.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.79	$4.25
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.6	$94.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$132
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$381	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10572	$13865

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Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$464
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$479
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$591
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$448
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$572
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$589
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$577
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$490
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$541
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$727
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$397
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$475
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$518
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$477
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$454
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$799
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$527
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$760
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$458
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$628
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$789
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$543
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$669
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$749
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$969
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$529
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$572
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$732
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$501
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$690
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$579
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$840
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$954
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$685
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$1048
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$746
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$608
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$924
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$834
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$676

Cities near Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$1081
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$1079
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1467
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$766
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1448
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$1104
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1490
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1478
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1383
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1312
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$1085
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1445
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1521
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$758
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1220
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1533
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1673
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1428
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1759
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1843
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1550
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1698
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$834
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1970
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1455
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1644
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1531
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$1974
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1419
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1594
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$1054
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1684
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1436
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1391
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1492
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1403
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1525
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1578
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$1179
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1597