Kyiv vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kyiv	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$879	$971
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2107	$2348
🏠 One person rent	$456	$502
🏘️ Family rent	$770	$876
🍽️ Food expenses	$266	$258
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.7	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$445	$1116
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	72	82
😀 Quality of life	68	71
🏙️ Population	2.95M	5.65M

The cost of living in Kyiv is 10% less expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 6330th and 5813th ($879 vs $971) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th 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 1.1 months in Saint Petersburg. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 4632nd and 3397th 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	$8.82	$7.62
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.4	$34.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.32	$5.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$2.77
☕ Cappuccino	$1.59	$2.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$1.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$541	$654
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$344	$370
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$952	$1172
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$665
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.6	$68
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.58	$7.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.87%	24.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2254	$3928
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1261	$2610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$0.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.4	$38.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.91	$9.04
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.35	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.68	$0.7
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.95	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$9.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$4.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.02	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$2.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$0.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$0.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.12	$1.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.42	$8.16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$0.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.62	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.26	$1.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$1.09
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$1.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$1.06
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$32.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.5	$5.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.9	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.66	$3.52
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.9	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$376	$402
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7835	$10534

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Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$497
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$516
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$586
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$498
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$603
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$475
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$616
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$440
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$535
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$879
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$439
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$479
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$496
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$406
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$503
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$793
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$426
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$921
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$465
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$656
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$884
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$546
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$545
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$790
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$947
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$516
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$546
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$629
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$510
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$670
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$545
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$815
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1164
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$649
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$964
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$718
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$517
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$735
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$830
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$561

Cities near Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$1083
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$1064
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1477
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1454
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$1089
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1516
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1516
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1561
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1265
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$999
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1386
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1561
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$680
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1174
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1618
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1611
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1145
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1783
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1881
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1580
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1655
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$745
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1947
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1372
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1642
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1546
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$1937
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1394
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1601
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$1041
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1737
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1444
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1383
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1503
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1500
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1524
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1570
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$1184
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1566