Kyiv vs San Antonio - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kyiv	San Antonio
🚶 Cost of living one person	$850	$2033
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2107	$4826
🏠 One person rent	$445	$1209
🏘️ Family rent	$817	$2134
🍽️ Food expenses	$252	$555
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.5	$129
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$571	$4114
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	71	81
😀 Quality of life	64	91
🏙️ Population	2.95M	1.43M

The cost of living in Kyiv is 58% less expensive than in San Antonio. Cities ranked 6262nd and 1745th ($850 vs $2033) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1531st 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 San Antonio. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs San Antonio ranked 20th in the United States, while ranked 4484th and 117th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyiv vs San Antonio

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	Kyiv	San Antonio
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.61	$16.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$64.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.26	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$6.38
☕ Cappuccino	$1.51	$5.3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$2.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$515	$1268
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$336	$939
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1066	$2285
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$617	$1757
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.3	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$197
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.37	$73.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.89%	6.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2228	$4263
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1274	$2070
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$1.58
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$38
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.23	$17.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$2.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$3.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$3.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$14.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$3.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$4.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$3.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.88
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$2.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$1.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$2.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.1	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$2.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.49	$8.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.21	$6.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$5.53
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$3.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$1.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.5	$46.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.57	$13.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$89.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.55	$17.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.6	$47.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.6	$92.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$392	$1134
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7184	$16552

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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 San Antonio

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Schertz	$2132
30 km or 18 mi	Cibolo	$2148
48 km or 30 mi	New Braunfels	$2182
54 km or 33 mi	Seguin	$2182
74 km or 46 mi	San Marcos	$2224
87 km or 54 mi	Kyle	$2223
93 km or 58 mi	Kerrville	$2152
122 km or 76 mi	Austin	$2455
136 km or 85 mi	Cedar Park	$2244
140 km or 87 mi	Leander	$2260
141 km or 88 mi	Pflugerville	$2218
145 km or 90 mi	Round Rock	$2163
157 km or 98 mi	Georgetown	$2192
161 km or 100 mi	Victoria	$2215
197 km or 122 mi	Copperas Cove	$2066
200 km or 124 mi	Harker Heights	$2044
201 km or 125 mi	Killeen	$1969
210 km or 130 mi	Eagle Pass	$1986
213 km or 132 mi	Piedras Negras	$726
215 km or 134 mi	Corpus Christi	$1767
216 km or 134 mi	Temple	$2134
221 km or 137 mi	Kingsville	$1877
233 km or 145 mi	Del Rio	$1964
235 km or 146 mi	Laredo	$1646
236 km or 147 mi	Ciudad Acuna	$759
237 km or 147 mi	Nuevo Laredo	$625
247 km or 153 mi	Bryan	$1944
247 km or 154 mi	College Station	$1853
261 km or 162 mi	Rosenberg	$2107
269 km or 167 mi	Waco	$2230
279 km or 174 mi	Sugar Land	$2028
286 km or 178 mi	Missouri	$2087
293 km or 182 mi	San Angelo	$2732
300 km or 186 mi	Lake Jackson	$2089
300 km or 187 mi	The Woodlands	$2698
303 km or 188 mi	Houston	$2265
308 km or 191 mi	Spring	$2093
309 km or 192 mi	Conroe	$1799
310 km or 193 mi	Pearland	$2108
312 km or 194 mi	Stephenville	$2133