Kyiv vs San Diego - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kyiv	San Diego
🚶 Cost of living one person	$879	$3469
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2107	$7890
🏠 One person rent	$456	$2370
🏘️ Family rent	$770	$4148
🍽️ Food expenses	$266	$726
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.7	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$445	$5254
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	72	86
😀 Quality of life	68	93
🏙️ Population	2.95M	1.39M

The cost of living in Kyiv is 75% less expensive than in San Diego. Cities ranked 6330th and 43rd ($879 vs $3469) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 33rd 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 0.5 months in Kyiv compared to 1.5 months in San Diego. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs San Diego ranked 26th in the United States, while ranked 4632nd and 97th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyiv vs San Diego

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	Kyiv	San Diego
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.82	$21.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.4	$85.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.32	$15.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$8.63
☕ Cappuccino	$1.59	$6.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$3.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$541	$2499
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$344	$2053
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$952	$4569
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$3654
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.6	$156
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$240
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.58	$71
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.87%	6.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2254	$9580
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1261	$7151
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$2.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.4	$71
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.91	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.35	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$1.26
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.68	$3.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$3.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.95	$6.16
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.02	$20.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$4.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$4.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$4.81
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$2.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$2.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$1.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.12	$3.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.42	$16.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$2.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.62	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.26	$14.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$9.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$5.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$2.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$63.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.5	$17.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.9	$131
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.66	$30.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.9	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$376	$1745
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7835	$28967

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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 San Diego

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Coronado	$3195
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	National	$3013
13 km or 7.8 mi	Lemon Grove	$2932
14 km or 9 mi	Chula Vista	$2972
14 km or 9 mi	La Mesa	$2943
16 km or 9.8 mi	Imperial Beach	$2909
18 km or 11 mi	La Jolla	$2996
21 km or 13 mi	El Cajon	$2988
24 km or 15 mi	Tijuana	$1210
25 km or 15 mi	Santee	$2887
30 km or 19 mi	Poway	$2922
38 km or 24 mi	Encinitas	$3066
40 km or 25 mi	Las Delicias	$1063
43 km or 26 mi	Rosarito Beach	$1055
46 km or 29 mi	Escondido	$3215
47 km or 30 mi	San Marcos	$2931
52 km or 33 mi	Carlsbad	$3252
54 km or 33 mi	Vista	$2930
57 km or 36 mi	Oceanside	$3274
73 km or 46 mi	Fallbrook	$2873
88 km or 55 mi	Temecula	$2681
91 km or 57 mi	San Clemente	$2967
95 km or 59 mi	Murrieta	$3049
97 km or 61 mi	Dana Point	$2994
98 km or 61 mi	French Valley	$2715
99 km or 61 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$3057
99 km or 61 mi	Wildomar	$2776
104 km or 65 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3490
107 km or 66 mi	Laguna Beach	$3075
107 km or 67 mi	Menifee	$2626
109 km or 68 mi	Ensenada	$903
109 km or 68 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2671
110 km or 68 mi	Mission Viejo	$3585
110 km or 69 mi	Laguna Hills	$3037
111 km or 69 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$3014
114 km or 71 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3450
114 km or 71 mi	Lake Forest	$2539
115 km or 72 mi	Hemet	$2742
119 km or 74 mi	Perris	$2691
119 km or 74 mi	Temescal Valley	$2782