Kyiv vs San Diego - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kyiv	San Diego
🚶 Cost of living one person	$850	$3428
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2107	$7974
🏠 One person rent	$445	$2311
🏘️ Family rent	$817	$4175
🍽️ Food expenses	$252	$743
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.5	$180
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$571	$5531
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	71	87
😀 Quality of life	64	91
🏙️ Population	2.95M	1.39M

The cost of living in Kyiv is 75% less expensive than in San Diego. Cities ranked 6262nd and 36th ($850 vs $3428) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 32nd 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 San Diego. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs San Diego ranked 13th in the United States, while ranked 4484th and 95th 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	$7.61	$22.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$83.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.26	$15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$8.3
☕ Cappuccino	$1.51	$6.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$2.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$515	$2424
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$336	$1978
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1066	$4583
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$617	$3654
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.3	$177
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$269
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.37	$66.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.89%	6.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2228	$9086
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1274	$7072
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$2.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$72.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.23	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.33
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$3.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$4.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$5.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$15.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$13.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$4.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$4.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$4.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$2.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$2.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$1.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$3.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.1	$17.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$2.85
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.49	$12.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.21	$17.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$13.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$5.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$2.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.5	$75
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.57	$17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$130
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.55	$31.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.6	$59.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.6	$98.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$392	$1785
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7184	$28706

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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 Diego

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Coronado	$3065
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	National	$2962
13 km or 7.8 mi	Lemon Grove	$2914
14 km or 9 mi	Chula Vista	$3017
14 km or 9 mi	La Mesa	$2916
16 km or 9.8 mi	Imperial Beach	$2911
18 km or 11 mi	La Jolla	$2964
21 km or 13 mi	El Cajon	$3043
24 km or 15 mi	Tijuana	$1047
25 km or 15 mi	Santee	$2898
30 km or 19 mi	Poway	$2930
38 km or 24 mi	Encinitas	$3124
40 km or 25 mi	Las Delicias	$912
43 km or 26 mi	Rosarito Beach	$910
46 km or 29 mi	Escondido	$3279
47 km or 30 mi	San Marcos	$2917
52 km or 33 mi	Carlsbad	$3273
54 km or 33 mi	Vista	$2834
57 km or 36 mi	Oceanside	$3199
73 km or 46 mi	Fallbrook	$2907
88 km or 55 mi	Temecula	$2637
91 km or 57 mi	San Clemente	$2945
95 km or 59 mi	Murrieta	$3109
97 km or 61 mi	Dana Point	$2936
98 km or 61 mi	French Valley	$2732
99 km or 61 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2950
99 km or 61 mi	Wildomar	$2763
104 km or 65 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3188
107 km or 66 mi	Laguna Beach	$2996
107 km or 67 mi	Menifee	$2578
109 km or 68 mi	Ensenada	$880
109 km or 68 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2694
110 km or 68 mi	Mission Viejo	$3496
110 km or 69 mi	Laguna Hills	$3082
111 km or 69 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2971
114 km or 71 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3326
114 km or 71 mi	Lake Forest	$3020
115 km or 72 mi	Hemet	$2764
119 km or 74 mi	Perris	$2682
119 km or 74 mi	Temescal Valley	$2759