Kyiv vs San Francisco - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kyiv	San Francisco
🚶 Cost of living one person	$795	$3781
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1960	$8717
🏠 One person rent	$419	$2600
🏘️ Family rent	$753	$4501
🍽️ Food expenses	$241	$806
🚐 Transport expenses	$58	$181
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$529	$7795
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	70	97
😀 Quality of life	64	97
🏙️ Population	2.95M	874K

The cost of living in Kyiv is 79% less expensive than in San Francisco. Cities ranked 6450th and 9th ($795 vs $3781) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th 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 2.1 months in San Francisco. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs San Francisco ranked 1st in the United States, while ranked 4556th and 12th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyiv vs San Francisco

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	Kyiv	San Francisco
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.27	$22.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36.3	$103
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.07	$12.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.22	$8.68
☕ Cappuccino	$1.38	$5.68
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.62	$2.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$518	$2707
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$313	$2324
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$997	$5024
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$569	$4030
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.4	$138
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.6	$211
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.57	$61.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.33%	6.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2412	$11577
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1325	$11019
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.24	$2.6
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.34	$96.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.47	$20.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.36	$1.35
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$1.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.73	$4.31
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$5.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.59	$6.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$23
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.15	$15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.1	$22.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$6.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$3.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$5.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$3.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$3.18
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$1.68
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$3.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.81	$18.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.79	$3.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.31	$13.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.59	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.41	$7.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.15	$5.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$2.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.5	$91.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.86	$17.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.1	$132
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.13	$23.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.6	$63.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$365	$2916
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7166	$31050

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Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$420
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$422
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$529
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$432
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$545
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$469
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$514
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$421
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$490
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$909
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$418
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$473
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$449
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$437
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$516
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$956
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$437
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$860
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$457
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$576
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$806
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$487
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$467
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$679
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$876
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$375
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$491
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$450
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$503
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$537
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$515
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$780
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1131
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$457
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$873
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$451
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$516
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$717
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$748
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$563

Cities near San Francisco

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Daly	$3180
14 km or 8.4 mi	South San Francisco	$3170
14 km or 8.8 mi	Alameda	$3274
15 km or 9.2 mi	Oakland	$3146
16 km or 10 mi	Albany	$2940
17 km or 10 mi	Berkeley	$3082
17 km or 11 mi	San Bruno	$3196
18 km or 11 mi	El Cerrito	$2977
18 km or 11 mi	Pacifica	$3152
19 km or 12 mi	Richmond	$3053
20 km or 12 mi	Millbrae	$3224
21 km or 13 mi	San Pablo	$3048
22 km or 14 mi	Burlingame	$3293
24 km or 15 mi	San Leandro	$3023
24 km or 15 mi	San Rafael	$4155
26 km or 16 mi	San Mateo	$3672
28 km or 17 mi	San Lorenzo	$2802
28 km or 18 mi	Foster	$3473
29 km or 18 mi	Lafayette	$2831
29 km or 18 mi	Hercules	$2949
31 km or 19 mi	Belmont	$3804
32 km or 20 mi	Hayward	$2981
32 km or 20 mi	Castro Valley	$2931
34 km or 21 mi	San Carlos	$3442
34 km or 21 mi	Walnut Creek	$2874
36 km or 23 mi	Redwood	$3584
37 km or 23 mi	Martinez	$2714
37 km or 23 mi	Danville	$2922
37 km or 23 mi	Pleasant Hill	$2767
38 km or 24 mi	Union	$2986
39 km or 24 mi	San Ramon	$2851
39 km or 24 mi	Vallejo	$2885
39 km or 24 mi	Novato	$3176
39 km or 24 mi	Benicia	$2845
41 km or 25 mi	Concord	$2726
42 km or 26 mi	Menlo Park	$3288
42 km or 26 mi	East Palo Alto	$3228
43 km or 27 mi	Newark	$3010
45 km or 28 mi	Dublin	$3091
46 km or 28 mi	Palo Alto	$3610