Kyiv vs San Jose, United States - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kyiv	San Jose
🚶 Cost of living one person	$879	$3952
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2107	$8290
🏠 One person rent	$456	$2795
🏘️ Family rent	$770	$4452
🍽️ Food expenses	$266	$775
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.7	$174
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$445	$5915
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	72	87
😀 Quality of life	68	93
🏙️ Population	2.95M	1.01M

The cost of living in Kyiv is 78% less expensive than in San Jose, United States. Cities ranked 6330th and 6th ($879 vs $3952) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th 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 Jose, United States. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs San Jose, United States ranked 21st in the United States, while ranked 4632nd and 88th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyiv vs San Jose, United States

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	Kyiv	San Jose
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.82	$20.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.4	$99.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.32	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$9.08
☕ Cappuccino	$1.59	$5.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$3.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$541	$2999
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$344	$2438
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$952	$4520
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$4008
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.6	$175
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$272
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.58	$70
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.87%	6.45%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2254	$10416
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1261	$9325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$2.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.4	$90.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.91	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.35	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.68	$5.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$3.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.95	$5.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$22.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$15.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.02	$23
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$6.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$2.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$5.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$6.69
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$4.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$3.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$1.88
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.12	$3.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.42	$15.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.62	$11.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.26	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$6.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$6.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$113
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.5	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.9	$176
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.66	$21
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.9	$56.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96	$88.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$376	$1874
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7835	$22302

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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 Jose, United States

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Campbell	$3424
9.7 km or 6.1 mi	Santa Clara	$3476
11 km or 6.8 mi	Los Gatos	$4335
13 km or 8.4 mi	Saratoga	$3356
15 km or 9.1 mi	Milpitas	$3202
15 km or 9.3 mi	Cupertino	$2942
16 km or 10 mi	Sunnyvale	$3426
18 km or 11 mi	Mountain View	$3415
21 km or 13 mi	Los Altos	$3182
27 km or 17 mi	Palo Alto	$3765
27 km or 17 mi	Morgan Hill	$3130
28 km or 18 mi	Fremont	$3328
29 km or 18 mi	Newark	$3133
29 km or 18 mi	East Palo Alto	$3333
32 km or 20 mi	Menlo Park	$3359
36 km or 22 mi	Union	$3045
38 km or 23 mi	Redwood	$3890
39 km or 24 mi	Santa Cruz	$3719
41 km or 25 mi	San Carlos	$3382
41 km or 25 mi	Pleasanton	$3462
42 km or 26 mi	Gilroy	$2955
43 km or 27 mi	Livermore	$3089
44 km or 27 mi	Watsonville	$3748
44 km or 27 mi	Belmont	$3553
44 km or 28 mi	Foster	$3634
45 km or 28 mi	Hayward	$2826
46 km or 28 mi	Dublin	$3070
47 km or 29 mi	San Lorenzo	$2810
48 km or 30 mi	San Mateo	$3756
48 km or 30 mi	Castro Valley	$2957
53 km or 33 mi	San Leandro	$3071
53 km or 33 mi	Burlingame	$3317
54 km or 33 mi	San Ramon	$2850
57 km or 36 mi	Millbrae	$3285
59 km or 36 mi	Danville	$3818
60 km or 38 mi	San Bruno	$3230
61 km or 38 mi	Alameda	$3255
62 km or 38 mi	Tracy	$2114
63 km or 39 mi	South San Francisco	$3227
64 km or 40 mi	Oakland	$3254