Kyiv vs Santo Domingo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kyiv	Santo Domingo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$850	$928
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2107	$2508
🏠 One person rent	$445	$352
🏘️ Family rent	$817	$806
🍽️ Food expenses	$252	$337
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.5	$153
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$571	$574
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	71	44
😀 Quality of life	64	58
🏙️ Population	2.95M	1.13M

The cost of living in Kyiv is 8% less expensive than in Santo Domingo. Cities ranked 6262nd and 5898th ($850 vs $928) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Ukraine and the Dominican Republic, respectively. Check Ukraine vs the Dominican Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Kyiv compared to 0.6 months in Santo Domingo. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs Santo Domingo ranked 1st in the Dominican Republic, while ranked 4484th and 5536th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyiv vs Santo Domingo

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	Kyiv	Santo Domingo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.61	$8.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$38.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.26	$6.83
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$2.54
☕ Cappuccino	$1.51	$3.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$515	$473
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$336	$222
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1066	$1119
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$617	$596
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.3	$45.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$70.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.37	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.89%	12.45%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2228	$1524
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1274	$1100
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$66.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.23	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$2.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$7.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$3.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$1.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.1	$12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$2.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.49	$5.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.21	$5.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$4.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$2.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.5	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.57	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$33.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.55	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.6	$51.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.6	$85.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$392	$255
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7184	$7607

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Santo Domingo

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	San Cristobal	$812
30 km or 19 mi	Boca Chica	$784
51 km or 31 mi	Bani	$695
62 km or 39 mi	San Pedro de Macoris	$707
70 km or 44 mi	Cotui	$645
74 km or 46 mi	Bonao	$545
89 km or 55 mi	Azua	$750
96 km or 59 mi	El Seibo	$733
98 km or 61 mi	La Romana	$656
99 km or 61 mi	San Francisco de Macoris	$510
100 km or 62 mi	Samana	$692
101 km or 62 mi	Nagua	$773
106 km or 66 mi	Jarabacoa	$724
107 km or 66 mi	La Vega	$561
126 km or 78 mi	Higuey	$735
131 km or 81 mi	Barahona	$707
138 km or 85 mi	Santiago de los Caballeros	$784
146 km or 90 mi	San Juan de la Maguana	$645
152 km or 94 mi	Cabarete	$774
156 km or 97 mi	Sosua	$961
161 km or 100 mi	Punta Cana	$1138
169 km or 105 mi	Puerto Plata	$751
174 km or 108 mi	Mao	$724
190 km or 118 mi	Sabaneta	$715
213 km or 132 mi	Cerca-la-Source	$505
252 km or 157 mi	Petion-Ville	$521
254 km or 158 mi	Delmas	$520
258 km or 160 mi	Port-au-Prince	$542
264 km or 164 mi	Carrefour	$527
281 km or 174 mi	Cap-Haitien	$511
286 km or 177 mi	Aguada	$1314
289 km or 180 mi	Aguadilla	$1221
292 km or 182 mi	Mayaguez	$1264
293 km or 182 mi	Cabo Rojo	$1145
298 km or 185 mi	Isabela	$1429
304 km or 189 mi	Saint-Marc	$508
304 km or 189 mi	San German	$1546
307 km or 191 mi	San Sebastian	$1538
312 km or 194 mi	Quebradillas	$1457
313 km or 194 mi	Gonaives	$521