Kyiv vs Sao Paulo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kyiv	Sao Paulo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$795	$1012
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1960	$2565
🏠 One person rent	$419	$481
🏘️ Family rent	$753	$852
🍽️ Food expenses	$241	$285
🚐 Transport expenses	$58	$145
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$529	$477
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	70	95
😀 Quality of life	64	63
🏙️ Population	2.95M	11.5M

The cost of living in Kyiv is 21% less expensive than in Sao Paulo. Cities ranked 6450th and 5616th ($795 vs $1012) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Ukraine and Brazil, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Kyiv compared to 0.5 months in Sao Paulo. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs Sao Paulo ranked 2nd in Brazil, while ranked 4556th and 4573rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyiv vs Sao Paulo

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	Kyiv	Sao Paulo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.27	$6.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36.3	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.07	$7.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.22	$1.95
☕ Cappuccino	$1.38	$2.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.62	$1.13
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$518	$574
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$313	$371
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$997	$1002
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$569	$694
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.4	$50.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.6	$77.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.57	$19.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.33%	10.91%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2412	$2416
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1325	$1687
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.24	$0.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.34	$47.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.47	$8.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.36	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.73	$1.4
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.59	$2.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.15	$4.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.1	$7.71
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$2.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.36
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.74
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.81	$8.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.79	$1.24
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.31	$2.23
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.59	$4.84
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.41	$3.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.15	$1.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.5	$24.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.86	$7.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.1	$57.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.13	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.6	$51.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$84.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$365	$482
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7166	$13135

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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 Sao Paulo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Sao Caetano do Sul	$716
13 km or 8.3 mi	Taboao da Serra	$665
14 km or 8.6 mi	Guarulhos	$691
15 km or 9.4 mi	Diadema	$674
16 km or 9.7 mi	Santo Andre	$644
16 km or 10 mi	Osasco	$686
17 km or 11 mi	Sao Bernardo do Campo	$657
21 km or 13 mi	Carapicuiba	$573
22 km or 14 mi	Maua	$663
23 km or 15 mi	Caieiras	$640
25 km or 15 mi	Embu das Artes	$627
25 km or 16 mi	Barueri	$738
26 km or 16 mi	Mairipora	$640
26 km or 16 mi	Franco da Rocha	$639
27 km or 17 mi	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	$643
28 km or 17 mi	Jandira	$640
29 km or 18 mi	Ribeirao Pires	$639
29 km or 18 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$631
30 km or 18 mi	Poa	$633
30 km or 18 mi	Cotia	$621
30 km or 19 mi	Itaquaquecetuba	$656
31 km or 19 mi	Itapevi	$606
31 km or 19 mi	Santana de Parnaiba	$647
32 km or 20 mi	Francisco Morato	$645
33 km or 20 mi	Itanhaem	$641
33 km or 20 mi	Cajamar	$679
36 km or 22 mi	Embu-Guacu	$636
36 km or 22 mi	Aruja	$639
41 km or 26 mi	Campo Limpo Paulista	$661
43 km or 26 mi	Varzea Paulista	$674
44 km or 27 mi	Cubatao	$640
45 km or 28 mi	Mogi das Cruzes	$698
48 km or 30 mi	Jundiai	$742
49 km or 30 mi	Atibaia	$595
51 km or 32 mi	Sao Roque	$630
52 km or 32 mi	Sao Vicente	$653
55 km or 34 mi	Santos	$746
56 km or 35 mi	Praia Grande	$650
61 km or 38 mi	Bertioga	$638
61 km or 38 mi	Ibiuna	$629