Kyiv vs Sao Tome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kyiv	Sao Tome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$850	$900
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2107	$2253
🏠 One person rent	$445	$312
🏘️ Family rent	$817	$626
🍽️ Food expenses	$252	$464
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.5	$37.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$571	$252
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	71	1
😀 Quality of life	64	22
🏙️ Population	2.95M	65.5K

The cost of living in Kyiv is 6% less expensive than in Sao Tome. Cities ranked 6262nd and 6047th ($850 vs $900) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Ukraine and Sao Tome and Principe, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Sao Tome and Principe comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Kyiv compared to 0.3 months in Sao Tome. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs Sao Tome ranked 1st in Sao Tome and Principe, while ranked 4484th and 8798th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Kyiv	Sao Tome
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.61	$18.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.26	$8.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$1.49
☕ Cappuccino	$1.51	$1.57
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$1.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$515	$283
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$336	$187
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1066	$608
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$617	$473
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.3	$40.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$61.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.37	$65.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.89%	7.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2228	$1445
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1274	$123
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$1.11
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.23	$7.07
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$0.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$2.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$4.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$18.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$22.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$3.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$3.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$3.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$2.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$1.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.1	$6.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$1.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.49	$2.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.21	$3.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$1.28
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.5	$33.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.57	$19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$17.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.55	$4.28
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.6	$31.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.6	$63.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$392	$126
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7184	$3685

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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 Sao Tome

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.3 km or 5.1 mi	Trindade	$900
256 km or 159 mi	Port-Gentil	$625
303 km or 188 mi	Libreville	$668
375 km or 233 mi	Bata	$1121
443 km or 275 mi	Malabo	$741
492 km or 306 mi	Port Harcourt	$679
494 km or 307 mi	Limbe	$655
509 km or 316 mi	Buea	$601
529 km or 328 mi	Douala	$1265
537 km or 333 mi	Aba	$621
543 km or 337 mi	Calabar	$384
565 km or 351 mi	Kumba	$764
574 km or 356 mi	Owerri	$1611
584 km or 363 mi	Umuahia	$883
587 km or 365 mi	Warri	$881
649 km or 403 mi	Onitsha	$972
653 km or 406 mi	Awka	$805
660 km or 410 mi	Yaounde	$747
677 km or 421 mi	Benin	$558
684 km or 425 mi	Enugu	$462
702 km or 436 mi	Bafoussam	$555
730 km or 454 mi	Bamenda	$553
772 km or 480 mi	Owo	$651
774 km or 481 mi	Lagos	$1113
788 km or 490 mi	Akure	$634
806 km or 501 mi	Pointe-Noire	$569
822 km or 511 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
824 km or 512 mi	Cotonou	$709
827 km or 514 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
829 km or 515 mi	Ife	$779
845 km or 525 mi	Ibadan	$776
846 km or 526 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
861 km or 535 mi	Osogbo	$695
884 km or 549 mi	Kayes	$523
889 km or 552 mi	Lome	$755
890 km or 553 mi	Oyo	$677
892 km or 555 mi	Cabinda	$676
907 km or 564 mi	Madingou	$519
924 km or 574 mi	Gamboma	$522
926 km or 575 mi	Abomey	$590