Kyiv vs Seattle - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kyiv	Seattle
🚶 Cost of living one person	$850	$3015
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2107	$7449
🏠 One person rent	$445	$1896
🏘️ Family rent	$817	$3549
🍽️ Food expenses	$252	$746
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.5	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$571	$6742
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	71	80
😀 Quality of life	64	91
🏙️ Population	2.95M	737K

The cost of living in Kyiv is 72% less expensive than in Seattle. Cities ranked 6262nd and 158th ($850 vs $3015) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 140th 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 2.2 months in Seattle. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs Seattle ranked 15th in the United States, while ranked 4484th and 98th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyiv vs Seattle

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	Kyiv	Seattle
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.61	$21.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$90.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.26	$13.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$7.98
☕ Cappuccino	$1.51	$5.55
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$2.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$515	$2086
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$336	$1567
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1066	$3947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$617	$3067
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.3	$157
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$237
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.37	$68.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.89%	6.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2228	$6966
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1274	$5351
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$2.73
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$96.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.23	$18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$4.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$4.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$4.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$20.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$14.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$20.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$5.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$5.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$5.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$3.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$1.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$2.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.1	$17.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$3.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.49	$12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.21	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$5.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$6.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.5	$65.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.57	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$183
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.55	$25.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.6	$68.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.6	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$392	$2185
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7184	$29407

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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 Seattle

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Mercer Island	$2826
11 km or 6.5 mi	Bellevue	$3273
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kirkland	$2882
15 km or 9.2 mi	Tukwila	$2624
15 km or 9.5 mi	Burien	$2642
16 km or 10 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2810
17 km or 10 mi	Shoreline	$2973
17 km or 10 mi	Renton	$2595
17 km or 11 mi	Redmond	$3239
17 km or 11 mi	Kenmore	$2718
19 km or 12 mi	SeaTac	$2741
21 km or 13 mi	Bothell	$2625
22 km or 14 mi	Sammamish	$2759
22 km or 14 mi	Edmonds	$2785
23 km or 14 mi	Issaquah	$2606
24 km or 15 mi	Des Moines	$2623
24 km or 15 mi	Lynnwood	$2726
24 km or 15 mi	Bremerton	$2462
26 km or 16 mi	Kent	$2784
30 km or 19 mi	Mill Creek	$2642
33 km or 20 mi	Federal Way	$2532
34 km or 21 mi	Maple Valley	$2579
35 km or 21 mi	Mukilteo	$2637
35 km or 22 mi	Auburn	$2338
41 km or 25 mi	Everett	$2589
42 km or 26 mi	Tacoma	$2517
46 km or 28 mi	University Place	$2604
48 km or 30 mi	Puyallup	$2644
50 km or 31 mi	Lake Stevens	$2604
51 km or 32 mi	Lakewood	$2449
52 km or 33 mi	Marysville	$2598
57 km or 35 mi	Spanaway	$2460
74 km or 46 mi	Lacey	$2571
76 km or 47 mi	Olympia	$2406
78 km or 48 mi	Sequim	$2692
80 km or 50 mi	Oak Harbor	$2751
90 km or 56 mi	Mount Vernon	$2542
100 km or 62 mi	Port Angeles	$2527
109 km or 68 mi	Centralia	$2523
119 km or 74 mi	Victoria	$2093