Kyiv vs Soweto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kyiv	Soweto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$850	$923
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2107	$1686
🏠 One person rent	$445	$540
🏘️ Family rent	$817	$553
🍽️ Food expenses	$252	$231
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.5	$88.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$571	$1598
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	29 km
🎓 Higher education	71	63
😀 Quality of life	64	38
🏙️ Population	2.95M	1.27M

The cost of living in Kyiv is 8% less expensive than in Soweto. Cities ranked 6262nd and 5917th ($850 vs $923) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th in Ukraine and South Africa, respectively. Check Ukraine vs South Africa comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Kyiv compared to 1.7 months in Soweto. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs Soweto ranked 10th in South Africa, while ranked 4484th and 7204th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyiv vs Soweto

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	Kyiv	Soweto
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.61	$6.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$26.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.26	$3.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$2
☕ Cappuccino	$1.51	$2.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$0.98
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$515	$827
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$336	$346
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1066	$511
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$617	$396
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.3	$64.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$100
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.37	$33.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.89%	11.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2228	$850
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1274	$691
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$1.98
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$31
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.23	$8.52
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$0.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$2.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$7.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$6.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.47
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.41
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.23
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.1	$7.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$1.43
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.49	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.21	$2.86
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$2.46
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$1.17
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$0.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.5	$12.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.57	$5.71
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$21.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.55	$3
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.6	$45.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.6	$70.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$392	$200
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7184	$3805

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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 Soweto

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Johannesburg	$993
24 km or 15 mi	Randburg	$837
26 km or 16 mi	Sandton	$953
46 km or 28 mi	Vereeniging	$672
46 km or 29 mi	Benoni	$785
48 km or 30 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
56 km or 34 mi	Centurion	$807
58 km or 36 mi	Springs	$678
66 km or 41 mi	Pretoria	$906
73 km or 45 mi	Brits	$820
91 km or 56 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
92 km or 57 mi	Rustenburg	$889
137 km or 85 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
159 km or 99 mi	Bethal	$784
166 km or 103 mi	Kroonstad	$768
170 km or 106 mi	Middelburg	$795
222 km or 138 mi	Welkom	$748
228 km or 142 mi	Mmabatho	$780
249 km or 155 mi	Lobatse	$665
266 km or 165 mi	Gaborone	$691
282 km or 175 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
290 km or 180 mi	Kanye	$664
315 km or 196 mi	Molepolole	$628
321 km or 199 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
329 km or 204 mi	Mbabane	$562
335 km or 208 mi	Vryheid	$763
341 km or 212 mi	Maseru	$621
350 km or 217 mi	Manzini	$442
354 km or 220 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
367 km or 228 mi	Mahalapye	$631
399 km or 248 mi	Mafeteng	$567
412 km or 256 mi	Kimberley	$814
420 km or 261 mi	Palapye	$540
446 km or 277 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
447 km or 278 mi	Serowe	$583
461 km or 286 mi	Matola	$964
472 km or 293 mi	Maputo	$1068
506 km or 314 mi	Durban	$809
567 km or 353 mi	Francistown	$624
595 km or 370 mi	Xai-Xai	$1003