Kyiv vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kyiv	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$795	$2801
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1960	$6767
🏠 One person rent	$419	$1663
🏘️ Family rent	$753	$3057
🍽️ Food expenses	$241	$569
🚐 Transport expenses	$58	$410
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$529	$4399
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	70	99
😀 Quality of life	64	99
🏙️ Population	2.95M	4.84M

The cost of living in Kyiv is 72% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 6450th and 312th ($795 vs $2801) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Ukraine and Australia, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Kyiv compared to 1.6 months in Sydney. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 4556th and 4th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyiv vs Sydney

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	Kyiv	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.27	$15.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36.3	$70.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.07	$10.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.22	$7.41
☕ Cappuccino	$1.38	$3.54
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.62	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$518	$1992
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$313	$1372
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$997	$4038
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$569	$2523
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.4	$114
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.6	$177
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.57	$53.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.33%	6.38%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2412	$16279
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1325	$9905
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.24	$3.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.34	$143
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.47	$29.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.36	$1.4
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.73	$2.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$2.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.59	$4.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.15	$8.94
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.1	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$3.42
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$2.92
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$3.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$4.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$2.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$2.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.98
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$2.43
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.81	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.79	$5.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.31	$29.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.59	$6.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.41	$5.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.15	$2.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$2.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.5	$58.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.86	$16.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.1	$67.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.13	$20.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.6	$78.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$117
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$365	$2054
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7166	$18951

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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 Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2286
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2472
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1997
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1732
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1532
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1833
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1674
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1748
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1500
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2393
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1815
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1289
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1746
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1717
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1829
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2300
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2141
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1805
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1800
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1397
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1876
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1877
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1738
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1758
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2397
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1822
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1799
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1795
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2491
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1757
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1767
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1925
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$1892
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1357
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1754