Kyiv vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Kyiv	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$760	$2741
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1995	$6649
🏠 One person rent	$367	$1620
🏘️ Family rent	$737	$3006
🍽️ Food expenses	$255	$559
🚐 Transport expenses	$58.9	$408
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$520	$3743
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	70	99
😀 Quality of life	65	98
🏙️ Population	2.95M	4.84M

The cost of living in Kyiv is 72% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 6536th and 318th ($760 vs $2741) 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 1.4 months in Sydney. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 4566th and 3rd 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	$7.71	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.6	$69.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.98	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$6.69
☕ Cappuccino	$1.44	$3.3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$2.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$459	$1859
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$264	$1319
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$953	$3954
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$564	$2433
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.7	$139
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$89.1	$215
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.88	$53.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.58%	6.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2503	$17057
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1319	$10833
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$3.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.91	$145
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.19	$29.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$1.36
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.75	$2.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$4.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.06	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$8.51
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.71	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$3.35
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$2.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$3.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$4.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$2.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$1.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$2.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.43	$13.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$5.19
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.35	$28.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.78	$9.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.81	$4.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.31	$2.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$2.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27	$63.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.31	$16.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.7	$55.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.07	$21.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.6	$79.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.5	$118
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$2005
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7179	$17934

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Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$451
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$443
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$495
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$457
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$548
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$406
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$535
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$433
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$534
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$892
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$476
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$504
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$425
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$426
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$485
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$976
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$423
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$820
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$470
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$560
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$767
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$518
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$472
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$637
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$810
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$369
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$487
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$423
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$535
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$464
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$527
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$758
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1111
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$462
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$839
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$439
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$490
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$649
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$704
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$528

Cities near Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$1998
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2348
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1903
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1691
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1430
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1461
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1610
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1723
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1463
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2604
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1404
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1688
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1354
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1528
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1481
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1669
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1672
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$1862
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1707
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2152
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2011
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1719
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1716
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1317
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1552
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1693
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1785
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1701
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1702
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2356
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1746
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1707
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1708
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2356
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1658
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1673
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1881
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$1688
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1327
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1816