Kyiv vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Kyiv	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$882	$2844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2107	$6700
🏠 One person rent	$454	$1749
🏘️ Family rent	$749	$3002
🍽️ Food expenses	$273	$597
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.1	$337
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$440	$4145
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	73	99
😀 Quality of life	63	98
🏙️ Population	2.95M	5.45M

The cost of living in Kyiv is 69% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 6441st and 348th ($882 vs $2844) 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 0.5 months in Kyiv compared to 1.5 months in Sydney. Kyiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 5524th and 2nd 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	$9.05	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.4	$79.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.96	$11.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$7.36
☕ Cappuccino	$1.59	$3.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.71	$2.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$545	$2123
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$342	$1437
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$980	$3835
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$557	$2492
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.2	$123
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$190
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.4	$51.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.34%	6.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2565	$13218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1111	$7866
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$3.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$118
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.85	$20.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.34	$1.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.68	$2.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$2.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.98	$5.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.94	$9.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.36	$15.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$3.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$3.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$3.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$4.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$2.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$2.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.82
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$2.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.39	$15.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$4.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.8	$24.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.12	$9.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.22	$4.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.47	$3.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.52	$3.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.4	$63.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.98	$16.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$70.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.84	$21.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.8	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.5	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$366	$2281
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9101	$21946

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Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$487
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$500
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$562
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$476
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$584
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$545
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$599
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$465
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$546
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$792
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$405
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$490
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$516
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$450
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$492
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$806
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$484
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$826
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$464
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$637
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$796
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$554
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$622
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$748
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$967
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$534
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$561
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$686
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$499
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$686
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$574
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$869
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1049
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$682
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$1042
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$757
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$568
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$836
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$873
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$628

Cities near Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2379
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2482
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$2050
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1710
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1695
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1997
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1699
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1821
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1477
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2223
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1867
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1288
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1824
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1815
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1979
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2528
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2352
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1896
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1860
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1487
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1894
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1813
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1829
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2496
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1928
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1889
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1906
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2269
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1822
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1988
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2217
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1604
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1864