Kyiv vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

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Kyiv Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person
$760
$1169
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$1995
$3353
🏠 One person rent
$367
$537
🏘️ Family rent
$737
$1252
🍽️ Food expenses
$255
$416
🚐 Transport expenses
$58.9
$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$520
$1657
😷 Air quality
Excellent
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
7 km
3 km
🎓 Higher education
70
95
😀 Quality of life
65
87
🏙️ Population
2.95M
2.6M

The cost of living in Kyiv is 35% less expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 6536th and 4516th ($760 vs $1169) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Ukraine and Taiwan, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Kyiv compared to 1.4 months in Taipei. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 4566th and 209th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyiv vs Taipei

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Kyiv Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$7.71
$5.62
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$37.6
$33.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$5.98
$5.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.26
$2.48
☕ Cappuccino
$1.44
$3.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.65
$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$459
$565
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$264
$426
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$953
$1511
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$564
$1046
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$57.7
$56.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$89.1
$87
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$5.88
$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
19.58%
1.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$2503
$13301
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1319
$6421
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.34
$0.78
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$9.91
$39.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$4.19
$9.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.42
$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.07
$3.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$0.75
$1.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.53
$2.69
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.83
$3.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$9.06
$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.39
$9.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$6.71
$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.76
$4.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.47
$2.29
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.61
$2.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.17
$3.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.6
$2.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.99
$2.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.38
$0.81
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.26
$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$5.43
$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$0.94
$1.53
🚬 Cigarette pack
$2.35
$3.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$2.78
$9.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$4.81
$8.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$2.31
$1.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.71
$2.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$27
$36.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$5.31
$9.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$18.7
$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple
$8.07
$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans
$68.6
$66.5
👟 Brand Sneakers
$86.5
$88.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$386
$736
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$7179
$19102

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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 Taipei

Distance City Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi New Taipei
$1011
23 km or 14 mi Keelung
$860
39 km or 24 mi Taoyuan
$861
39 km or 24 mi Yilan
$863
58 km or 36 mi Zhubei
$917
63 km or 39 mi Hsinchu
$860
89 km or 56 mi Miaoli
$746
133 km or 82 mi Taichung
$995
149 km or 92 mi Changhua
$890
152 km or 95 mi Nantou
$857
180 km or 112 mi Douliu
$791
206 km or 128 mi Chiayi
$725
252 km or 157 mi Fuzhou
$664
257 km or 160 mi Putian
$675
258 km or 160 mi Taitung
$952
267 km or 166 mi Tainan
$913
270 km or 168 mi Ningde
$694
276 km or 172 mi Ishigaki
$1114
297 km or 185 mi Quanzhou
$689
298 km or 185 mi Kaohsiung
$932
299 km or 186 mi Jinjiang
$676
316 km or 196 mi Rui'an
$744
330 km or 205 mi Kinmen
$851
340 km or 211 mi Wenzhou
$787
354 km or 220 mi Xiamen
$721
371 km or 230 mi Wenling
$735
379 km or 235 mi Miyakojima
$1115
380 km or 236 mi Nanping
$678
395 km or 246 mi Zhangzhou
$719
411 km or 255 mi Lishui
$741
414 km or 257 mi Sanming
$667
425 km or 264 mi Linhai
$719
454 km or 282 mi Longyan
$713
461 km or 286 mi Wuyishan
$655
488 km or 303 mi Jinhua
$811
495 km or 308 mi Yiwu
$725
508 km or 316 mi Quzhou
$644
518 km or 322 mi Shangrao
$721
520 km or 323 mi Chaozhou
$588
525 km or 326 mi Shantou
$589