Kyiv vs Tashkent - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kyiv	Tashkent
🚶 Cost of living one person	$850	$853
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2107	$2186
🏠 One person rent	$445	$474
🏘️ Family rent	$817	$929
🍽️ Food expenses	$252	$249
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.5	$44.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$571	$522
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	71	46
😀 Quality of life	64	55
🏙️ Population	2.95M	2.96M

The cost of living in Kyiv is 0.4% less expensive than in Tashkent. Cities ranked 6262nd and 6253rd ($850 vs $853) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Ukraine and Uzbekistan, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Uzbekistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Kyiv compared to 0.6 months in Tashkent. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs Tashkent ranked 1st in Uzbekistan, while ranked 4484th and 5872nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyiv vs Tashkent

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	Kyiv	Tashkent
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.61	$4.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$30.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.26	$4.32
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$1.16
☕ Cappuccino	$1.51	$1.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$0.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$515	$599
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$336	$396
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1066	$1255
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$617	$783
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.3	$25.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$39.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.37	$11.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.89%	22.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2228	$1748
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1274	$965
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$9.83
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.23	$3.04
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$0.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$1.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$7.42
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$8.23
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$0.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.1	$6.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.49	$1.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.21	$13.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$1.31
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.5	$47.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.57	$5.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$20.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.55	$8.85
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.6	$50
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.6	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$392	$295
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7184	$9301

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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 Tashkent

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Chirchiq	$444
87 km or 54 mi	Istiklol	$613
115 km or 71 mi	Shymkent	$569
117 km or 73 mi	Khujand	$623
123 km or 77 mi	Buston	$615
127 km or 79 mi	Ghafurov	$614
149 km or 92 mi	Konibodom	$613
156 km or 97 mi	Istaravshan	$613
178 km or 110 mi	Jizzakh	$507
204 km or 127 mi	Namangan	$538
226 km or 140 mi	Margilan	$591
235 km or 146 mi	Fergana	$626
238 km or 148 mi	Turkistan	$512
244 km or 152 mi	Panjakent	$602
247 km or 153 mi	Taraz	$441
254 km or 158 mi	Kentau	$501
267 km or 166 mi	Andijan	$430
267 km or 166 mi	Samarkand	$472
280 km or 174 mi	Talas	$623
306 km or 190 mi	Dushanbe	$605
308 km or 191 mi	Osh	$477
313 km or 195 mi	Toktogul	$607
314 km or 195 mi	Jalal-Abad	$538
322 km or 200 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
387 km or 241 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
400 km or 249 mi	Qarshi	$484
443 km or 275 mi	Bukhara	$431
471 km or 292 mi	Bishkek	$713
493 km or 306 mi	Kant	$674
499 km or 310 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
510 km or 317 mi	Kunduz	$394
526 km or 327 mi	Tokmok	$667
542 km or 337 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
544 km or 338 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
562 km or 349 mi	Naryn	$637
597 km or 371 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
598 km or 372 mi	Sheberghan	$414
605 km or 376 mi	Kashgar	$634
610 km or 379 mi	Artux	$619
641 km or 398 mi	Kaskelen	$785