Kyiv vs Thimphu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kyiv	Thimphu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$850	$422
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2107	$1047
🏠 One person rent	$445	$145
🏘️ Family rent	$817	$225
🍽️ Food expenses	$252	$176
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.5	$46
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$571	$550
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	71	5
😀 Quality of life	64	34
🏙️ Population	2.95M	115K

The cost of living in Kyiv is 101% more expensive than in Thimphu. Cities ranked 6262nd and 8915th ($850 vs $422) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Ukraine and Bhutan, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Bhutan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Kyiv compared to 1.3 months in Thimphu. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs Thimphu ranked 1st in Bhutan, while ranked 4484th and 7592nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyiv vs Thimphu

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	Kyiv	Thimphu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.61	$3.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$17.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.26	$4.04
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$2.3
☕ Cappuccino	$1.51	$1.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$0.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$515	$159
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$336	$94.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1066	$250
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$617	$161
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.3	$16.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$25.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.37	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.89%	10.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2228	$605
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1274	$920
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$1.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$27.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.23	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$0.91
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$0.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$2.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$4.92
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$4.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$4.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$2.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$0.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$1.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.1	$4.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.49	$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.21	$1.58
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$3.59
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$1.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$0.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.5	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.57	$3.23
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$28.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.55	$3.27
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.6	$32
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.6	$43.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$392	$239
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7184	$666

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Thimphu

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Paro	$459
147 km or 91 mi	Siliguri	$312
196 km or 122 mi	Rangpur	$296
203 km or 126 mi	Saidpur	$296
211 km or 131 mi	Shigatse	$900
214 km or 133 mi	Damak	$317
257 km or 159 mi	Raiganj	$309
257 km or 160 mi	Guwahati	$342
258 km or 160 mi	Biratnagar	$323
259 km or 161 mi	Dispur	$335
266 km or 166 mi	Balurghat	$307
280 km or 174 mi	Lhasa	$963
287 km or 178 mi	Purnia	$300
294 km or 183 mi	Bogra	$280
308 km or 191 mi	Shillong	$408
313 km or 195 mi	Malda	$308
313 km or 195 mi	Mymensingh	$264
350 km or 217 mi	Saharsa	$292
360 km or 224 mi	Bhagalpur	$282
362 km or 225 mi	Rajshahi	$274
364 km or 226 mi	Sylhet	$305
377 km or 234 mi	Janakpur	$292
401 km or 249 mi	Berhampore	$304
413 km or 257 mi	Narsingdi	$295
418 km or 260 mi	Brahmanbaria	$297
421 km or 262 mi	Kathmandu	$419
424 km or 264 mi	Lalitpur	$341
426 km or 265 mi	Dhaka	$430
438 km or 272 mi	Agartala	$367
439 km or 273 mi	Narayanganj	$309
444 km or 276 mi	Muzaffarpur	$288
454 km or 282 mi	Hetauda	$294
468 km or 291 mi	Krishnanagar	$281
474 km or 295 mi	Birgunj	$321
482 km or 299 mi	Jessore	$289
486 km or 302 mi	Shantipur	$294
493 km or 306 mi	Patna	$316
495 km or 308 mi	Durgapur	$292
500 km or 311 mi	Asansol	$299
502 km or 312 mi	Kulti	$300