Kyiv vs Tucson - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kyiv	Tucson
🚶 Cost of living one person	$850	$1957
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2107	$4600
🏠 One person rent	$445	$1171
🏘️ Family rent	$817	$2026
🍽️ Food expenses	$252	$578
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.5	$72
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$571	$3578
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	71	34
😀 Quality of life	64	80
🏙️ Population	2.95M	543K

The cost of living in Kyiv is 57% less expensive than in Tucson. Cities ranked 6262nd and 1962nd ($850 vs $1957) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1679th in Ukraine and the United States, respectively. Check Ukraine vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Kyiv compared to 1.8 months in Tucson. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs Tucson ranked 156th in the United States, while ranked 4484th and 561st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyiv vs Tucson

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	Kyiv	Tucson
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.61	$16.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$65.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.26	$11.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$5.95
☕ Cappuccino	$1.51	$5.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$2.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$515	$1074
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$336	$919
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1066	$2008
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$617	$1650
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.3	$150
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$234
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.37	$71.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.89%	6.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2228	$2596
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1274	$2454
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$0.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$26.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.23	$14.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$2.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$3.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$4.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$4.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$3.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$3.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$2.04
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$2.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$1.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$2.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.1	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$3.44
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.49	$9.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.21	$9.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$3.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$1.73
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.5	$32.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.57	$11.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$93.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.55	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.6	$49.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.6	$91.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$392	$1084
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7184	$15495

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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 Tucson

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.9 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
23 km or 14 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
26 km or 16 mi	Marana	$2073
33 km or 20 mi	Sahuarita	$2037
97 km or 60 mi	Nogales	$2077
97 km or 60 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
100 km or 62 mi	Nogales	$830
101 km or 62 mi	Florence	$2319
106 km or 66 mi	Casa Grande	$2296
133 km or 83 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
140 km or 87 mi	Maricopa	$2281
145 km or 90 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
148 km or 92 mi	Chandler	$2306
149 km or 93 mi	Gilbert	$2417
157 km or 98 mi	Mesa	$2413
164 km or 102 mi	Agua Prieta	$791
164 km or 102 mi	Tempe	$2423
169 km or 105 mi	Scottsdale	$2524
171 km or 106 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353
181 km or 112 mi	Phoenix	$2395
189 km or 118 mi	Avondale	$2525
190 km or 118 mi	Goodyear	$2468
193 km or 120 mi	Glendale	$1979
195 km or 121 mi	Peoria	$2342
201 km or 125 mi	Buckeye	$2388
202 km or 126 mi	El Mirage	$2304
204 km or 126 mi	Caborca	$788
206 km or 128 mi	Surprise	$2328
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott Valley	$2423
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott	$2466
337 km or 210 mi	Flagstaff	$2543
347 km or 216 mi	Hermosillo	$814
350 km or 217 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$797
350 km or 217 mi	Yuma	$1815
361 km or 225 mi	San Luis Rio Colorado	$823
362 km or 225 mi	San Luis	$1947
376 km or 233 mi	Blythe	$2763
391 km or 243 mi	Las Cruces	$1695
403 km or 250 mi	Lake Havasu	$2013
419 km or 260 mi	Gallup	$2262