Kyiv vs Tucson - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kyiv	Tucson
🚶 Cost of living one person	$853	$1933
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2116	$4502
🏠 One person rent	$431	$1119
🏘️ Family rent	$753	$1848
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$588
🚐 Transport expenses	$70	$87.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$446	$3964
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	73	33
😀 Quality of life	64	84
🏙️ Population	2.95M	543K

The cost of living in Kyiv is 56% less expensive than in Tucson. Cities ranked 6533rd and 2237th ($853 vs $1933) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1697th 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 0.5 months in Kyiv compared to 2.1 months in Tucson. Kyiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Tucson ranked 153rd in the United States, while ranked 5360th and 460th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Kyiv	Tucson
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.21	$16.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.4	$64.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.78	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.55	$6.23
☕ Cappuccino	$1.58	$4.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.71	$2.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$513	$1195
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$328	$878
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$940	$2025
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$583	$1502
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.9	$116
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.4	$180
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.15	$61
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.89%	6.11%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2604	$3427
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1122	$2557
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$2.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.9	$38.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.68	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.72	$2.91
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$4.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.01	$4.95
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.77	$10.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.66	$17
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$4.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$3.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$3.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$2.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$2.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$1.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.12	$2.44
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.57	$14
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$3.29
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.9	$10.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.03	$9.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.1	$3.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.42	$3.81
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.48	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.8	$33
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.89	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.1	$93.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.79	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.6	$51.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$95
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$381	$1100
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10572	$15759

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Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$464
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$479
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$591
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$448
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$572
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$589
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$577
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$490
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$541
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$727
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$397
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$475
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$518
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$477
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$454
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$799
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$527
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$760
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$458
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$628
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$789
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$543
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$669
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$749
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$969
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$529
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$572
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$732
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$501
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$690
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$579
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$840
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$954
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$685
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$1048
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$746
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$608
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$924
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$834
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$676

Cities near Tucson

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.9 mi	Casas Adobes	$2011
23 km or 14 mi	Oro Valley	$2060
26 km or 16 mi	Marana	$2089
33 km or 20 mi	Sahuarita	$2070
97 km or 60 mi	Nogales	$2153
97 km or 60 mi	Sierra Vista	$1654
100 km or 62 mi	Nogales	$771
101 km or 62 mi	Florence	$2454
106 km or 66 mi	Casa Grande	$2374
133 km or 83 mi	Queen Creek	$2988
140 km or 87 mi	Maricopa	$2243
145 km or 90 mi	Apache Junction	$2482
148 km or 92 mi	Chandler	$2367
149 km or 93 mi	Gilbert	$2378
157 km or 98 mi	Mesa	$2293
164 km or 102 mi	Agua Prieta	$863
164 km or 102 mi	Tempe	$2463
169 km or 105 mi	Scottsdale	$2509
171 km or 106 mi	Fountain Hills	$2373
181 km or 112 mi	Phoenix	$2423
189 km or 118 mi	Avondale	$2365
190 km or 118 mi	Goodyear	$2343
193 km or 120 mi	Glendale	$1974
195 km or 121 mi	Peoria	$2366
201 km or 125 mi	Buckeye	$2318
202 km or 126 mi	El Mirage	$2296
204 km or 126 mi	Caborca	$876
206 km or 128 mi	Surprise	$2346
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott Valley	$2312
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott	$2321
337 km or 210 mi	Flagstaff	$2573
347 km or 216 mi	Hermosillo	$1097
350 km or 217 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$910
350 km or 217 mi	Yuma	$1767
361 km or 225 mi	San Luis Rio Colorado	$950
362 km or 225 mi	San Luis	$1924
376 km or 233 mi	Blythe	$2818
391 km or 243 mi	Las Cruces	$1665
403 km or 250 mi	Lake Havasu	$2011
419 km or 260 mi	Gallup	$2212