Kyiv vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kyiv	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$879	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2107	$3464
🏠 One person rent	$456	$924
🏘️ Family rent	$770	$1552
🍽️ Food expenses	$266	$493
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.7	$51.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$445	$832
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	72	8
😀 Quality of life	68	63
🏙️ Population	2.95M	24.7K

The cost of living in Kyiv is 45% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 6330th and 3601st ($879 vs $1585) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Ukraine and the Seychelles, respectively. Check Ukraine vs the Seychelles comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Kyiv compared to 0.5 months in Victoria. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 4632nd and 5581st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyiv vs Victoria

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	Kyiv	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.82	$15.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.4	$43.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.32	$11.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$3.9
☕ Cappuccino	$1.59	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$541	$818
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$344	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$952	$1449
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$1250
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.6	$82.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$126
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.58	$137
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.87%	14.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2254	$447
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1261	$1146
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$0.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.4	$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.91	$22.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.35	$1.39
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.68	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$2.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.95	$3.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.02	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$2.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$5.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$1.82
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$1.71
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.83
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.12	$3.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.42	$9.37
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$3.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.62	$22.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.26	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$2.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$92.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.5	$6.71
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.9	$64.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.66	$9.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.9	$59.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96	$84.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$376	$153
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7835	$8213

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Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$497
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$516
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$586
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$498
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$603
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$475
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$616
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$440
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$535
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$879
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$439
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$479
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$496
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$406
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$503
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$793
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$426
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$921
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$465
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$656
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$884
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$546
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$545
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$790
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$947
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$516
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$546
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$629
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$510
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$670
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$545
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$815
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1164
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$649
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$964
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$718
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$517
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$735
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$830
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$561

Cities near Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$715
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1624
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1207
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1207
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$724
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$476
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$548
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$822
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$834
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$831
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$692
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$727
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$774
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$596
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$842
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$812
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$799
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$609
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1535
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$567
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$564
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1546
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$552
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1561
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1590
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1560
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1641
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1561
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1751
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1576
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1595
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1445
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1511
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$493
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1168
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$421
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$533
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$694
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$549
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$420