Kyiv vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kyiv	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$795	$1552
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1960	$3818
🏠 One person rent	$419	$876
🏘️ Family rent	$753	$1845
🍽️ Food expenses	$241	$481
🚐 Transport expenses	$58	$79.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$529	$819
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	70	8
😀 Quality of life	64	58
🏙️ Population	2.95M	24.7K

The cost of living in Kyiv is 49% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 6450th and 3466th ($795 vs $1552) 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 0.7 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 4556th and 5469th 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	$7.27	$16.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36.3	$43.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.07	$9.42
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.22	$3.63
☕ Cappuccino	$1.38	$4.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.62	$2.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$518	$813
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$313	$707
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$997	$1874
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$569	$1618
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.4	$49.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.6	$77.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.57	$98.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.33%	16.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2412	$419
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1325	$1184
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.24	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.34	$23.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.47	$41.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.36	$1.38
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.73	$1.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.59	$3.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.15	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.1	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$6.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.95
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$3.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.81	$9.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.79	$3.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.31	$19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.59	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.41	$7.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.15	$2.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$1.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.5	$89
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.86	$4.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.1	$72.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.13	$11.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.6	$64.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$68.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$365	$149
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7166	$8081

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Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$420
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$422
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$529
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$432
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$545
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$469
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$514
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$421
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$490
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$909
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$418
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$473
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$449
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$437
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$516
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$956
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$437
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$860
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$457
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$576
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$806
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$487
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$467
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$679
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$876
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$375
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$491
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$450
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$503
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$537
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$515
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$780
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1131
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$457
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$873
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$451
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$516
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$717
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$748
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$563

Cities near Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$719
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1549
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1093
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1091
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$711
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$457
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$502
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$796
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$804
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$826
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$789
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$674
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$767
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$560
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$701
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$777
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$722
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$736
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1397
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$675
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$519
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1432
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$601
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1441
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1481
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1444
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1538
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1451
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1665
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1457
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1454
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1371
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1500
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$348
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1394
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$639
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$548
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$684
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$535
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$482