Kyiv vs Virginia Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Kyiv	Virginia Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$882	$2392
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2107	$5464
🏠 One person rent	$454	$1512
🏘️ Family rent	$749	$2536
🍽️ Food expenses	$273	$610
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.1	$102
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$440	$4175
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	73	74
😀 Quality of life	63	88
🏙️ Population	2.95M	459K

The cost of living in Kyiv is 63% less expensive than in Virginia Beach. Cities ranked 6441st and 1097th ($882 vs $2392) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 940th 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 1.7 months in Virginia Beach. Kyiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Virginia Beach ranked 88th in the United States, while ranked 5524th and 304th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyiv vs Virginia Beach

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	Kyiv	Virginia Beach
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.05	$17.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.4	$90.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.96	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$6.05
☕ Cappuccino	$1.59	$5.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.71	$2.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$545	$1635
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$342	$1255
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$980	$2879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$557	$2143
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.2	$117
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$181
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.4	$64.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.34%	6.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2565	$2291
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1111	$2286
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$69.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.85	$14.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.34	$0.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.68	$3.09
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$5.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.98	$3.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.94	$6.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.36	$16
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$2.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$5.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$5.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$2.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$3.18
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$1.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$2.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.39	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$1.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.8	$9.14
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.12	$9.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.22	$6.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.47	$4.44
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.52	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.4	$44
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.98	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$126
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.84	$19.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.8	$61.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.5	$118
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$366	$1364
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9101	$15986

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Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$487
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$500
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$562
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$476
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$584
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$545
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$599
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$465
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$546
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$792
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$405
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$490
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$516
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$450
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$492
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$806
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$484
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$826
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$464
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$637
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$796
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$554
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$622
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$748
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$967
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$534
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$561
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$686
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$499
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$686
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$574
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$869
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1049
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$682
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$1042
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$757
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$568
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$836
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$873
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$628

Cities near Virginia Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Norfolk	$2385
29 km or 18 mi	Chesapeake	$2335
33 km or 20 mi	Portsmouth	$2354
40 km or 25 mi	Hampton	$2703
51 km or 32 mi	Newport News	$2233
58 km or 36 mi	Suffolk	$2367
96 km or 60 mi	Kill Devil Hills	$2065
127 km or 79 mi	Hopewell	$2385
133 km or 82 mi	Petersburg	$2378
152 km or 95 mi	Richmond	$2379
156 km or 97 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2056
171 km or 106 mi	Salisbury	$1944
187 km or 116 mi	Greenville	$2057
192 km or 119 mi	Rocky Mount	$1780
208 km or 129 mi	Fredericksburg	$2372
215 km or 133 mi	Wilson	$2003
215 km or 134 mi	Waldorf	$2522
216 km or 134 mi	New Bern	$1847
225 km or 140 mi	Henderson	$2111
227 km or 141 mi	Kinston	$2088
228 km or 142 mi	Marumsco	$2588
229 km or 142 mi	Woodbridge	$2681
234 km or 146 mi	Havelock	$1969
237 km or 147 mi	Alexandria	$2877
240 km or 149 mi	Springfield	$2379
240 km or 149 mi	Annapolis	$2951
243 km or 151 mi	Goldsboro	$1773
244 km or 152 mi	Bailey's Crossroads	$2581
245 km or 152 mi	Bowie	$2544
246 km or 153 mi	Washington	$3306
247 km or 154 mi	Wake Forest	$2194
247 km or 154 mi	Georgetown	$3030
249 km or 155 mi	Manassas	$2453
251 km or 156 mi	Fairfax	$2818
251 km or 156 mi	Greenbelt	$2650
253 km or 157 mi	College Park	$2777
255 km or 158 mi	Lower Township	$2619
256 km or 159 mi	Centreville	$3292
256 km or 159 mi	Silver Spring	$2252
256 km or 159 mi	Bethesda	$2763