Kyiv vs Windhoek - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kyiv	Windhoek
🚶 Cost of living one person	$850	$862
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2107	$2459
🏠 One person rent	$445	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$817	$1176
🍽️ Food expenses	$252	$297
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.5	$57.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$571	$894
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	71	29
😀 Quality of life	64	51
🏙️ Population	2.95M	431K

The cost of living in Kyiv is 1% less expensive than in Windhoek. Cities ranked 6262nd and 6224th ($850 vs $862) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Ukraine and Namibia, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Namibia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Kyiv compared to 1 months in Windhoek. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs Windhoek ranked 1st in Namibia, while ranked 4484th and 6198th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyiv vs Windhoek

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	Kyiv	Windhoek
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.61	$9.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$38.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.26	$5.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$1.51	$1.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$0.95
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$515	$380
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$336	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1066	$1094
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$617	$1008
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.3	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$104
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.37	$46.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.89%	11.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2228	$1274
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1274	$786
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$43.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.23	$6.36
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$0.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$2.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$6.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$4.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$5.92
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$2.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.82
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.73
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$1.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.1	$5.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$1.2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.49	$2.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.21	$6.98
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$2.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$2.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$1.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.5	$37.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.57	$5.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$29.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.55	$7.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.6	$43.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.6	$78.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$392	$201
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7184	$4344

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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 Windhoek

Distance	City	Cost of living
83 km or 52 mi	Rehoboth	$792
173 km or 108 mi	Omaruru	$811
194 km or 120 mi	Gobabis	$813
238 km or 148 mi	Otjiwarongo	$777
246 km or 153 mi	Mariental	$827
262 km or 163 mi	Swakopmund	$768
268 km or 166 mi	Walvis Bay	$740
375 km or 233 mi	Tsumeb	$742
589 km or 366 mi	Oshikango	$731
776 km or 482 mi	Upington	$699
882 km or 548 mi	Molepolole	$628
883 km or 548 mi	Kanye	$664
921 km or 572 mi	Lobatse	$665
928 km or 577 mi	Gaborone	$691
940 km or 584 mi	Mmabatho	$780
990 km or 615 mi	Serowe	$583
999 km or 621 mi	Mahalapye	$631
1030 km or 640 mi	Kimberley	$814
1032 km or 641 mi	Palapye	$540
1056 km or 656 mi	Livingstone	$688
1079 km or 670 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
1086 km or 675 mi	Rustenburg	$889
1087 km or 675 mi	Francistown	$624
1099 km or 683 mi	Huambo	$577
1112 km or 691 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
1136 km or 706 mi	Brits	$820
1140 km or 708 mi	Welkom	$748
1166 km or 724 mi	Soweto	$923
1167 km or 725 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
1167 km or 725 mi	Kroonstad	$768
1173 km or 729 mi	Randburg	$837
1178 km or 732 mi	Sandton	$953
1179 km or 733 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
1180 km or 733 mi	Benguela	$671
1180 km or 733 mi	Pretoria	$906
1180 km or 734 mi	Johannesburg	$993
1184 km or 735 mi	Centurion	$807
1187 km or 738 mi	Vereeniging	$672
1196 km or 743 mi	Lobito	$645
1207 km or 750 mi	Benoni	$785