Kyiv vs Yangon - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kyiv	Yangon
🚶 Cost of living one person	$879	$614
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2107	$1663
🏠 One person rent	$456	$220
🏘️ Family rent	$770	$365
🍽️ Food expenses	$266	$243
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.7	$84.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$445	$149
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	72	30
😀 Quality of life	68	45
🏙️ Population	2.95M	6.87M

The cost of living in Kyiv is 43% more expensive than in Yangon. Cities ranked 6330th and 7717th ($879 vs $614) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Ukraine and Myanmar, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Myanmar comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Kyiv compared to 0.2 months in Yangon. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs Yangon ranked 1st in Myanmar, while ranked 4632nd and 7117th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyiv vs Yangon

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	Kyiv	Yangon
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.82	$2.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.4	$17.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.32	$5.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$1
☕ Cappuccino	$1.59	$1.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$0.81
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$541	$339
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$344	$129
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$952	$597
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$229
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.6	$26.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$40.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.58	$22.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.87%	12.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2254	$2152
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1261	$939
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$0.24
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.4	$9.91
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.91	$8.45
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.35	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$1.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.68	$0.97
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.95	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$6.44
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$5.58
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.02	$9.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$4.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.09
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$4.15
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$2.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$1.46
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$1.15
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.12	$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.42	$8.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$0.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.62	$1.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.26	$1.41
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$2.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$2.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$27
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.5	$2.62
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.9	$14.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.66	$2.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.9	$62.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96	$92.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$376	$265
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7835	$15435

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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 Yangon

Distance	City	Cost of living
71 km or 44 mi	Bago	$571
151 km or 94 mi	Pathein	$666
158 km or 98 mi	Hpa-an	$581
161 km or 100 mi	Mawlamyine	$567
334 km or 207 mi	Naypyidaw	$594
373 km or 232 mi	Chiang Mai	$727
373 km or 232 mi	Pai	$667
438 km or 272 mi	Phitsanulok	$558
442 km or 275 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$680
451 km or 280 mi	Taunggyi	$534
506 km or 314 mi	Sittwe	$558
520 km or 323 mi	Chiang Rai	$603
534 km or 332 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$623
552 km or 343 mi	Myeik	$553
566 km or 352 mi	Pak Kret	$736
566 km or 352 mi	Tha Khlong	$675
571 km or 355 mi	Nonthaburi	$737
571 km or 355 mi	Rangsit	$635
576 km or 358 mi	Mandalay	$540
578 km or 359 mi	Bangkok	$958
588 km or 365 mi	Lat Luang	$774
591 km or 367 mi	Pu Chao Saming Phrai	$774
600 km or 373 mi	Monywa	$519
624 km or 388 mi	Hua Hin	$724
658 km or 409 mi	Laem Chabang	$779
662 km or 411 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$770
666 km or 414 mi	Pattaya	$812
666 km or 414 mi	Nakhon Ratchasima	$588
671 km or 417 mi	Nong Prue	$787
686 km or 427 mi	Cox's Bazar	$324
697 km or 433 mi	Vientiane	$1152
705 km or 438 mi	Udon Thani	$578
708 km or 440 mi	Vang Vieng	$1181
713 km or 443 mi	Khon Kaen	$590
719 km or 447 mi	Luang Prabang	$1261
742 km or 461 mi	Klaeng	$718
756 km or 470 mi	Jinghong	$577
763 km or 474 mi	Chittagong	$358
816 km or 507 mi	Serei Saophoan	$623
834 km or 518 mi	Pu'er	$599