Kyiv vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

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Kyiv Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person
$795
$701
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$1960
$1767
🏠 One person rent
$419
$347
🏘️ Family rent
$753
$703
🍽️ Food expenses
$241
$227
🚐 Transport expenses
$58
$54.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$529
$601
😷 Air quality
Excellent
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
7 km
17 km
🎓 Higher education
70
46
😀 Quality of life
64
60
🏙️ Population
2.95M
1.47M

The cost of living in Kyiv is 13% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 6450th and 6924th ($795 vs $701) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 16th in Ukraine and Russia, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Kyiv compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs Yekaterinburg ranked 7th in Russia, while ranked 4556th and 5229th among best cities to live in the world.

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Kyiv Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$7.27
$7.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$36.3
$32
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$6.07
$4.28
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.22
$1.62
☕ Cappuccino
$1.38
$1.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.62
$0.75
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$518
$377
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$313
$252
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$997
$836
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$569
$538
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$59.4
$62.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$92.6
$97.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$5.57
$7.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
18.33%
12.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$2412
$1941
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1325
$1299
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.24
$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$9.34
$26.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$4.47
$4.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.36
$0.57
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.02
$0.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$0.73
$0.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.42
$1.1
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.59
$1.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$8.69
$8.74
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.15
$3.76
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$6.1
$6.95
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.71
$1.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.49
$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.54
$1.46
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.91
$2.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.62
$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.77
$0.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.35
$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.18
$1.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$4.81
$5.42
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$0.79
$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack
$2.31
$2.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$2.59
$3.48
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$4.41
$3.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$2.15
$0.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.59
$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$24.5
$27.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$4.86
$4.31
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$18.1
$17
💇 Haircut, simple
$7.13
$7.16
👖 Brand Jeans
$65.6
$61.6
👟 Brand Sneakers
$89.4
$83.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$365
$180
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$7166
$4718

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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 Yekaterinburg

Distance City Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky
$586
96 km or 59 mi Kamensk-Uralsky
$585
126 km or 78 mi Nizhny Tagil
$537
194 km or 120 mi Zlatoust
$539
194 km or 121 mi Chelyabinsk
$523
201 km or 125 mi Miass
$531
291 km or 181 mi Perm
$559
302 km or 188 mi Tyumen
$698
333 km or 207 mi Kurgan
$490
371 km or 231 mi Ufa
$567
396 km or 246 mi Magnitogorsk
$473
447 km or 277 mi Kostanay
$782
448 km or 278 mi Izhevsk
$620
461 km or 287 mi Sterlitamak
$422
486 km or 302 mi Salavat
$484
524 km or 326 mi Naberezhnye Chelny
$556
558 km or 346 mi Nizhnekamsk
$536
559 km or 348 mi Almetyevsk
$540
577 km or 358 mi Petropavl
$575
639 km or 397 mi Orsk
$451
666 km or 414 mi Orenburg
$503
678 km or 421 mi Kirov
$463
685 km or 426 mi Kokshetau
$630
716 km or 445 mi Kazan
$654
760 km or 473 mi Aktobe
$533
771 km or 479 mi Syktyvkar
$480
773 km or 480 mi Yoshkar-Ola
$509
780 km or 485 mi Samara
$589
798 km or 496 mi Tolyatti
$513
816 km or 507 mi Ulyanovsk
$484
821 km or 510 mi Cheboksary
$541
823 km or 511 mi Omsk
$406
865 km or 537 mi Oral
$530
872 km or 542 mi Syzran
$522
882 km or 548 mi Surgut
$612
949 km or 590 mi Nur-Sultan
$780
982 km or 610 mi Balakovo
$562
1011 km or 628 mi Saransk
$376
1014 km or 630 mi Nizhny Novgorod
$639
1023 km or 636 mi Nizhnevartovsk
$628