Kyiv vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

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Kyiv Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person
$760
$676
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$1995
$1762
🏠 One person rent
$367
$326
🏘️ Family rent
$737
$708
🍽️ Food expenses
$255
$225
🚐 Transport expenses
$58.9
$52.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$520
$605
😷 Air quality
Excellent
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
7 km
17 km
🎓 Higher education
70
46
😀 Quality of life
65
60
🏙️ Population
2.95M
1.47M

The cost of living in Kyiv is 12% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 6536th and 6984th ($760 vs $676) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 11th 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 3rd in Russia, while ranked 4566th and 5379th among best cities to live in the world.

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Kyiv Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$7.71
$7.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$37.6
$31.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$5.98
$4.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.26
$0.77
☕ Cappuccino
$1.44
$1.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.65
$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$459
$356
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$264
$240
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$953
$838
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$564
$559
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$57.7
$56.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$89.1
$86.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$5.88
$6.47
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
19.58%
13.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$2503
$1840
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1319
$1299
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.34
$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$9.91
$27.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$4.19
$3.76
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.42
$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.07
$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$0.75
$0.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.53
$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.83
$1.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$9.06
$8.79
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.39
$3.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$6.71
$6.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.76
$1.35
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.47
$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.61
$1.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.17
$2.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.6
$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.99
$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.38
$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.26
$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$5.43
$5.19
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$0.94
$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack
$2.35
$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$2.78
$3.44
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$4.81
$3.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$2.31
$0.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.71
$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$27
$27.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$5.31
$3.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$18.7
$16.9
💇 Haircut, simple
$8.07
$7.17
👖 Brand Jeans
$68.6
$67.9
👟 Brand Sneakers
$86.5
$80
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$386
$182
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$7179
$4747

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Distance City Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi Bila Tserkva
$451
129 km or 80 mi Chernihiv
$443
134 km or 83 mi Zhytomyr
$495
157 km or 97 mi Cherkasy
$457
200 km or 124 mi Vinnytsia
$548
224 km or 139 mi Gomel
$406
250 km or 155 mi Kropyvnytskyi
$535
258 km or 160 mi Kremenchuk
$433
277 km or 172 mi Khmelnytskyi
$534
302 km or 188 mi Soroca
$892
302 km or 188 mi Rivne
$476
305 km or 189 mi Poltava
$504
305 km or 190 mi Sumy
$425
313 km or 195 mi Babruysk
$426
349 km or 217 mi Kryvyi Rih
$485
354 km or 220 mi Balti
$976
360 km or 224 mi Pinsk
$423
363 km or 226 mi Orhei
$820
365 km or 227 mi Ternopil
$470
366 km or 227 mi Kamianske
$560
368 km or 228 mi Dubasari
$767
368 km or 229 mi Lutsk
$518
385 km or 239 mi Mogilev
$472
392 km or 243 mi Dnipro
$637
402 km or 250 mi Chisinau
$810
402 km or 250 mi Mykolaiv
$369
406 km or 252 mi Tiraspol
$487
408 km or 254 mi Bryansk
$423
409 km or 254 mi Kharkiv
$535
409 km or 254 mi Bender
$464
410 km or 255 mi Chernivtsi
$527
411 km or 255 mi Botosani
$758
412 km or 256 mi Ungheni
$1111
420 km or 261 mi Kursk
$462
424 km or 263 mi Iasi
$839
430 km or 267 mi Belgorod
$439
431 km or 268 mi Baranavichy
$490
434 km or 269 mi Minsk
$649
440 km or 273 mi Suceava
$704
441 km or 274 mi Barysaw
$528

Cities near Yekaterinburg

Distance City Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky
$559
96 km or 59 mi Kamensk-Uralsky
$556
126 km or 78 mi Nizhny Tagil
$531
194 km or 120 mi Zlatoust
$497
194 km or 121 mi Chelyabinsk
$467
201 km or 125 mi Miass
$487
291 km or 181 mi Perm
$537
302 km or 188 mi Tyumen
$636
333 km or 207 mi Kurgan
$488
371 km or 231 mi Ufa
$547
396 km or 246 mi Magnitogorsk
$437
447 km or 277 mi Kostanay
$734
448 km or 278 mi Izhevsk
$567
461 km or 287 mi Sterlitamak
$427
486 km or 302 mi Salavat
$468
524 km or 326 mi Naberezhnye Chelny
$501
558 km or 346 mi Nizhnekamsk
$536
559 km or 348 mi Almetyevsk
$516
577 km or 358 mi Petropavl
$605
639 km or 397 mi Orsk
$448
666 km or 414 mi Orenburg
$494
678 km or 421 mi Kirov
$456
685 km or 426 mi Kokshetau
$660
716 km or 445 mi Kazan
$646
760 km or 473 mi Aktobe
$559
771 km or 479 mi Syktyvkar
$493
773 km or 480 mi Yoshkar-Ola
$545
780 km or 485 mi Samara
$623
798 km or 496 mi Tolyatti
$500
816 km or 507 mi Ulyanovsk
$493
821 km or 510 mi Cheboksary
$517
823 km or 511 mi Omsk
$402
865 km or 537 mi Oral
$526
872 km or 542 mi Syzran
$518
882 km or 548 mi Surgut
$614
949 km or 590 mi Nur-Sultan
$814
982 km or 610 mi Balakovo
$562
1011 km or 628 mi Saransk
$414
1014 km or 630 mi Nizhny Novgorod
$596
1023 km or 636 mi Nizhnevartovsk
$632