Kyiv vs Zhumadian - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kyiv	Zhumadian
🚶 Cost of living one person	$850	$637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2107	$1667
🏠 One person rent	$445	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$817	$457
🍽️ Food expenses	$252	$217
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.5	$71.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$571	$745
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	49 km
🎓 Higher education	71	19
😀 Quality of life	64	38
🏙️ Population	2.95M	7.01M

The cost of living in Kyiv is 33% more expensive than in Zhumadian. Cities ranked 6262nd and 7314th ($850 vs $637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 137th in Ukraine and China, respectively. Check Ukraine vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Kyiv compared to 1.2 months in Zhumadian. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs Zhumadian ranked 304th in China, while ranked 4484th and 7150th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyiv vs Zhumadian

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	Kyiv	Zhumadian
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.61	$3.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$20.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.26	$5.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$0.95
☕ Cappuccino	$1.51	$2.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$515	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$336	$187
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1066	$450
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$617	$344
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.3	$50.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$78.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.37	$13.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.89%	4.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2228	$3149
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1274	$1823
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$18.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.23	$3.49
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$1.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$3.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.1	$8.61
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.49	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.21	$3.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$4.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$1.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.5	$43.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.57	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$23.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.55	$5.05
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.6	$74.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.6	$88.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$392	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7184	$8598

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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 Zhumadian

Distance	City	Cost of living
59 km or 36 mi	Wugang	$571
67 km or 42 mi	Luohe	$591
92 km or 57 mi	Zhoukou	$580
95 km or 59 mi	Xinyang	$655
96 km or 60 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
108 km or 67 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
118 km or 73 mi	Xuchang	$586
128 km or 80 mi	Jieshou	$591
140 km or 87 mi	Nanyang	$632
140 km or 87 mi	Changge	$547
140 km or 87 mi	Yuzhou	$552
152 km or 94 mi	Zaoyang	$591
152 km or 95 mi	Guangshui	$619
153 km or 95 mi	Suizhou	$621
160 km or 100 mi	Xinzheng	$538
166 km or 103 mi	Fuyang	$633
173 km or 107 mi	Ruzhou	$538
184 km or 114 mi	Xinmi	$528
185 km or 115 mi	Dengzhou	$600
189 km or 117 mi	Dengfeng	$529
194 km or 121 mi	Anlu	$615
200 km or 124 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
203 km or 126 mi	Xiangyang	$604
204 km or 127 mi	Kaifeng	$545
210 km or 130 mi	Xingyang	$519
218 km or 135 mi	Yicheng	$577
219 km or 136 mi	Gongyi	$522
220 km or 137 mi	Shangqiu	$736
221 km or 137 mi	Macheng	$630
226 km or 140 mi	Yanshi	$509
228 km or 142 mi	Xiaogan	$651
230 km or 143 mi	Laohekou	$582
230 km or 143 mi	Yingcheng	$600
234 km or 145 mi	Jingshan	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Luoyang	$505
240 km or 149 mi	Danjiangkou	$583
243 km or 151 mi	Zhongxiang	$577
244 km or 151 mi	Mengzhou	$505
248 km or 154 mi	Yongcheng	$600
256 km or 159 mi	Qinyang	$504