Nicaragua vs Ukraine - Cost of Living Comparison

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Nicaragua Ukraine
🚶 Cost of living one person
$732
$628
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$1771
$1520
🏠 One person rent
$288
$297
🏘️ Family rent
$443
$491
🍽️ Food expenses
$320
$224
🚐 Transport expenses
$30.8
$42.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$204
$432
💸 GDP per capita
$2848
$5389
😃 Human freedom index
5.27
5.84
❤️ Life expectancy
74.9
73.4
👮 Corruption perceptions index
14
35
🌐 English speaking %
1%
51%
🎓 Higher education
30
66
😀 Quality of life
29
49
🏙️ Population
6.92M
37.9M

The average cost of living in Nicaragua ($732) is 17% more expensive than in Ukraine ($628). Nicaragua ranked 140th vs 159th for Ukraine in the list of the most expensive countries in the world.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Nicaragua compared to 0.7 months in Ukraine. Ranked 158th and 89th best countries to live in the world.

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Prices in Nicaragua vs Ukraine

We calculate prices for Nicaragua and Ukraine as a population-weighted mean of 10 and 34 cities, respectively. Since large cities tend to have a higher cost of living, it's better to visit specific city pages below for more relevant information.

Nicaragua Ukraine
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$5.04
$7.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$30.6
$25.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$7.01
$5.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.34
$1.11
 Cappuccino
$2.16
$1.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.81
$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$245
$321
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$185
$213
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$493
$620
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$392
$376
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$54
$56.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$83.1
$87
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$37.5
$6.06
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
10.2%
17.22%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1193
$1366
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$580
$854
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.2
$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$6.93
$12.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$5.8
$5.05
 Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.29
$1.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.16
$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$2.06
$0.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.57
$1.24
🥚 Eggs, x12
$2.17
$1.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$9.93
$8.39
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$5.88
$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$7.41
$7.04
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.85
$0.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.94
$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.83
$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.14
$2.08
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.52
$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.12
$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.68
$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.3
$0.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$13.8
$4.42
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.4
$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack
$2.65
$2.53
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$6.14
$3.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$5.16
$2.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$2.87
$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.57
$1.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$27.4
$25.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$7.7
$4.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$20.1
$10.1
💇 Haircut, simple
$4.18
$4.32
👖 Brand Jeans
$71.3
$56.7
👟 Brand Sneakers
$122
$80.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$119
$292
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$7030
$4796

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In Nicaragua

City Cost of living Population
Managua
$760
937K
Leon
$735
174K
Chinandega
$770
122K
Masaya
$790
140K
Esteli
$682
112K
Matagalpa
$673
133K
Jinotega
$467
99.4K
Granada
$698
105K
Juigalpa
$768
51.8K
San Juan del Sur
$864
14.7K

In Ukraine

City Cost of living Population
Kyiv
$879
2.95M
Kharkiv
$510
1.42M
Odesa
$624
1.01M
Dnipro
$790
969K
Donetsk
$516
902K
Lviv
$762
717K
Zaporizhia
$501
710K
Mykolaiv
$516
470K
Kryvyi Rih
$503
604K
Luhansk
$732
418K
Vinnytsia
$603
370K
Makiivka
$534
343K
Chernihiv
$516
287K
Poltava
$479
283K
Cherkasy
$498
270K
Khmelnytskyi
$535
274K
Sumy
$496
266K
Chernivtsi
$545
265K
Horlivka
$650
257K
Kamianske
$656
227K
Mariupol
$539
250K
Zhytomyr
$586
262K
Kherson
$420
279K
Rivne
$439
245K
Bila Tserkva
$497
209K
Ternopil
$465
225K
Kremenchuk
$440
215K
Kropyvnytskyi
$616
220K
Ivano-Frankivsk
$482
238K
Lutsk
$546
216K