Nicaragua vs Ukraine - Cost of Living Comparison

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Nicaragua Ukraine
🚶 Cost of living one person
$756
$619
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$1812
$1515
🏠 One person rent
$299
$288
🏘️ Family rent
$449
$481
🍽️ Food expenses
$328
$225
🚐 Transport expenses
$35.4
$43.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$162
$465
💸 GDP per capita
$2848
$5389
😃 Human freedom index
4.85
5.87
❤️ Life expectancy
74.9
73.4
👮 Corruption perceptions index
14
36
🌐 English speaking %
1%
51%
🎓 Higher education
29
62
😀 Quality of life
28
50
🏙️ Population
6.92M
37.9M

The average cost of living in Nicaragua ($756) is 22% more expensive than in Ukraine ($619). Nicaragua ranked 140th vs 165th 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 0.2 months in Nicaragua compared to 0.8 months in Ukraine. Ranked 155th and 96th 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
$5.75
$7.22
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$33
$25.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$7.49
$5.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.4
$1.21
 Cappuccino
$2.42
$1.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.85
$0.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$258
$321
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$191
$201
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$374
$627
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$343
$376
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$61.2
$56
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$94.7
$86.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$37.7
$6.11
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
10.28%
18.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1188
$1402
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$644
$823
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.17
$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$6.76
$13.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$7.69
$5.04
 Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.31
$1.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.19
$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$2.05
$0.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.58
$1.22
🥚 Eggs, x12
$2.26
$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$10.1
$8.13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$6.08
$4.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$7.1
$7.22
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.72
$1.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.8
$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.8
$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.15
$2.22
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.83
$0.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.15
$0.49
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.69
$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.28
$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$13.9
$4.88
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.4
$0.79
🚬 Cigarette pack
$2.62
$2.75
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$6.22
$3.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$5.22
$2.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$2.9
$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.59
$1.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$28.9
$25.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$8.11
$4.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$21.1
$9.42
💇 Haircut, simple
$4.8
$4.13
👖 Brand Jeans
$64.2
$55
👟 Brand Sneakers
$123
$78.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$160
$295
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$6084
$6277

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In Nicaragua

City Cost of living Population
Managua
$788
937K
Leon
$759
174K
Masaya
$817
140K
Chinandega
$791
122K
Granada
$706
105K
Esteli
$716
112K
Matagalpa
$665
133K
Jinotega
$503
99.4K
Juigalpa
$796
51.8K
San Juan del Sur
$844
14.7K

In Ukraine

City Cost of living Population
Kyiv
$853
2.95M
Kharkiv
$501
1.42M
Dnipro
$749
969K
Odesa
$641
1.01M
Donetsk
$525
902K
Zaporizhia
$471
710K
Lviv
$800
717K
Kryvyi Rih
$454
604K
Luhansk
$790
418K
Mykolaiv
$529
470K
Makiivka
$534
339K
Vinnytsia
$572
370K
Mariupol
$518
250K
Chernivtsi
$579
265K
Poltava
$475
283K
Chernihiv
$479
287K
Horlivka
$621
240K
Cherkasy
$448
270K
Kremenchuk
$490
215K
Kamianske
$628
227K
Ternopil
$458
225K
Khmelnytskyi
$541
274K
Sumy
$518
266K
Rivne
$397
245K
Zhytomyr
$591
262K
Ivano-Frankivsk
$498
238K
Kherson
$409
279K
Bila Tserkva
$464
209K
Kropyvnytskyi
$577
220K
Lutsk
$543
216K