Russia vs Ukraine - Cost of Living Comparison

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Russia Ukraine
🚶 Cost of living one person
$652
$564
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$1669
$1446
🏠 One person rent
$310
$253
🏘️ Family rent
$594
$469
🍽️ Food expenses
$220
$208
🚐 Transport expenses
$51
$38.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$632
$380
💸 GDP per capita
$15271
$4534
😃 Human freedom index
5.81
6.72
❤️ Life expectancy
69.4
69.6
👮 Corruption perceptions index
26
36
🌐 English speaking %
3.5%
18%
🎓 Higher education
85
66
😀 Quality of life
44
43
🏙️ Population
147M
41.2M

The average cost of living in Russia ($652) is 16% more expensive than in Ukraine ($564). Russia ranked 143rd vs 162nd 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 1 months in Russia compared to 0.7 months in Ukraine. Ranked 107th and 111th best countries to live in the world.

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Prices in Russia vs Ukraine

We calculate prices for Russia and Ukraine as a population-weighted mean of 122 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.

Russia Ukraine
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$6.41
$5.84
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$27.3
$24.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$4.2
$5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.94
$1.05
 Cappuccino
$1.92
$1.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.86
$0.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$358
$286
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$226
$179
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$737
$550
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$450
$349
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$52.5
$47.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$80.4
$72.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$5.94
$5.65
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
11.54%
17.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$2325
$1302
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1510
$860
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.44
$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$20.5
$10.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$5.49
$4.45
 Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$0.57
$1.3
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.84
$0.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$0.48
$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.96
$1.34
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.22
$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$8.1
$7.68
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.8
$3.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$7.21
$6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.19
$0.67
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.19
$1.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.62
$1.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.03
$1.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.47
$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.46
$0.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.35
$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.36
$0.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$6.03
$4.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$0.78
$0.8
🚬 Cigarette pack
$2.16
$2.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$5.23
$3.57
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$2.65
$2.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$1.13
$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.34
$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$29.2
$20.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$4.08
$3.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$17.8
$11.2
💇 Haircut, simple
$5.37
$4.07
👖 Brand Jeans
$63.4
$52.2
👟 Brand Sneakers
$80.5
$89.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$262
$285
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$6135
$4503

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In Russia

City Cost of living Population
Moscow
$1021
12.5M
Saint Petersburg
$811
5.38M
Yekaterinburg
$676
1.47M
Novosibirsk
$657
1.63M
Nizhny Novgorod
$596
1.25M
Kazan
$646
1.24M
Rostov-on-Don
$601
1.14M
Ufa
$547
1.12M
Chelyabinsk
$467
1.2M
Samara
$623
1.17M
Krasnoyarsk
$634
1.08M
Voronezh
$420
1.05M
Krasnodar
$553
949K
Omsk
$402
1.17M
Perm
$537
1.05M
Tyumen
$636
745K
Volgograd
$505
1M
Saratov
$513
845K
Sevastopol
$628
522K
Surgut
$614
396K
Vladivostok
$765
597K
Kemerovo
$487
559K
Khabarovsk
$623
616K
Balashikha
$645
468K
Irkutsk
$607
624K
Izhevsk
$567
646K
Naberezhnye Chelny
$501
534K
Yaroslavl
$496
601K
Orenburg
$494
565K
Yakutsk
$696
312K

In Ukraine

City Cost of living Population
Kyiv
$760
2.95M
Kharkiv
$535
1.43M
Dnipro
$637
981K
Odesa
$557
1.01M
Lviv
$701
724K
Zaporizhia
$476
710K
Kryvyi Rih
$485
603K
Mykolaiv
$369
470K
Luhansk
$511
418K
Mariupol
$498
449K
Donetsk
$498
929K
Vinnytsia
$548
370K
Chernivtsi
$527
265K
Poltava
$504
283K
Kherson
$401
279K
Chernihiv
$443
287K
Zhytomyr
$495
264K
Cherkasy
$457
270K
Kamianske
$560
230K
Ternopil
$470
225K
Lutsk
$518
217K
Kremenchuk
$433
220K
Rivne
$476
245K
Sumy
$425
266K
Bila Tserkva
$451
209K
Kropyvnytskyi
$535
227K
Makiivka
$498
343K
Horlivka
$543
257K
Ivano-Frankivsk
$525
238K
Khmelnytskyi
$534
274K