Sri Lanka vs Ukraine - Cost of Living Comparison

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Sri Lanka Ukraine
🚶 Cost of living one person
$577
$626
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$1321
$1518
🏠 One person rent
$222
$293
🏘️ Family rent
$364
$484
🍽️ Food expenses
$283
$226
🚐 Transport expenses
$20
$42.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$240
$447
💸 GDP per capita
$4516
$5389
😃 Human freedom index
6.23
5.87
❤️ Life expectancy
77.5
73.4
👮 Corruption perceptions index
35
36
🌐 English speaking %
18.3%
51%
🎓 Higher education
56
62
😀 Quality of life
51
50
🏙️ Population
21.9M
37.9M

The average cost of living in Sri Lanka ($577) is 8% less expensive than in Ukraine ($626). Sri Lanka ranked 169th vs 164th 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 0.4 months in Sri Lanka compared to 0.7 months in Ukraine. Ranked 88th and 95th best countries to live in the world.

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Prices in Sri Lanka vs Ukraine

We calculate prices for Sri Lanka 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.

Sri Lanka Ukraine
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$4.01
$7.25
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$22
$26.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$7.7
$5.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$2.21
$1.23
 Cappuccino
$2.34
$1.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.72
$0.75
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$283
$324
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$162
$205
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$679
$639
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$290
$381
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$27.8
$57.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$42.8
$88.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$14.4
$6.28
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
12.95%
17.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1855
$1433
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$933
$834
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.22
$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$7.33
$13.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$3.47
$5.04
 Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.04
$1.32
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.67
$1.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$0.54
$0.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.82
$1.24
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.69
$1.66
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$13.1
$8.26
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.43
$4.27
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$7.47
$7.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$6.14
$1.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.98
$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.74
$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.23
$2.11
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.03
$0.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.13
$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.33
$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.3
$0.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$12.8
$4.84
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$2.02
$0.81
🚬 Cigarette pack
$10.1
$2.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$2.03
$3.49
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$2.82
$2.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$2.33
$0.89
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$0.89
$1.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$12
$25.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$3.63
$4.45
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$20.1
$9.91
💇 Haircut, simple
$3.84
$4.2
👖 Brand Jeans
$26.8
$56
👟 Brand Sneakers
$73.5
$79.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$34.2
$291
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$582
$5486

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Cities Comparison in Sri Lanka vs Ukraine

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Cost of Living in Popular cities

In Sri Lanka

City Cost of living Population
Colombo
$676
648K
Gampaha
$414
191K
Kandy
$447
120K
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
$627
116K
Negombo
$487
142K
Beruwala
$609
165K
Galle
$518
93.1K
Trincomalee
$544
99.1K
Matara
$499
68.2K
Anuradhapura
$554
63.2K

In Ukraine

City Cost of living Population
Kyiv
$882
2.95M
Kharkiv
$499
1.42M
Dnipro
$748
969K
Odesa
$635
1.01M
Donetsk
$528
902K
Lviv
$761
717K
Zaporizhia
$485
710K
Kryvyi Rih
$492
604K
Mykolaiv
$534
470K
Luhansk
$761
418K
Vinnytsia
$584
370K
Makiivka
$549
343K
Chernihiv
$500
287K
Cherkasy
$476
270K
Poltava
$490
283K
Mariupol
$529
250K
Chernivtsi
$574
265K
Horlivka
$639
257K
Khmelnytskyi
$546
274K
Sumy
$516
266K
Kamianske
$637
227K
Ivano-Frankivsk
$487
238K
Kherson
$414
279K
Zhytomyr
$562
262K
Rivne
$405
245K
Kremenchuk
$465
215K
Bila Tserkva
$487
209K
Kropyvnytskyi
$599
220K
Ternopil
$464
225K
Lutsk
$554
216K