Cost of Living Comparison

  1. Cost of Living
  2. United States
  3. California
  4. Ukraine
  5. Comparison
USD
COMPARED TO
UAH

Ukraine is 60.7% cheaper than California.

If you lived in Ukraine instead of California, you would:
local_dining

pay 71.3% less for restaurants

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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $15.32 $4.34
₴112.58
-71.7%
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $8.32 $3.47
₴90.21
-58.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $2.05 $0.48
₴12.59
-76.3%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) $1.61 $0.34
₴8.85
-78.9%
Average -71.3%
California vs. Ukraine - Cost of restaurants
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local_grocery_store

pay 67.1% less for groceries

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Bread
1 loaf
 $3.34 $0.45
₴11.60
-86.6%
Local cheese (8 oz) $6.57 $3.17
₴82.30
-51.7%
Milk (1 gallon) $3.78 $3.11
₴80.74
-17.8%
Eggs
1 dozen
 $3.09 $0.97
₴25.27
-68.5%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) $4.70 $1.57
₴40.67
-66.7%
Apples (1 lb) $2.07 $0.31
₴8.04
-85.0%
Bananas (1 lb) $0.87 $0.45
₴11.76
-47.8%
Oranges (1 lb) $1.74 $0.52
₴13.61
-69.9%
Tomatoes (1 lb) $2.08 $0.54
₴14.13
-73.8%
Potatoes (1 lb) $1.40 $0.19
₴4.90
-86.5%
Onions (1 lb) $1.21 $0.20
₴5.27
-83.3%
Average -67.1%
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drive_eta

pay 43.7% less for transportation

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Gasoline (1 gallon) $3.46 $3.79
₴98.39
+9.4%
Monthly public transit pass $67.81 $8.34
₴216.46
-87.7%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $23,812.63 $20,095.95
₴521,891.82
-15.6%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) $17.64 $3.35
₴86.98
-81.0%
Average -43.7%
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home

pay 79.8% less for housing

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Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $64.93 $4.51
₴117.06
-93.1%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $1,837.88 $204.08
₴5,299.99
-88.9%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $1,619.04 $139.61
₴3,625.69
-91.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
 $126.11 $68.13
₴1,769.28
-46.0%
Average -79.8%
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child_care

pay 80.4% less for childcare

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Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $1,102.03 $159.22
₴4,135.00
-85.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $17,255.94 $4,254.91
₴110,500.08
-75.3%
Average -80.4%
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pay 78.3% less for entertainment and sports

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Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $5.71 $0.82
₴21.31
-85.6%
Cappuccino in mid-range area $4.41 $0.87
₴22.69
-80.2%
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $9.18 $1.52
₴39.58
-83.4%
Monthly membership at local gym $46.72 $15.58
₴404.71
-66.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema $12.91 $3.13
₴81.30
-75.7%
Average -78.3%
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store

pay 4.4% less for clothing

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Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 $47.29 $52.40
₴1,360.71
+10.8%
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $39.60 $36.51
₴948.12
-7.8%
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 $78.04 $77.38
₴2,009.65
-0.8%
Men's business shoes (leather) $107.07 $85.89
₴2,230.57
-19.8%
Average -4.4%
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