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Nagoya vs. Kiev Cost of Living Summary

Nagoya is 73.4% more expensive than Kiev.

Restaurants
pay 24.7% more in Nagoya
Groceries
pay 2.4 times more in Nagoya
Transportation
pay 2.7 times more in Nagoya
Housing
pay 97.8% more in Nagoya
Childcare
pay 31.5% more in Nagoya
Entertainment and Sports
pay 72.2% more in Nagoya
Clothing
pay 29.1% less in Nagoya

The cost of transportation, groceries, housing, entertainment and sports, childcare, and restaurants in Nagoya are more expensive than in Kiev. Notably, transportation, groceries, and housing are significantly more expensive in Nagoya.

Nagoya vs. Kiev Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Nagoya instead of Kiev, you would:

pay 24.7% more for restaurants

 
Kiev
Nagoya
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $8.43
UAH361.93
$6.68
¥1,050
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$6.02
UAH258.52
$5.35
¥840
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $0.67
UAH28.98
$1.14
¥179

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pay 2.4 times more for groceries

 
Kiev
Nagoya
Bread
1 loaf
$0.78
UAH33.62
$1.46
¥229
Local cheese (8 oz) $4.90
UAH210.42
$4.86
¥764
Milk (1 gallon) $4.75
UAH204.05
$6.11
¥961

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pay 2.7 times more for transportation

 
Kiev
Nagoya
Gasoline (1 gallon) $5.31
UAH227.98
$4.43
¥697
Monthly public transit pass $10.23
UAH439.49
$53.46
¥8,404
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $30,417.03
UAH1M
$22,332.63
¥4M

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pay 97.8% more for housing

 
Kiev
Nagoya
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$7.04
UAH302.41
$32.74
¥5,147
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $630.45
UAH27,081.15
$573.57
¥90,166
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $377.83
UAH16,229.77
$395.38
¥62,153

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pay 31.5% more for childcare

 
Kiev
Nagoya
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $373.14
UAH16,028.38
$461.83
¥72,600
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $7,847.15
UAH337K
$10,914.61
¥2M

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pay 72.2% more for entertainment and sports

 
Kiev
Nagoya
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $1.08
UAH46.53
$2.00
¥315
Cappuccino in mid-range area $1.64
UAH70.29
$2.79
¥439
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$2.89
UAH124.09
$3.34
¥525

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pay 29.1% less for clothing

 
Kiev
Nagoya
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$68.61
UAH2,947.15
$44.33
¥6,968
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$35.80
UAH1,537.60
$30.91
¥4,858
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$97.02
UAH4,167.38
$50.12
¥7,879

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: February 2026
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