Cost of Living Comparison

  1. Cost of Living
  2. Ukraine
  3. Russia
  4. Comparison
UAH
COMPARED TO
RUB

Russia is 15.8% more expensive than Ukraine.

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

pay 24.8% more for restaurants

  Ukraine help_outline Russia help_outline  
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $4.91
₴127.55
$6.67
₽399.11
+35.8%
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $3.72
₴96.65
$3.63
₽217.04
-2.5%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $0.50
₴13.02
$0.74
₽44.00
+46.7%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) $0.35
₴9.09
$0.42
₽24.92
+19.0%
Average +24.8%
Ukraine vs. Russia - Cost of restaurants
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local_grocery_store

pay 10.5% more for groceries

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Bread
1 loaf
 $0.51
₴13.26
$0.47
₽28.18
-7.7%
Local cheese (8 oz) $3.34
₴86.71
$3.57
₽213.68
+7.0%
Milk (1 gallon) $3.39
₴88.14
$3.16
₽189.05
-6.9%
Eggs
1 dozen
 $1.14
₴29.70
$1.10
₽66.02
-3.5%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) $1.63
₴42.36
$1.60
₽95.55
-2.1%
Apples (1 lb) $0.36
₴9.25
$0.61
₽36.40
+70.8%
Bananas (1 lb) $0.47
₴12.28
$0.46
₽27.33
-3.3%
Oranges (1 lb) $0.57
₴14.77
$0.60
₽35.61
+4.7%
Tomatoes (1 lb) $0.61
₴15.77
$0.87
₽52.02
+43.2%
Potatoes (1 lb) $0.20
₴5.10
$0.21
₽12.49
+6.2%
Onions (1 lb) $0.19
₴4.88
$0.20
₽12.04
+7.1%
Average +10.5%
Ukraine vs. Russia - Cost of groceries
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drive_eta

pay 7.2% more for transportation

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Gasoline (1 gallon) $3.81
₴99.03
$2.35
₽140.72
-38.3%
Monthly public transit pass $8.40
₴218.06
$17.28
₽1,033.92
+105.8%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $20,938.66
₴543,776.95
$16,967.91
₽1,015,120.65
-19.0%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) $3.65
₴94.88
$2.94
₽176.03
-19.5%
Average +7.2%
Ukraine vs. Russia - Cost of transportation
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home

pay 27.2% more for housing

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Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $4.88
₴126.86
$7.24
₽433.07
+48.2%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $220.20
₴5,718.58
$281.16
₽16,820.61
+27.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $151.60
₴3,937.00
$199.27
₽11,921.62
+31.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
 $73.54
₴1,909.75
$74.50
₽4,456.97
+1.3%
Average +27.2%
Ukraine vs. Russia - Cost of housing
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child_care

pay 0.2% less for childcare

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Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $173.04
₴4,493.73
$190.97
₽11,424.86
+10.4%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $4,685.72
₴121,688.03
$4,173.55
₽249,686.63
-10.9%
Average -0.2%
Ukraine vs. Russia - Cost of childcare
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gamepad

pay 45.5% more for entertainment and sports

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Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $0.89
₴23.08
$1.28
₽76.61
+44.1%
Cappuccino in mid-range area $0.95
₴24.70
$1.53
₽91.41
+60.7%
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $1.82
₴47.21
$2.02
₽121.10
+11.3%
Monthly membership at local gym $17.02
₴442.08
$30.91
₽1,849.32
+81.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema $3.24
₴84.18
$4.21
₽251.91
+29.9%
Average +45.5%
Ukraine vs. Russia - Cost of entertainment and sports
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store

pay 4.5% less for clothing

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Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 $52.25
₴1,356.97
$56.25
₽3,365.17
+7.7%
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $38.02
₴987.39
$37.03
₽2,215.33
-2.6%
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 $81.09
₴2,105.89
$67.91
₽4,063.02
-16.2%
Men's business shoes (leather) $88.09
₴2,287.68
$81.95
₽4,902.82
-7.0%
Average -4.5%
Ukraine vs. Russia - Cost of clothing
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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: August 2021
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