Houston vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Houston	Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2248	$795
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5589	$1960
🏠 One person rent	$1325	$419
🏘️ Family rent	$2490	$753
🍽️ Food expenses	$564	$241
🚐 Transport expenses	$201	$58
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4672	$529
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	100	70
😀 Quality of life	92	64
🏙️ Population	2.3M	2.95M

The cost of living in Houston is 183% more expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 1258th and 6450th ($2248 vs $795) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1108th and 1st in the United States and Ukraine, respectively. Check the United States vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Houston compared to 0.7 months in Kyiv. Houston ranked 13th best city to live in the United States vs Kyiv ranked 1st in Ukraine, while ranked 82nd and 4556th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Houston vs Kyiv

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	Houston	Kyiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.2	$7.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.3	$36.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.71	$6.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.52	$1.22
☕ Cappuccino	$5.31	$1.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.49	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1392	$518
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1059	$313
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2964	$997
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2036	$569
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$59.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$92.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68	$5.57
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	18.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2925	$2412
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2076	$1325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.25	$0.24
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$71.1	$9.34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.7	$4.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.36
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.07	$0.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.95	$1.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$8.69
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$4.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$6.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$0.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$1.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$0.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.15	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$4.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$0.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.66	$2.31
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$2.59
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.09	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.86	$2.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.26	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.9	$24.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.7	$4.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$110	$18.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$7.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.2	$65.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$89.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1368	$365
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22908	$7166

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Cities near Houston

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Pasadena	$2101
25 km or 15 mi	Pearland	$2080
25 km or 16 mi	Missouri	$2143
27 km or 17 mi	Deer Park	$2089
29 km or 18 mi	Sugar Land	$2164
32 km or 20 mi	Spring	$2093
33 km or 21 mi	Friendswood	$2035
35 km or 22 mi	La Porte	$2074
40 km or 25 mi	Baytown	$2084
41 km or 25 mi	League	$1983
42 km or 26 mi	Alvin	$2003
47 km or 29 mi	Rosenberg	$2151
48 km or 30 mi	The Woodlands	$2692
59 km or 37 mi	Texas City	$1971
62 km or 38 mi	Conroe	$1798
76 km or 47 mi	Galveston	$1844
81 km or 50 mi	Lake Jackson	$2063
108 km or 67 mi	Huntsville	$2129
126 km or 78 mi	Beaumont	$1653
129 km or 80 mi	College Station	$1764
138 km or 86 mi	Bryan	$1890
140 km or 87 mi	Port Arthur	$1865
186 km or 115 mi	Lufkin	$1838
188 km or 117 mi	Victoria	$2231
203 km or 126 mi	Sulphur	$2004
215 km or 134 mi	Lake Charles	$1960
217 km or 135 mi	Nacogdoches	$1468
229 km or 142 mi	Pflugerville	$2211
234 km or 145 mi	Austin	$2473
236 km or 146 mi	Round Rock	$2145
239 km or 149 mi	Temple	$2186
242 km or 150 mi	Kyle	$2223
242 km or 150 mi	Georgetown	$2194
247 km or 153 mi	San Marcos	$2226
249 km or 155 mi	Cedar Park	$2232
250 km or 156 mi	Seguin	$2177
254 km or 158 mi	Leander	$2250
261 km or 162 mi	Waco	$2223
262 km or 163 mi	Harker Heights	$2075
264 km or 164 mi	New Braunfels	$2156

Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$420
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$422
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$529
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$432
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$545
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$469
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$514
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$421
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$490
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$909
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$418
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$473
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$449
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$437
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$516
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$956
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$437
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$860
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$457
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$576
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$806
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$487
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$467
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$679
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$876
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$375
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$491
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$450
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$503
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$537
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$515
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$780
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1131
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$457
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$873
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$451
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$516
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$717
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$748
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$563