Cost of living comparison
Kiev is 58.4% cheaper than Redwood City.
If you lived in Kiev instead of Redwood City, you would:
pay 69.3% less for restaurants
Redwood City
|
Kiev
|
||
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$25.00
|
$7.58
UAH306.45
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$12.00
|
$6.32
UAH255.38
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$2.83
|
$0.62
UAH25.08
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$2.30
|
$0.41
UAH16.59
|
|
pay 56.1% less for groceries
Redwood City
|
Kiev
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$2.19
|
$0.73
UAH29.57
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$5.51
|
$4.30
UAH173.89
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$5.23
|
$3.88
UAH156.97
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$5.58
|
$1.78
UAH71.99
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$7.60
|
$1.97
UAH79.81
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$2.00
|
$0.34
UAH13.90
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$1.30
|
$0.64
UAH25.73
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$1.89
|
$0.71
UAH28.58
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.99
|
$0.94
UAH37.90
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$1.29
|
$0.28
UAH11.38
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$1.89
|
$0.37
UAH15.15
|
|
pay 31.5% less for transportation
Redwood City
|
Kiev
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$4.65
|
$5.16
UAH208.74
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$74.00
|
$9.66
UAH390.73
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$23,536.00
|
$30,944.11
UAH1,251,355.16
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$22.70
|
$4.19
UAH169.57
|
|
pay 75.9% less for housing
Redwood City
|
Kiev
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$64.08
|
$5.82
UAH235.17
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$4,000.00
|
$558.46
UAH22,583.83
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center | ?? |
$325.98
UAH13,182.29
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$146.44
|
$72.04
UAH2,913.40
|
|
pay 84.2% less for childcare
Redwood City
|
Kiev
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$2,738.89
|
$365.07
UAH14,763.32
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$37,770.00
|
$6,874.47
UAH277,998.00
|
|
pay 72.2% less for entertainment and sports
Redwood City
|
Kiev
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$4.50
|
$1.26
UAH51.08
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$5.16
|
$1.34
UAH54.22
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$8.89
|
$2.27
UAH91.94
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym | ?? |
$26.77
UAH1,082.53
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$16.00
|
$5.05
UAH204.30
|
|
pay 19.3% less for clothing
Redwood City
|
Kiev
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$69.25
|
$69.25
UAH2,800.28
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$55.00
|
$36.51
UAH1,476.55
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$90.00
|
$87.23
UAH3,527.63
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$120.00
|
$94.45
UAH3,819.58
|
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