Quality of life in Lviv
Lviv, Ukraine, differentiates itself with low living costs. According to our city rankings, this is a good place to live with high ratings in housing, safety and leisure & culture.
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Lviv, Ukraine, differentiates itself with low living costs. According to our city rankings, this is a good place to live with high ratings in housing, safety and leisure & culture.
Large apartment | $410.00 |
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Medium apartment | $320.00 |
Rent index [score] | 0.97 |
Small apartment | $230.00 |
5km taxi ride | $2.60 |
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A Cappuccino | $1.10 |
A beer | $0.55 |
A kilogram of Apples | $0.74 |
Bread | $0.15 |
Inflation [score] | 1.00 |
Lunch | $3.10 |
Monthly fitness club membership | $16.00 |
Monthly public transport | $5.50 |
Movie ticket | $3.80 |
Price of a meal at a restaurant | $20.09 |
Average monthly increase in number of startups | 4 |
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Average monthly increase in number of startups [score] | 0.37 |
Coworking spaces [score] | 0.10 |
Coworking spaces on WorkFrom.co | 4 |
Meetups [score] | 0.16 |
Meetups groups | 27 |
Meetups members | 5848 |
Number of startup events in the last 12 months | 27 |
Number of upcoming meetup events | 4 |
Startup climate scene [score] | 0.50 |
Startup events | 3 |
Startup events [score] | 0.19 |
Startups [score] | 0.47 |
Total number of startups | 23 |
Airport hub | 16 |
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Airport hub [score] | 0.15 |
Intercity train connectivity [score] | 0.60 |
Human city page | http://cities.human.co/details/Ukraine/L'viv |
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Traffic handling [score] | 0.68 |
Business freedom | 56.80 |
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Business freedom [score] | 0.29 |
Freedom from corruption | 26.00 |
Freedom from corruption [score] | 0.11 |
Lack of labor restrictions | 47.90 |
Lack of labor restrictions [score] | 0.24 |
Time to open a business | 5.00 |
Time to open a business [score] | 0.96 |
Crime rate [score] | 0.60 |
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Gun-related deaths per 100,000 residents per year | 0 |
Guns per 100 residents | 7 |
Lack of gun related deaths [score] | 1.00 |
Lack of guns [score] | 0.97 |
Lack of guns and gun-related deaths [score] | 0.98 |
Healthcare expenditure [score] | 0.33 |
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Healthcare quality [score] | 0.53 |
Life expectancy (years) | 71.29 |
Life expectancy [score] | 0.28 |
Air quality [score] | 0.42 |
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Cleanliness [score] | 0.58 |
Drinking water quality [score] | 0.20 |
Urban greenery [score] | 0.73 |
Currency exchange rate per US dollar for urban area | 25.73 |
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Currency for urban area | UAH |
GDP growth rate | -0.07 |
GDP growth rate [score] | 0.10 |
GDP per capita | $8668.33 |
GDP per capita [score] | 0.16 |
Effective company profit tax rate on payouts as dividends [score] | 0.40 |
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Income tax level [score] | 0.70 |
Profit tax (% of profit) | 0.52 |
Time overhead to file company taxes | 356 |
VAT (Sales Tax) | 0.20 |
Download speed (Mbps) | 24.46 |
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Internet access (download) [score] | 0.41 |
Internet access (upload) [score] | 0.60 |
Upload speed (Mbps) | 15.72 |
Art galleries | 58 |
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Art galleries [score] | 0.78 |
Cinemas | 36 |
Cinemas [score] | 0.60 |
Comedy clubs | 15 |
Comedy clubs [score] | 0.49 |
Concert venues | 63 |
Concerts [score] | 0.50 |
Historical sites | 52 |
Historical sites [score] | 0.77 |
Museums | 24 |
Museums [score] | 0.65 |
Performing art venues | 72 |
Performing arts [score] | 0.69 |
Sport venues | 31 |
Sports [score] | 0.65 |
Zoos | 10 |
Zoos [score] | 0.56 |
LGBT Equality Index | 71.98 |
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LGBT Equality Index [score] | 0.73 |
LGBT adoption rights | ✖ Illegal |
LGBT age of consent | ✔ Equal |
LGBT blood donation regulations | ✔ Legal |
LGBT conversion therapy regulations | ✖ Not banned |
LGBT discrimination legality | Illegal in some contexts |
LGBT employment discrimination legality | ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity |
LGBT gender changing rights | ✔ Legal, surgery not required |
LGBT homosexuality rights | ✔ Legal |
LGBT housing discrimination legality | ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity |
LGBT marriage rights | ✖ Unrecognized |
Tolerance towards minorities [score] | 0.61 |
Elevation (hills or mountains) [score] | 0.18 |
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Median peak in meters | 352.50 |
Urban area elevation (meters) | 283.00 |
Water access [score] | 0.70 |
Costs of living in Lviv are in the least expensive 10 percent of all 248 Teleport cities. Average living expenses are significantly lower compared to other cities, especially in the housing market. Moving to Lviv will very likely decrease your daily costs of living. Sign up for free to get access to our cost of living index and use our international cost of living calculator to do cost comparison by city.
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The overall crime rate puts Lviv in position 127 of 266 Teleport Cities in a ranking for the safest cities.
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Lviv (also spelled L'viv and Львів; Polish: Lwów, German: Lemberg, Russian: Львов, Latin: Leopolis) is in Western Ukraine and used to be the capital of East Galicia. It's the biggest city of the region and a major Ukrainian cultural centre on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
The city has a multicultural history but little of the evidence of this has survived until today. It was founded in 1256 by King Daniel of Galicia (Ukrainian: Король Данило Галицький - Korol' Danylo Galyckyy) and fell under Polish control in the 14th century. Poles, Jews, Ukrainians, Germans and others lived there together for centuries. This multicultural experience virtually came to an end during and after WWII. Germans, with the help of Ukrainian nationalists, killed most of the Jews (about one third of Lviv's population at that time) and, at the end and in the direct aftermath of the war, the Polish population (about 50% of the population) was first partly driven out by nationalist terror, then "repatriated" to Poland in its new borders by the Soviet government. The Polish and Jewish heritage is hardly preserved, but one can find some inscriptions on former shops in Polish, Yiddish and German.
In recent times, because of Lviv's proximity to Europe and openness to foreigners, the city's multicultural feel has experienced a resurgence. Even today, walking through the city centre, a traveller can hear Poles laughing and taking pictures of the beautiful old buildings, Germans walking through the city on guided tours, Ukrainian or Russian tourists and students joking about this or that, and American or British businessmen chatting in cafes. There is even a small Jewish community in the city. The many universities in Lviv attract students from every continent on the globe, and its old architecture draws tourists from various parts of the world, including Ukraine.
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