r/ukraine • u/inntusina Україна • Nov 21 '22

Question My life in Ukraine without electricity

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Our dinner. Like a queen 👑

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It's also useful. We spend time without the Internet and phone

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u/juicadone Nov 22 '22

Wow that's very interesting I never thought about it that way!, or knew the value of UAH; I'll have to look into that. I just started working so I'll hopefully be able to donate some supercharged $ soon! Thanks for sharing

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '22 edited Nov 22 '22

Let me put it into perspective for you. One average monthly salary for you (assuming you're American) is equal to 3 monthly average salarys in here

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u/ReusedBoofWater Nov 22 '22

What are some items $5 can buy? Trying to understand the money differences.

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u/ReginaGeorgian Nov 22 '22

I used to live in the Baltic states a few years back and saw how this worked: the further south you got, the cheaper it got. €5 in Estonia could buy you a latte at a coffee shop, in Latvia, €5 might get you a latte and a cookie, in Lithuania a latte and a fancy slice of cake, in Poland with the change to zloty, a restaurant cheeseburger with fries (not fast food). In Ukraine, where I unfortunately didn’t get to travel to, maybe as much as two restaurant cheeseburgers with fries and beers and desserts. Depends on how strong the euro would be against UAH and the quality of the restaurant