New fares for single rides on public transportation will take effect in Kyiv on July 15; a ride on the metro, bus, tram, trolleybus, or funicular will cost 30 UAH.
Mayor Vitali Klitschko signed the corresponding order on July 7; the document was published on the Kyiv City State Administration’s website on Friday, July 10.
Discounts on travel passes are also provided based on the number of trips: 1–9 trips – 30 UAH; 10–19 – 28.90 UAH; 20–29 – 27.80 UAH; 30–39 – 26.60 UAH; 40–49 – 25.50 UAH; 50 trips — 25 UAH.
Starting August 1, a 60-UAH ticket will also be available, allowing for an unlimited number of transfers within 90 minutes.
Tickets purchased before July 14 are valid until September 14. After that, any unused balance will be automatically refunded in cash to the transit card.
As previously reported, five petitions on the Kyiv City Council website calling for a suspension of fare increases on the capital’s public transit system until the end of martial law had already garnered the number of votes required for consideration, but most of them were rejected by city authorities.
On May 18, the Kyiv City State Administration announced plans to update public transit fares. Specifically, the cost of a single trip will depend on the number of trips purchased on the transit card. Specifically, when purchasing 1–9 trips, the fare will be 30 UAH; 10–19 trips—28.90 UAH; 20–29 trips—27.80 UAH; 30–39 trips—26.60 UAH; 40–49 trips—25.50 UAH; and 50 trips—25 UAH. Monthly passes are also available, with the cost per trip ranging from approximately 23.3 to 23.6 UAH. Discounted rates remain in effect for students and schoolchildren: students will pay 50% of the monthly pass price; schoolchildren will ride for free during the school year and receive a 75% discount during the summer. Separately, there are plans to introduce a transfer ticket for 60 UAH, which will allow for unlimited transfers between the metro and surface transit within 90 minutes.
Fares in the capital have not been adjusted since 2018. Starting January 1, 2022, there were plans to raise public transit fares to 20 UAH, and to 12 UAH for holders of the “Kyiv Card.”
At the end of 2021, Klitschko assured the public that public transit fares would not increase until the end of the heating season. In 2023, city officials stated that they did not intend to raise public transportation fares until the end of the war. In September 2025, Klitschko stated that, despite the fact that public transportation in Kyiv is subsidized, the city is looking for ways to avoid raising fares.
Source: https://kyivcity.gov.ua/npa/NPA_1048449/kmda__145_1048450/
