Abidjan vs Minsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Abidjan	Minsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1022	$727
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2885	$1874
🏠 One person rent	$439	$352
🏘️ Family rent	$1190	$652
🍽️ Food expenses	$311	$251
🚐 Transport expenses	$173	$46.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$156	$686
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	34	61
😀 Quality of life	37	67
🏙️ Population	4.98M	1.99M

The cost of living in Abidjan is 41% more expensive than in Minsk. Cities ranked 5348th and 6769th ($1022 vs $727) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Ivory Coast and Belarus, respectively. Check Ivory Coast vs Belarus comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Abidjan compared to 0.9 months in Minsk. Abidjan ranked 1st best city to live in Ivory Coast vs Minsk ranked 1st in Belarus, while ranked 7322nd and 3750th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abidjan vs Minsk

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	Abidjan	Minsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.2	$9.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.1	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$5.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$1.21
☕ Cappuccino	$2.07	$1.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.75	$0.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$469	$423
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$247	$280
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1585	$818
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$834	$534
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$32.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$50.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$42.1	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.73%	14.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2092	$1925
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1233	$1211
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.81	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44	$15.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.4	$3.73
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.5	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.02	$1.28
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$6.31
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.08	$3.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.71	$7.72
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$1.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$2.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$0.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.53	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.05	$7.59
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.28	$1.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.03	$6.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.52	$2.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.32	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$66.7	$31.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.97	$4.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.2	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.68	$4.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.2	$55.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78.6	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$252	$330
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2459	$10220

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Abidjan

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Grand-Bassam	$881
39 km or 24 mi	Dabou	$882
70 km or 43 mi	Agboville	$882
157 km or 98 mi	Divo	$906
166 km or 103 mi	Abengourou	$889
215 km or 134 mi	Yamoussoukro	$887
229 km or 142 mi	Gagnoa	$904
255 km or 158 mi	Sekondi-Takoradi	$577
276 km or 172 mi	Obuasi	$551
284 km or 176 mi	Bouake	$937
306 km or 190 mi	Kumasi	$433
425 km or 264 mi	Koforidua	$588
426 km or 265 mi	Accra	$729
444 km or 276 mi	Ashaiman	$560
445 km or 277 mi	Tema	$553
491 km or 305 mi	Korhogo	$916
517 km or 321 mi	Ho	$354
537 km or 334 mi	Hohoe	$575
544 km or 338 mi	Kpalime	$632
556 km or 345 mi	Greenville	$487
557 km or 346 mi	Yekepa	$487
564 km or 350 mi	Sanniquellie	$487
572 km or 356 mi	Tamale	$507
587 km or 365 mi	Lome	$755
593 km or 369 mi	Nzerekore	$999
619 km or 385 mi	Atakpame	$647
651 km or 404 mi	Bobo-Dioulasso	$757
659 km or 410 mi	Sotouboua	$649
675 km or 419 mi	Leo	$753
689 km or 428 mi	Sikasso	$499
696 km or 433 mi	Abomey	$590
699 km or 434 mi	Sokode	$651
712 km or 442 mi	Kakata	$487
722 km or 449 mi	Cotonou	$709
742 km or 461 mi	Kara	$658
746 km or 463 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
758 km or 471 mi	Monrovia	$523
764 km or 475 mi	Gueckedou	$1009
775 km or 482 mi	Manga	$774
776 km or 482 mi	Bougouni	$489

Cities near Minsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 44 mi	Barysaw	$570
136 km or 85 mi	Baranavichy	$517
139 km or 86 mi	Babruysk	$438
171 km or 107 mi	Vilnius	$1261
182 km or 113 mi	Mogilev	$474
218 km or 135 mi	Utena	$936
220 km or 137 mi	Vitebsk	$300
221 km or 137 mi	Pinsk	$435
229 km or 142 mi	Daugavpils	$843
235 km or 146 mi	Alytus	$850
247 km or 154 mi	Grodno	$385
249 km or 155 mi	Jonava	$847
260 km or 161 mi	Kaunas	$1150
280 km or 174 mi	Gomel	$440
283 km or 176 mi	Marijampole	$882
288 km or 179 mi	Panevezys	$950
290 km or 180 mi	Rezekne	$761
303 km or 188 mi	Suwalki	$1016
303 km or 189 mi	Bialystok	$935
307 km or 191 mi	Smolensk	$479
308 km or 191 mi	Jekabpils	$840
330 km or 205 mi	Brest	$469
342 km or 212 mi	Elk	$1025
353 km or 219 mi	Siauliai	$953
363 km or 226 mi	Biala Podlaska	$965
367 km or 228 mi	Chernihiv	$433
371 km or 231 mi	Lomza	$964
374 km or 232 mi	Ogre	$933
376 km or 233 mi	Rivne	$394
382 km or 238 mi	Lutsk	$510
390 km or 243 mi	Jelgava	$804
401 km or 249 mi	Siedlce	$882
403 km or 250 mi	Riga	$1113
406 km or 252 mi	Ostroleka	$1025
412 km or 256 mi	Zhytomyr	$549
413 km or 257 mi	Chelm	$1107
416 km or 259 mi	Jurmala	$1299
426 km or 265 mi	Valmiera	$835
427 km or 265 mi	Mazeikiai	$983
434 km or 269 mi	Kyiv	$850