Abu Dhabi vs Minsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Abu Dhabi	Minsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1828	$727
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4703	$1874
🏠 One person rent	$1173	$352
🏘️ Family rent	$2618	$652
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$251
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.6	$46.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3781	$686
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	53	61
😀 Quality of life	83	67
🏙️ Population	1.48M	1.99M

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 152% more expensive than in Minsk. Cities ranked 2320th and 6769th ($1828 vs $727) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in the United Arab Emirates and Belarus, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Belarus comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Abu Dhabi compared to 0.9 months in Minsk. Abu Dhabi ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Minsk ranked 1st in Belarus, while ranked 438th and 3750th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abu Dhabi vs Minsk

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	Abu Dhabi	Minsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$9.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$5.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10.8	$1.21
☕ Cappuccino	$5.72	$1.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$0.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1236	$423
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$918	$280
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2996	$818
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2225	$534
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.9	$32.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$50.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$104	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.24%	14.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5750	$1925
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4816	$1211
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$15.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.53	$3.73
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.12	$1.28
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$6.31
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.87	$3.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$7.72
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$7.59
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.27	$1.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.54	$6.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.98	$2.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.81	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.88	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.3	$31.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$4.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$89.9	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$4.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.9	$55.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.2	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$641	$330
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12452	$10220

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Cities near Abu Dhabi

Distance	City	Cost of living
117 km or 73 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
129 km or 80 mi	Dubai	$2379
142 km or 88 mi	Sharjah	$1494
143 km or 89 mi	Al Ain	$1844
152 km or 94 mi	Ajman	$2240
170 km or 105 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
211 km or 131 mi	Fujairah	$1239
237 km or 147 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
300 km or 187 mi	Doha	$1779
318 km or 198 mi	Al Khor	$1709
356 km or 221 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
365 km or 227 mi	Nizwa	$780
395 km or 246 mi	Seeb	$967
425 km or 264 mi	Riffa	$1223
427 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1280
428 km or 266 mi	Isa Town	$1243
439 km or 273 mi	Muscat	$1090
454 km or 282 mi	Jahrom	$547
468 km or 291 mi	Dhahran	$1068
481 km or 299 mi	Dammam	$1056
486 km or 302 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
501 km or 311 mi	Fasa	$548
514 km or 320 mi	Qatif	$897
548 km or 341 mi	Jubail	$901
568 km or 353 mi	Sirjan	$514
575 km or 357 mi	Jiroft	$518
599 km or 372 mi	Shiraz	$589
610 km or 379 mi	Bushehr	$551
617 km or 384 mi	Borazjan	$546
620 km or 385 mi	Marvdasht	$563
632 km or 392 mi	Kazerun	$557
637 km or 396 mi	Chabahar	$585
649 km or 404 mi	Bam	$515
678 km or 421 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
698 km or 434 mi	Kerman	$464
701 km or 435 mi	Iranshahr	$605
741 km or 460 mi	Yasuj	$529
775 km or 481 mi	Riyadh	$1637
790 km or 491 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
792 km or 492 mi	Behbahan	$536

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