Abu Dhabi vs Minsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Abu Dhabi	Minsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1942	$735
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4262	$1851
🏠 One person rent	$1271	$356
🏘️ Family rent	$2152	$619
🍽️ Food expenses	$453	$261
🚐 Transport expenses	$77.2	$46.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3050	$549
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	53	61
😀 Quality of life	85	69
🏙️ Population	1.57M	2M

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 164% more expensive than in Minsk. Cities ranked 2187th and 6924th ($1942 vs $735) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd 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 1.6 months in Abu Dhabi compared to 0.7 months in Minsk. Abu Dhabi ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Minsk ranked 1st in Belarus, while ranked 443rd and 4343rd 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	$10.9	$9.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.6	$33.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.53	$5.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$11.7	$1.18
☕ Cappuccino	$5.6	$1.72
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.34	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1358	$434
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1002	$286
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2476	$767
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1762	$511
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.6	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$146	$47.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$102	$9.65
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.01%	15.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5485	$2017
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12028	$1259
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.9	$15
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.63	$3.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.97	$0.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.63	$1.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$6.35
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.07	$4.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$7.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$2.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$1.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$7.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.54	$0.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.29	$1.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.83	$5.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.95	$3.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.73	$1.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.92	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.4	$30.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$4.43
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$78.5	$13
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$4.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.4	$41.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.3	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$598	$307
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12663	$11271

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Cities near Abu Dhabi

Distance	City	Cost of living
117 km or 73 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
129 km or 80 mi	Dubai	$2514
142 km or 88 mi	Sharjah	$1419
143 km or 89 mi	Al Ain	$1449
152 km or 94 mi	Ajman	$2521
170 km or 105 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
211 km or 131 mi	Fujairah	$1228
237 km or 147 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
300 km or 187 mi	Doha	$1849
318 km or 198 mi	Al Khor	$1770
356 km or 221 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
365 km or 227 mi	Nizwa	$792
395 km or 246 mi	Seeb	$1078
425 km or 264 mi	Riffa	$1201
427 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1237
428 km or 266 mi	Isa Town	$1230
439 km or 273 mi	Muscat	$1081
454 km or 282 mi	Jahrom	$530
468 km or 291 mi	Dhahran	$908
481 km or 299 mi	Dammam	$1008
486 km or 302 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
501 km or 311 mi	Fasa	$529
514 km or 320 mi	Qatif	$873
548 km or 341 mi	Jubail	$930
568 km or 353 mi	Sirjan	$534
575 km or 357 mi	Jiroft	$568
599 km or 372 mi	Shiraz	$553
610 km or 379 mi	Bushehr	$453
617 km or 384 mi	Borazjan	$477
620 km or 385 mi	Marvdasht	$530
632 km or 392 mi	Kazerun	$503
637 km or 396 mi	Chabahar	$573
649 km or 404 mi	Bam	$557
678 km or 421 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
698 km or 434 mi	Kerman	$761
701 km or 435 mi	Iranshahr	$624
741 km or 460 mi	Yasuj	$463
775 km or 481 mi	Riyadh	$1627
790 km or 491 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
792 km or 492 mi	Behbahan	$483

Cities near Minsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 44 mi	Barysaw	$561
136 km or 85 mi	Baranavichy	$517
139 km or 86 mi	Babruysk	$406
171 km or 107 mi	Vilnius	$1414
182 km or 113 mi	Mogilev	$545
218 km or 135 mi	Utena	$974
220 km or 137 mi	Vitebsk	$293
221 km or 137 mi	Pinsk	$426
229 km or 142 mi	Daugavpils	$929
235 km or 146 mi	Alytus	$883
247 km or 154 mi	Grodno	$349
249 km or 155 mi	Jonava	$865
260 km or 161 mi	Kaunas	$1334
280 km or 174 mi	Gomel	$475
283 km or 176 mi	Marijampole	$920
288 km or 179 mi	Panevezys	$988
290 km or 180 mi	Rezekne	$840
303 km or 188 mi	Suwalki	$1113
303 km or 189 mi	Bialystok	$1148
307 km or 191 mi	Smolensk	$547
308 km or 191 mi	Jekabpils	$894
330 km or 205 mi	Brest	$528
342 km or 212 mi	Elk	$1125
353 km or 219 mi	Siauliai	$967
363 km or 226 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1079
367 km or 228 mi	Chernihiv	$516
371 km or 231 mi	Lomza	$993
374 km or 232 mi	Ogre	$1046
376 km or 233 mi	Rivne	$439
382 km or 238 mi	Lutsk	$546
390 km or 243 mi	Jelgava	$889
401 km or 249 mi	Siedlce	$1009
403 km or 250 mi	Riga	$1270
406 km or 252 mi	Ostroleka	$1113
412 km or 256 mi	Zhytomyr	$586
413 km or 257 mi	Chelm	$1185
416 km or 259 mi	Jurmala	$1419
426 km or 265 mi	Valmiera	$928
427 km or 265 mi	Mazeikiai	$864
434 km or 269 mi	Kyiv	$879