Birmingham vs Minsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Birmingham	Minsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1951	$727
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4641	$1874
🏠 One person rent	$1137	$352
🏘️ Family rent	$1834	$652
🍽️ Food expenses	$481	$251
🚐 Transport expenses	$175	$46.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3011	$686
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	96	61
😀 Quality of life	94	67
🏙️ Population	1.14M	1.99M

The cost of living in Birmingham is 168% more expensive than in Minsk. Cities ranked 1973rd and 6769th ($1951 vs $727) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 86th and 1st in the United Kingdom and Belarus, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Belarus comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Birmingham compared to 0.9 months in Minsk. Birmingham ranked 4th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Minsk ranked 1st in Belarus, while ranked 35th and 3750th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Birmingham vs Minsk

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	Birmingham	Minsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.7	$9.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.87	$5.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.15	$1.21
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$1.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.15	$0.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1083	$423
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$872	$280
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2013	$818
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1380	$534
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$32.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$292	$50.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.8	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.86%	14.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4882	$1925
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3808	$1211
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.5	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.1	$15.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18	$3.73
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$1.28
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$6.31
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.49	$3.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$7.72
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$2.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.12	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.2	$7.59
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.4	$1.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$6.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$2.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.44	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.6	$31.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$4.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$4.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.3	$55.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1512	$330
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18058	$10220

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Cities near Birmingham

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Smethwick	$1819
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	West Bromwich	$1824
11 km or 6.6 mi	Halesowen	$1766
12 km or 7.2 mi	Solihull	$1740
12 km or 7.6 mi	Walsall	$1717
14 km or 8.7 mi	Dudley	$1745
14 km or 8.7 mi	Aldridge	$1743
15 km or 9.6 mi	Willenhall	$1732
17 km or 10 mi	Stourbridge	$1731
19 km or 12 mi	Wolverhampton	$1718
19 km or 12 mi	Bromsgrove	$1728
20 km or 12 mi	Redditch	$1608
22 km or 14 mi	Tamworth	$1737
25 km or 15 mi	Cannock	$1736
26 km or 16 mi	Kidderminster	$1744
27 km or 17 mi	Coventry	$1903
30 km or 19 mi	Nuneaton	$1452
31 km or 19 mi	Warwick	$1679
32 km or 20 mi	Leamington Spa	$2009
35 km or 22 mi	Stratford-upon-Avon	$1798
37 km or 23 mi	Hinckley	$1663
39 km or 24 mi	Worcester	$1569
39 km or 24 mi	Stafford	$1750
40 km or 25 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1633
43 km or 27 mi	Telford	$1450
45 km or 28 mi	Rugby	$1600
55 km or 34 mi	Leicester	$1805
57 km or 35 mi	Derby	$1727
57 km or 35 mi	Loughborough	$1759
60 km or 37 mi	Banbury	$1693
61 km or 38 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
63 km or 39 mi	Shrewsbury	$1591
63 km or 39 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
66 km or 41 mi	Cheltenham	$1739
66 km or 41 mi	Market Harborough	$1790
70 km or 44 mi	Leek	$1686
72 km or 45 mi	Gloucester	$1623
73 km or 45 mi	Hereford	$1814
73 km or 46 mi	Nottingham	$1820
73 km or 46 mi	Northampton	$1748

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