Brisbane vs Minsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Brisbane	Minsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2065	$735
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4896	$1851
🏠 One person rent	$1253	$356
🏘️ Family rent	$2149	$619
🍽️ Food expenses	$525	$261
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$46.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3956	$549
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	66	61
😀 Quality of life	98	69
🏙️ Population	2.71M	2M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 181% more expensive than in Minsk. Cities ranked 1813th and 6924th ($2065 vs $735) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 1st in Australia and Belarus, respectively. Check Australia vs Belarus comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 0.7 months in Minsk. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Minsk ranked 1st in Belarus, while ranked 9th and 4343rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Minsk

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	Brisbane	Minsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$9.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.7	$33.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$5.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$1.18
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$1.72
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.65	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1514	$434
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1022	$286
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2603	$767
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1816	$511
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.2	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$47.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.5	$9.65
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	15.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8291	$2017
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6020	$1259
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.8	$15
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$3.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$0.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2	$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$1.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.11	$6.35
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.8	$4.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$7.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$1.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$2.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$0.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.48	$1.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$7.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$0.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$1.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$5.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.91	$3.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$1.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.35	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.9	$30.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$4.43
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.3	$13
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$4.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.5	$41.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1795	$307
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11423	$11271

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1662
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1798
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2140
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1710
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1697
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1712
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1595
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1184
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1503
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1482
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1839
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1747
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2181
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1888
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1599
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2292
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2640
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1568
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1364
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1580
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1678
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2019
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1667
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1683
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1662
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1771
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1362
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1813
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1768
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1725
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2308
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1706
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1681
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1736

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