Brussels vs Minsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brussels	Minsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1816	$727
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4478	$1874
🏠 One person rent	$1024	$352
🏘️ Family rent	$1880	$652
🍽️ Food expenses	$567	$251
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.5	$46.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2931	$686
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	96	61
😀 Quality of life	89	67
🏙️ Population	196K	1.99M

The cost of living in Brussels is 150% more expensive than in Minsk. Cities ranked 2354th and 6769th ($1816 vs $727) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Belgium and Belarus, respectively. Check Belgium vs Belarus comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Brussels compared to 0.9 months in Minsk. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Minsk ranked 1st in Belarus, while ranked 190th and 3750th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Minsk

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	Brussels	Minsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$9.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.1	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$5.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.16	$1.21
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$1.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$0.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$423
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$770	$280
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1932	$818
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1489	$534
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$32.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$50.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.7	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.61%	14.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4675	$1925
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4207	$1211
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.62	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$15.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.8	$3.73
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.19	$1.28
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$6.31
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$3.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$7.72
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$1.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$2.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.21	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.6	$7.59
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$1.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$6.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.54	$2.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.78	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$31.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$4.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.2	$4.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.5	$55.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$975	$330
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19505	$10220

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Cities near Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1651
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1663
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1667
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1692
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1580
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1647
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1642
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1660
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1539
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1685
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1618
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$1788
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1626
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1556
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1615
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1594
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1541
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1607
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1585
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1536
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1599
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1560
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1663
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1683
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1446
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1492
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1537
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1523
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1461
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1488
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1530
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1362
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1509
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1520
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1475
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1514
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1578
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1613
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1488
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1640

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