Bucharest vs Minsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bucharest	Minsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$988	$727
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2566	$1874
🏠 One person rent	$474	$352
🏘️ Family rent	$877	$652
🍽️ Food expenses	$339	$251
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.6	$46.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1247	$686
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	77	61
😀 Quality of life	79	67
🏙️ Population	1.72M	1.99M

The cost of living in Bucharest is 36% more expensive than in Minsk. Cities ranked 5565th and 6769th ($988 vs $727) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Romania and Belarus, respectively. Check Romania vs Belarus comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Bucharest compared to 0.9 months in Minsk. Bucharest ranked 1st best city to live in Romania vs Minsk ranked 1st in Belarus, while ranked 645th and 3750th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bucharest vs Minsk

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	Bucharest	Minsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.5	$9.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.7	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.25	$5.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.9	$1.21
☕ Cappuccino	$3.01	$1.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.09	$0.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$423
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$337	$280
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$999	$818
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$658	$534
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$90.8	$32.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$50.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.28	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.1%	14.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3094	$1925
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1793	$1211
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.63	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.3	$15.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.57	$3.73
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.52	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$1.28
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.55	$6.31
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.56	$3.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$7.72
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$0.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.01	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.28	$7.59
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.84	$1.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$6.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.93	$2.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.03	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.7	$31.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.92	$4.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.8	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$4.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.9	$55.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$569	$330
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11573	$10220

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Cities near Bucharest

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Voluntari	$867
56 km or 35 mi	Giurgiu	$847
60 km or 37 mi	Ploiesti	$796
62 km or 39 mi	Ruse	$633
77 km or 48 mi	Targoviste	$704
77 km or 48 mi	Alexandria	$629
102 km or 63 mi	Buzau	$729
102 km or 63 mi	Calarasi	$696
103 km or 64 mi	Slobozia	$722
108 km or 67 mi	Pitesti	$743
137 km or 85 mi	Slatina	$623
143 km or 89 mi	Shumen	$622
144 km or 90 mi	Brasov	$938
151 km or 94 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$731
156 km or 97 mi	Ramnicu Valcea	$770
161 km or 100 mi	Pleven	$594
164 km or 102 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$680
168 km or 104 mi	Dobrich	$702
168 km or 105 mi	Focsani	$752
177 km or 110 mi	Braila	$741
180 km or 112 mi	Craiova	$848
181 km or 112 mi	Gabrovo	$598
192 km or 119 mi	Galati	$786
192 km or 119 mi	Sliven	$631
198 km or 123 mi	Varna	$892
203 km or 126 mi	Mamaia	$929
205 km or 127 mi	Constanta	$1002
216 km or 134 mi	Yambol	$546
217 km or 135 mi	Sibiu	$698
223 km or 138 mi	Stara Zagora	$646
232 km or 144 mi	Tulcea	$837
233 km or 145 mi	Targu Jiu	$718
236 km or 146 mi	Cahul	$812
237 km or 147 mi	Barlad	$725
238 km or 148 mi	Medias	$574
239 km or 148 mi	Burgas	$721
243 km or 151 mi	Vratsa	$687
251 km or 156 mi	Bacau	$650
260 km or 161 mi	Vidin	$605
267 km or 166 mi	Targu Mures	$758

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