Chennai vs Minsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chennai	Minsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$430	$727
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1140	$1874
🏠 One person rent	$152	$352
🏘️ Family rent	$346	$652
🍽️ Food expenses	$163	$251
🚐 Transport expenses	$65.4	$46.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$848	$686
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	78	61
😀 Quality of life	66	67
🏙️ Population	6.6M	1.99M

The cost of living in Chennai is 41% less expensive than in Minsk. Cities ranked 8897th and 6769th ($430 vs $727) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 1st in India and Belarus, respectively. Check India vs Belarus comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Chennai compared to 0.9 months in Minsk. Chennai ranked 4th best city to live in India vs Minsk ranked 1st in Belarus, while ranked 4021st and 3750th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chennai vs Minsk

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	Chennai	Minsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.83	$9.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.6	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.01	$5.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.05	$1.21
☕ Cappuccino	$1.98	$1.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$0.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$170	$423
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$102	$280
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$470	$818
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$254	$534
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.5	$32.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39	$50.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.3	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.23%	14.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1935	$1925
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$767	$1211
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.4	$15.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.84	$3.73
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.91	$1.28
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$6.31
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.47	$3.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.5	$7.72
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$2.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$0.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.22	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.67	$7.59
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4	$1.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.82	$6.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.54	$2.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.03	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.79	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.7	$31.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.86	$4.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.1	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.73	$4.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.2	$55.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$48.6	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$80.7	$330
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1573	$10220

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Cities near Chennai

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Tirupati	$315
124 km or 77 mi	Vellore	$258
125 km or 78 mi	Chittoor	$354
138 km or 85 mi	Pondicherry	$360
153 km or 95 mi	Nellore	$514
159 km or 99 mi	Cuddalore	$306
198 km or 123 mi	Madanapalle	$346
219 km or 136 mi	Kadapa	$367
260 km or 162 mi	Proddatur	$355
269 km or 167 mi	Ongole	$338
279 km or 173 mi	Salem	$304
282 km or 175 mi	Thanjavur	$302
290 km or 180 mi	Bangalore	$533
304 km or 189 mi	Chirala	$311
305 km or 189 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$314
312 km or 194 mi	Hindupur	$375
328 km or 204 mi	Nandyal	$359
338 km or 210 mi	Anantapur	$304
339 km or 211 mi	Erode	$295
344 km or 214 mi	Tumkur	$351
353 km or 219 mi	Tenali	$292
354 km or 220 mi	Machilipatnam	$316
357 km or 222 mi	Guntur	$280
361 km or 224 mi	Tiruppur	$300
383 km or 238 mi	Vijayawada	$354
388 km or 241 mi	Kurnool	$349
396 km or 246 mi	Dindigul	$316
402 km or 250 mi	Mysore	$311
411 km or 256 mi	Eluru	$304
423 km or 263 mi	Madurai	$310
428 km or 266 mi	Coimbatore	$339
428 km or 266 mi	Adoni	$366
453 km or 282 mi	Nalgonda	$298
462 km or 287 mi	Rajahmundry	$330
463 km or 288 mi	Khammam	$272
474 km or 294 mi	Mahbubnagar	$357
476 km or 296 mi	Kakinada	$307
482 km or 300 mi	Hospet	$272
494 km or 307 mi	Davanagere	$292
509 km or 317 mi	Malappuram	$306

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