Columbus vs Minsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Columbus	Minsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2145	$727
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5059	$1874
🏠 One person rent	$1248	$352
🏘️ Family rent	$2171	$652
🍽️ Food expenses	$632	$251
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$46.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4018	$686
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	73	61
😀 Quality of life	88	67
🏙️ Population	906K	1.99M

The cost of living in Columbus is 195% more expensive than in Minsk. Cities ranked 1476th and 6769th ($2145 vs $727) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1323rd and 1st in the United States and Belarus, respectively. Check the United States vs Belarus comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Columbus compared to 0.9 months in Minsk. Columbus ranked 59th best city to live in the United States vs Minsk ranked 1st in Belarus, while ranked 249th and 3750th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Minsk

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	Columbus	Minsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$9.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$5.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.69	$1.21
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$1.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$0.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1314	$423
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$972	$280
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2378	$818
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$534
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$32.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$50.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	14.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3095	$1925
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2954	$1211
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.8	$15.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$3.73
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.74	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$1.28
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$6.31
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$3.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$7.72
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$1.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$2.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$0.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.28	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.6	$7.59
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.66	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.45	$1.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$6.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$2.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.07	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.2	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$31.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$4.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.5	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$4.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$55.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1236	$330
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15423	$10220

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Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2084
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2062
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$1986
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2085
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$1994
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2095
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1798
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$1983
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$1851
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1903
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$1968
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1881
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1897
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1764
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1871
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1825
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1870
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1798
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1862
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1852
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1832
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1865
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1890
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1897
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1674
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1902
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1783
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$1973
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1914
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1870
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1681
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1834
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1427
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$1923
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1481
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1853
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1839
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1428
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1683
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1858

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