Detroit vs Minsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Detroit	Minsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2064	$727
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4936	$1874
🏠 One person rent	$1212	$352
🏘️ Family rent	$2122	$652
🍽️ Food expenses	$605	$251
🚐 Transport expenses	$109	$46.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3270	$686
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	77	61
😀 Quality of life	86	67
🏙️ Population	639K	1.99M

The cost of living in Detroit is 184% more expensive than in Minsk. Cities ranked 1678th and 6769th ($2064 vs $727) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1488th 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 1.6 months in Detroit compared to 0.9 months in Minsk. Detroit ranked 83rd best city to live in the United States vs Minsk ranked 1st in Belarus, while ranked 315th and 3750th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Detroit vs Minsk

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	Detroit	Minsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.3	$9.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.3	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$5.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.59	$1.21
☕ Cappuccino	$4.88	$1.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.45	$0.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1182	$423
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$960	$280
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2340	$818
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1705	$534
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$148	$32.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$231	$50.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.6	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.48%	14.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1377	$1925
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1283	$1211
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.98	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.1	$15.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$3.73
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.9	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.79	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.05	$1.28
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$6.31
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$3.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.6	$7.72
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$1.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.32	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$2.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$0.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.09	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$7.59
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.03	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.76	$1.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$6.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.93	$2.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.48	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.74	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.7	$31.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$4.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$94.7	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.6	$4.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.7	$55.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.9	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1288	$330
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16893	$10220

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Cities near Detroit

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.9 km or 1.2 mi	Windsor	$1694
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Hamtramck	$2042
14 km or 8.6 mi	Dearborn	$2064
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lincoln Park	$1962
16 km or 9.8 mi	Allen Park	$2070
16 km or 10 mi	Ferndale	$2086
17 km or 10 mi	Wyandotte	$1786
17 km or 11 mi	Eastpointe	$2017
18 km or 11 mi	Madison Heights	$2102
18 km or 11 mi	Warren	$1957
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Park	$2071
19 km or 12 mi	Southgate	$1936
19 km or 12 mi	Royal Oak	$2093
20 km or 12 mi	Dearborn Heights	$2062
21 km or 13 mi	Roseville	$2022
21 km or 13 mi	Taylor	$2175
21 km or 13 mi	Southfield	$2083
22 km or 14 mi	St. Clair Shores	$2030
22 km or 14 mi	Inkster	$2087
24 km or 15 mi	Garden	$2032
26 km or 16 mi	Amherstburg	$1724
27 km or 17 mi	Birmingham	$2059
28 km or 17 mi	Sterling Heights	$2040
28 km or 17 mi	Livonia	$1940
29 km or 18 mi	Troy	$1963
29 km or 18 mi	Westland	$2065
30 km or 19 mi	Clinton Township	$2077
31 km or 19 mi	Romulus	$2081
32 km or 20 mi	Farmington Hills	$2390
37 km or 23 mi	Rochester Hills	$2019
39 km or 24 mi	Novi	$2288
40 km or 25 mi	Pontiac	$1837
42 km or 26 mi	Auburn Hills	$1959
54 km or 34 mi	Monroe	$1706
58 km or 36 mi	Ann Arbor	$2238
71 km or 44 mi	Chatham-Kent	$1778
86 km or 54 mi	Toledo	$1593
88 km or 54 mi	Burton	$1607
88 km or 54 mi	Port Huron	$1943
89 km or 55 mi	Sarnia	$1527

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