Dhaka vs Minsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dhaka	Minsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$464	$735
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1123	$1851
🏠 One person rent	$141	$356
🏘️ Family rent	$240	$619
🍽️ Food expenses	$202	$261
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$46.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$181	$549
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	73	61
😀 Quality of life	57	69
🏙️ Population	16.8M	2M

The cost of living in Dhaka is 37% less expensive than in Minsk. Cities ranked 8829th and 6924th ($464 vs $735) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Bangladesh and Belarus, respectively. Check Bangladesh vs Belarus comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Dhaka compared to 0.7 months in Minsk. Dhaka ranked 1st best city to live in Bangladesh vs Minsk ranked 1st in Belarus, while ranked 6151st and 4343rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dhaka vs Minsk

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	Dhaka	Minsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.14	$9.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.2	$33.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.03	$5.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.09	$1.18
☕ Cappuccino	$2.34	$1.72
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.37	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$149	$434
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$95.5	$286
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$274	$767
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$172	$511
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.7	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.1	$47.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.5	$9.65
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.01%	15.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$939	$2017
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$535	$1259
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.41	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.3	$15
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.36	$3.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.2	$1.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.02	$6.35
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$4.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.6	$7.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$2.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$0.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.19	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$1.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$7.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.92	$0.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.15	$1.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.3	$5.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.47	$3.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.88	$1.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.88	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19.7	$30.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.04	$4.43
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$13
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.15	$4.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.7	$41.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$46.2	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$57.7	$307
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1844	$11271

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Cities near Dhaka

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.5 mi	Narayanganj	$348
38 km or 24 mi	Narsingdi	$352
77 km or 48 mi	Brahmanbaria	$332
90 km or 56 mi	Agartala	$362
113 km or 70 mi	Barisal	$312
115 km or 71 mi	Mymensingh	$282
132 km or 82 mi	Khulna	$301
135 km or 84 mi	Jessore	$300
164 km or 102 mi	Bogra	$287
196 km or 122 mi	Rajshahi	$274
196 km or 122 mi	Krishnanagar	$272
199 km or 124 mi	Sylhet	$321
207 km or 129 mi	Shantipur	$286
213 km or 132 mi	Chittagong	$358
221 km or 137 mi	Naihati	$313
222 km or 138 mi	Berhampore	$294
223 km or 139 mi	Bhatpara	$320
224 km or 139 mi	Hugli-Chuchura	$312
226 km or 141 mi	Chandannagar	$313
228 km or 142 mi	Rajarhat	$328
229 km or 142 mi	Madhyamgram	$317
234 km or 145 mi	Barrackpore	$315
234 km or 146 mi	North Dumdum	$320
235 km or 146 mi	Balurghat	$297
236 km or 147 mi	Serampore	$315
236 km or 147 mi	Aizawl	$456
236 km or 147 mi	Panihati	$324
238 km or 148 mi	Kamarhati	$320
238 km or 148 mi	South Dumdum	$327
238 km or 148 mi	Bidhannagar	$335
239 km or 149 mi	Baranagar	$318
239 km or 149 mi	Uttarpara	$312
241 km or 150 mi	Bally	$318
247 km or 154 mi	Howrah	$323
248 km or 154 mi	Kolkata	$366
248 km or 154 mi	Rajpur Sonarpur	$332
254 km or 158 mi	Rangpur	$308
255 km or 159 mi	Shillong	$354
259 km or 161 mi	Barasat	$333
265 km or 165 mi	Bardhaman	$302

Cities near Minsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 44 mi	Barysaw	$561
136 km or 85 mi	Baranavichy	$517
139 km or 86 mi	Babruysk	$406
171 km or 107 mi	Vilnius	$1414
182 km or 113 mi	Mogilev	$545
218 km or 135 mi	Utena	$974
220 km or 137 mi	Vitebsk	$293
221 km or 137 mi	Pinsk	$426
229 km or 142 mi	Daugavpils	$929
235 km or 146 mi	Alytus	$883
247 km or 154 mi	Grodno	$349
249 km or 155 mi	Jonava	$865
260 km or 161 mi	Kaunas	$1334
280 km or 174 mi	Gomel	$475
283 km or 176 mi	Marijampole	$920
288 km or 179 mi	Panevezys	$988
290 km or 180 mi	Rezekne	$840
303 km or 188 mi	Suwalki	$1113
303 km or 189 mi	Bialystok	$1148
307 km or 191 mi	Smolensk	$547
308 km or 191 mi	Jekabpils	$894
330 km or 205 mi	Brest	$528
342 km or 212 mi	Elk	$1125
353 km or 219 mi	Siauliai	$967
363 km or 226 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1079
367 km or 228 mi	Chernihiv	$516
371 km or 231 mi	Lomza	$993
374 km or 232 mi	Ogre	$1046
376 km or 233 mi	Rivne	$439
382 km or 238 mi	Lutsk	$546
390 km or 243 mi	Jelgava	$889
401 km or 249 mi	Siedlce	$1009
403 km or 250 mi	Riga	$1270
406 km or 252 mi	Ostroleka	$1113
412 km or 256 mi	Zhytomyr	$586
413 km or 257 mi	Chelm	$1185
416 km or 259 mi	Jurmala	$1419
426 km or 265 mi	Valmiera	$928
427 km or 265 mi	Mazeikiai	$864
434 km or 269 mi	Kyiv	$879