Edinburgh vs Minsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edinburgh	Minsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$727
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5387	$1874
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$352
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$652
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$251
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$46.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3522	$686
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	88	61
😀 Quality of life	94	67
🏙️ Population	488K	1.99M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 194% more expensive than in Minsk. Cities ranked 1491st and 6769th ($2140 vs $727) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 1st in the United Kingdom and Belarus, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Belarus comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 0.9 months in Minsk. Edinburgh ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Minsk ranked 1st in Belarus, while ranked 34th and 3750th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Minsk

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	Edinburgh	Minsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$9.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$5.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.09	$1.21
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$1.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$0.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1331	$423
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$280
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2573	$818
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1865	$534
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$32.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$50.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.75%	14.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6219	$1925
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4199	$1211
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$15.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$3.73
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$1.28
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$6.31
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$3.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$7.72
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$1.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$2.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$7.59
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$1.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$6.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$2.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$31.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$4.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$4.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$55.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1772	$330
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21911	$10220

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Cities near Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1610
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1608
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1692
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1649
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1475
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1604
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1500
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1699
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1482
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1763
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2011
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1765
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1480
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1601
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1551
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1246
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1404
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1567
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1726
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1614
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1705
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1638
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1651
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1628
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1637
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1732
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1510
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$1707
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1592
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$1722
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1328
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1393
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1288
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1377
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1500
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1714
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1382
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1629
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$1968
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692

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