Edmonton vs Minsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Edmonton	Minsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1785	$717
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4092	$1821
🏠 One person rent	$955	$350
🏘️ Family rent	$1589	$629
🍽️ Food expenses	$545	$246
🚐 Transport expenses	$165	$45.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3052	$641
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	25 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	63	62
😀 Quality of life	89	67
🏙️ Population	1.01M	1.99M

The cost of living in Edmonton is 149% more expensive than in Minsk. Cities ranked 2563rd and 6834th ($1785 vs $717) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 100th and 1st in Canada and Belarus, respectively. Check Canada vs Belarus comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Edmonton compared to 0.9 months in Minsk. Edmonton ranked 13th best city to live in Canada vs Minsk ranked 1st in Belarus, while ranked 172nd and 3775th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Edmonton	Minsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.2	$9.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.3	$30.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$4.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.36	$1.51
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$1.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.85	$0.75
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$929	$435
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$726	$271
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1576	$787
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1272	$510
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$34.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$53
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.7	$10.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	14.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2798	$1923
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2233	$1217
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.59	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75	$15.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.1	$3.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$0.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.76	$0.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.4	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$1.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.75	$1.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$6.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$3.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$7.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.43	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$2.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$0.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$1.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.7	$7.59
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.86	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.1	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$5.57
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.52	$2.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.27	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.92	$1.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.6	$31.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$4.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$60.4	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.7	$63.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.8	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$745	$302
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8270	$10290

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Cities near Edmonton

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 16 mi	Spruce Grove	$1709
31 km or 19 mi	Leduc	$1723
142 km or 88 mi	Red Deer	$1727
279 km or 173 mi	Calgary	$2149
297 km or 185 mi	Banff	$1914
380 km or 236 mi	Fort McMurray	$1871
388 km or 241 mi	Grande Prairie	$1786
429 km or 267 mi	Lethbridge	$1701
435 km or 270 mi	Medicine Hat	$1577
483 km or 300 mi	Saskatoon	$1793
515 km or 320 mi	Prince Albert	$1487
565 km or 351 mi	Kamloops	$1854
576 km or 358 mi	Kelowna	$2001
610 km or 379 mi	Prince George	$1586
616 km or 383 mi	Penticton	$1781
622 km or 387 mi	Sandpoint	$2523
646 km or 402 mi	Moose Jaw	$1408
688 km or 428 mi	Great Falls	$2139
689 km or 428 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2275
691 km or 430 mi	Post Falls	$2250
698 km or 434 mi	Regina	$1678
703 km or 437 mi	Spokane Valley	$2156
711 km or 442 mi	Spokane	$2150
743 km or 461 mi	Missoula	$2011
752 km or 467 mi	Whistler	$2469
762 km or 473 mi	Chilliwack	$1765
779 km or 484 mi	Helena	$2498
789 km or 491 mi	Abbotsford	$1976
792 km or 492 mi	Maple Ridge	$2243
796 km or 495 mi	Moscow	$1642
798 km or 496 mi	Coquitlam	$2553
800 km or 497 mi	Pullman	$1566
804 km or 499 mi	Langley	$1983
809 km or 502 mi	Surrey	$2417
809 km or 503 mi	Burnaby	$2589
811 km or 504 mi	North Vancouver	$2502
818 km or 508 mi	Vancouver	$2650
820 km or 510 mi	Bellingham	$2278
821 km or 510 mi	Delta	$2330
822 km or 511 mi	Moses Lake	$1917

Cities near Minsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 44 mi	Barysaw	$563
136 km or 85 mi	Baranavichy	$516
139 km or 86 mi	Babruysk	$437
171 km or 107 mi	Vilnius	$1341
182 km or 113 mi	Mogilev	$467
218 km or 135 mi	Utena	$950
220 km or 137 mi	Vitebsk	$298
221 km or 137 mi	Pinsk	$437
229 km or 142 mi	Daugavpils	$899
235 km or 146 mi	Alytus	$871
247 km or 154 mi	Grodno	$390
249 km or 155 mi	Jonava	$856
260 km or 161 mi	Kaunas	$1191
280 km or 174 mi	Gomel	$469
283 km or 176 mi	Marijampole	$886
288 km or 179 mi	Panevezys	$902
290 km or 180 mi	Rezekne	$817
303 km or 188 mi	Suwalki	$1061
303 km or 189 mi	Bialystok	$1002
307 km or 191 mi	Smolensk	$461
308 km or 191 mi	Jekabpils	$946
330 km or 205 mi	Brest	$527
342 km or 212 mi	Elk	$1057
353 km or 219 mi	Siauliai	$999
363 km or 226 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1113
367 km or 228 mi	Chernihiv	$422
371 km or 231 mi	Lomza	$916
374 km or 232 mi	Ogre	$1111
376 km or 233 mi	Rivne	$418
382 km or 238 mi	Lutsk	$487
390 km or 243 mi	Jelgava	$856
401 km or 249 mi	Siedlce	$931
403 km or 250 mi	Riga	$1169
406 km or 252 mi	Ostroleka	$1042
412 km or 256 mi	Zhytomyr	$529
413 km or 257 mi	Chelm	$1118
416 km or 259 mi	Jurmala	$1377
426 km or 265 mi	Valmiera	$893
427 km or 265 mi	Mazeikiai	$1042
434 km or 269 mi	Kyiv	$795