Edmonton vs Minsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Edmonton	Minsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1823	$735
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4109	$1851
🏠 One person rent	$1004	$356
🏘️ Family rent	$1648	$619
🍽️ Food expenses	$548	$261
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$46.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2739	$549
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	25 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	63	61
😀 Quality of life	91	69
🏙️ Population	1.01M	2M

The cost of living in Edmonton is 148% more expensive than in Minsk. Cities ranked 2644th and 6924th ($1823 vs $735) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 74th and 1st in Canada and Belarus, respectively. Check Canada vs Belarus comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Edmonton compared to 0.7 months in Minsk. Edmonton ranked 16th best city to live in Canada vs Minsk ranked 1st in Belarus, while ranked 171st and 4343rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edmonton vs Minsk

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	Edmonton	Minsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.3	$9.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.7	$33.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$5.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.56	$1.18
☕ Cappuccino	$3.83	$1.72
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.09	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1030	$434
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$784	$286
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1651	$767
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1356	$511
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$47.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.6	$9.65
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.56%	15.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2399	$2017
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2239	$1259
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.66	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$71.6	$15
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.2	$3.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.03	$0.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.23	$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.75	$1.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$6.35
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$4.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.1	$7.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$1.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.61	$2.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.99	$1.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.4	$7.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.83	$0.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.6	$1.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$5.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.48	$3.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.35	$1.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.25	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.4	$30.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$4.43
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.5	$13
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$4.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.3	$41.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.3	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$669	$307
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8796	$11271

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Cities near Edmonton

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 16 mi	Spruce Grove	$1648
31 km or 19 mi	Leduc	$1730
142 km or 88 mi	Red Deer	$1782
279 km or 173 mi	Calgary	$2079
297 km or 185 mi	Banff	$1773
380 km or 236 mi	Fort McMurray	$1887
388 km or 241 mi	Grande Prairie	$1854
429 km or 267 mi	Lethbridge	$1632
435 km or 270 mi	Medicine Hat	$1544
483 km or 300 mi	Saskatoon	$1817
515 km or 320 mi	Prince Albert	$1478
565 km or 351 mi	Kamloops	$1748
576 km or 358 mi	Kelowna	$1949
610 km or 379 mi	Prince George	$1618
616 km or 383 mi	Penticton	$1759
622 km or 387 mi	Sandpoint	$2617
646 km or 402 mi	Moose Jaw	$1486
688 km or 428 mi	Great Falls	$1973
689 km or 428 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2366
691 km or 430 mi	Post Falls	$2343
698 km or 434 mi	Regina	$1675
703 km or 437 mi	Spokane Valley	$2231
711 km or 442 mi	Spokane	$2228
743 km or 461 mi	Missoula	$2111
752 km or 467 mi	Whistler	$2414
762 km or 473 mi	Chilliwack	$1842
779 km or 484 mi	Helena	$2490
789 km or 491 mi	Abbotsford	$1987
792 km or 492 mi	Maple Ridge	$2361
796 km or 495 mi	Moscow	$1765
798 km or 496 mi	Coquitlam	$2488
800 km or 497 mi	Pullman	$1913
804 km or 499 mi	Langley	$1952
809 km or 502 mi	Surrey	$2297
809 km or 503 mi	Burnaby	$2412
811 km or 504 mi	North Vancouver	$2379
818 km or 508 mi	Vancouver	$2457
820 km or 510 mi	Bellingham	$2443
821 km or 510 mi	Delta	$2325
822 km or 511 mi	Moses Lake	$2001

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