Gothenburg vs Minsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gothenburg	Minsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1623	$727
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3695	$1874
🏠 One person rent	$808	$352
🏘️ Family rent	$1406	$652
🍽️ Food expenses	$516	$251
🚐 Transport expenses	$163	$46.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3142	$686
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	46	61
😀 Quality of life	92	67
🏙️ Population	675K	1.99M

The cost of living in Gothenburg is 123% more expensive than in Minsk. Cities ranked 2959th and 6769th ($1623 vs $727) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 1st in Sweden and Belarus, respectively. Check Sweden vs Belarus comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Gothenburg compared to 0.9 months in Minsk. Gothenburg ranked 2nd best city to live in Sweden vs Minsk ranked 1st in Belarus, while ranked 78th and 3750th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gothenburg vs Minsk

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	Gothenburg	Minsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.3	$9.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.1	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.46	$5.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.53	$1.21
☕ Cappuccino	$4.32	$1.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$0.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$872	$423
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$665	$280
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1561	$818
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1193	$534
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.6	$32.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$50.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.7	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.37%	14.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5838	$1925
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3896	$1211
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.4	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.4	$15.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.4	$3.73
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.7	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.52	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.65	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.04	$1.28
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$6.31
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$3.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$7.72
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.77	$1.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$2.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.2	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.2	$7.59
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.06	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.08	$1.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.9	$6.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.02	$2.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.24	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.54	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.2	$31.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.8	$4.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.2	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.8	$4.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.5	$55.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.9	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$144	$330
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3664	$10220

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Cities near Gothenburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.8 km or 1.7 mi	Molndal	$1498
58 km or 36 mi	Boras	$1367
66 km or 41 mi	Varberg	$1284
70 km or 44 mi	Trollhattan	$1167
76 km or 47 mi	Uddevalla	$1334
80 km or 50 mi	Vanersborg	$1235
90 km or 56 mi	Frederikshavn	$1394
126 km or 78 mi	Halmstad	$1208
130 km or 81 mi	Jonkoping	$1373
134 km or 83 mi	Varnamo	$1424
136 km or 84 mi	Skovde	$1473
142 km or 88 mi	Aalborg	$1676
150 km or 93 mi	Ljungby	$1333
157 km or 98 mi	Mariestad	$1373
164 km or 102 mi	Halden	$1575
167 km or 104 mi	Angelholm	$1310
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1505
182 km or 113 mi	Fredrikstad	$1977
186 km or 115 mi	Sarpsborg	$1500
186 km or 115 mi	Helsingor	$1800
186 km or 116 mi	Vetlanda	$1434
187 km or 116 mi	Helsingborg	$1297
191 km or 118 mi	Vaxjo	$1331
191 km or 119 mi	Larvik	$1733
192 km or 119 mi	Sandefjord	$1864
194 km or 121 mi	Hillerod	$1983
199 km or 124 mi	Hassleholm	$1298
200 km or 124 mi	Aarhus	$1828
202 km or 125 mi	Horsholm	$1952
202 km or 126 mi	Tonsberg	$1714
206 km or 128 mi	Landskrona	$1140
207 km or 129 mi	Viborg	$1508
208 km or 129 mi	Arendal	$1623
210 km or 131 mi	Karlstad	$1279
212 km or 132 mi	Moss	$1707
212 km or 132 mi	Porsgrunn	$1528
213 km or 132 mi	Horten	$1631
216 km or 134 mi	Gentofte	$2134
222 km or 138 mi	Skien	$1651
223 km or 138 mi	Arvika	$1251

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