Houston vs Minsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Houston	Minsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2265	$727
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5664	$1874
🏠 One person rent	$1305	$352
🏘️ Family rent	$2467	$652
🍽️ Food expenses	$581	$251
🚐 Transport expenses	$212	$46.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4390	$686
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	100	61
😀 Quality of life	91	67
🏙️ Population	2.3M	1.99M

The cost of living in Houston is 212% more expensive than in Minsk. Cities ranked 1229th and 6769th ($2265 vs $727) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1115th and 1st in the United States and Belarus, respectively. Check the United States vs Belarus comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Houston compared to 0.9 months in Minsk. Houston ranked 14th best city to live in the United States vs Minsk ranked 1st in Belarus, while ranked 97th and 3750th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Houston vs Minsk

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	Houston	Minsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.2	$9.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$5.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.88	$1.21
☕ Cappuccino	$5.4	$1.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.71	$0.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1390	$423
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1037	$280
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2766	$818
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2058	$534
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$32.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$202	$50.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.6	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.58%	14.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2714	$1925
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1949	$1211
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.25	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$71.7	$15.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.9	$3.73
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.07	$1.28
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$6.31
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$3.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$7.72
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.29	$1.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.95	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$2.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$0.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.01	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$7.59
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.15	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.62	$1.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$6.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.13	$2.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.64	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.46	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.8	$31.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$4.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$127	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.6	$4.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.4	$55.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1470	$330
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18964	$10220

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Cities near Houston

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Pasadena	$2182
25 km or 15 mi	Pearland	$2108
25 km or 16 mi	Missouri	$2087
27 km or 17 mi	Deer Park	$2196
29 km or 18 mi	Sugar Land	$2028
32 km or 20 mi	Spring	$2093
33 km or 21 mi	Friendswood	$2097
35 km or 22 mi	La Porte	$2232
40 km or 25 mi	Baytown	$2311
41 km or 25 mi	League	$2065
42 km or 26 mi	Alvin	$2056
47 km or 29 mi	Rosenberg	$2107
48 km or 30 mi	The Woodlands	$2698
59 km or 37 mi	Texas City	$2014
62 km or 38 mi	Conroe	$1799
76 km or 47 mi	Galveston	$1855
81 km or 50 mi	Lake Jackson	$2089
108 km or 67 mi	Huntsville	$2089
126 km or 78 mi	Beaumont	$1673
129 km or 80 mi	College Station	$1853
138 km or 86 mi	Bryan	$1944
140 km or 87 mi	Port Arthur	$1907
186 km or 115 mi	Lufkin	$1878
188 km or 117 mi	Victoria	$2215
203 km or 126 mi	Sulphur	$2037
215 km or 134 mi	Lake Charles	$1986
217 km or 135 mi	Nacogdoches	$1510
229 km or 142 mi	Pflugerville	$2218
234 km or 145 mi	Austin	$2455
236 km or 146 mi	Round Rock	$2163
239 km or 149 mi	Temple	$2134
242 km or 150 mi	Kyle	$2223
242 km or 150 mi	Georgetown	$2192
247 km or 153 mi	San Marcos	$2224
249 km or 155 mi	Cedar Park	$2244
250 km or 156 mi	Seguin	$2182
254 km or 158 mi	Leander	$2260
261 km or 162 mi	Waco	$2230
262 km or 163 mi	Harker Heights	$2044
264 km or 164 mi	New Braunfels	$2182

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