Islamabad vs Minsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Islamabad	Minsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$442	$727
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1170	$1874
🏠 One person rent	$199	$352
🏘️ Family rent	$457	$652
🍽️ Food expenses	$156	$251
🚐 Transport expenses	$34.9	$46.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$261	$686
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	69	61
😀 Quality of life	49	67
🏙️ Population	1.01M	1.99M

The cost of living in Islamabad is 39% less expensive than in Minsk. Cities ranked 8870th and 6769th ($442 vs $727) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Pakistan and Belarus, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Belarus comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Islamabad compared to 0.9 months in Minsk. Islamabad ranked 2nd best city to live in Pakistan vs Minsk ranked 1st in Belarus, while ranked 6313th and 3750th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Islamabad vs Minsk

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	Islamabad	Minsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.13	$9.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.7	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.22	$5.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$1.21
☕ Cappuccino	$2.08	$1.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$0.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$173	$423
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$94.4	$280
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$514	$818
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$283	$534
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.9	$32.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$50.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.9	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.86%	14.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1142	$1925
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$682	$1211
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$6.78	$15.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.25	$3.73
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.28	$1.28
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$6.31
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$3.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$7.72
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$2.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$0.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.8	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.56	$7.59
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.59	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.13	$1.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.9	$6.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.59	$2.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.1	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.68	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.2	$31.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.31	$4.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.71	$4.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.4	$55.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.1	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$64.6	$330
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2961	$10220

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Cities near Islamabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
33 km or 20 mi	Wah	$382
91 km or 57 mi	Mirpur	$354
108 km or 67 mi	Mardan	$366
131 km or 82 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
132 km or 82 mi	Baramulla	$273
135 km or 84 mi	Mingora	$364
146 km or 91 mi	Peshawar	$346
148 km or 92 mi	Kohat	$379
158 km or 98 mi	Gujrat	$373
169 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$354
183 km or 114 mi	Sargodha	$458
191 km or 119 mi	Hafizabad	$380
193 km or 120 mi	Sialkot	$281
200 km or 124 mi	Jammu	$287
203 km or 126 mi	Gujranwala	$308
220 km or 137 mi	Chiniot	$389
222 km or 138 mi	Kamoke	$321
239 km or 148 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
252 km or 156 mi	Jalalabad	$303
254 km or 158 mi	Faisalabad	$306
268 km or 167 mi	Lahore	$411
279 km or 173 mi	Jhang	$292
285 km or 177 mi	Gojra	$342
287 km or 178 mi	Amritsar	$383
287 km or 179 mi	Sahiwal	$305
291 km or 181 mi	Pathankot	$355
292 km or 182 mi	Khost	$366
324 km or 201 mi	Okara	$300
353 km or 219 mi	Gardez	$386
356 km or 221 mi	Jalandhar	$358
368 km or 229 mi	Kabul	$474
392 km or 244 mi	Khanewal	$361
396 km or 246 mi	Burewala	$356
408 km or 253 mi	Ludhiana	$441
418 km or 260 mi	Multan	$392
427 km or 266 mi	Ghazni	$389
465 km or 289 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
468 km or 291 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
483 km or 300 mi	Chandigarh	$369

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