Long Beach vs Minsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Long Beach	Minsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2683	$924
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6239	$2352
🏠 One person rent	$1744	$455
🏘️ Family rent	$3093	$813
🍽️ Food expenses	$655	$324
🚐 Transport expenses	$136	$62
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4372	$692
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	94	59
😀 Quality of life	78	68
🏙️ Population	467K	2M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 190% more expensive than in Minsk. Cities ranked 604th and 6121st ($2683 vs $924) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 532nd 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 1.6 months in Long Beach compared to 0.7 months in Minsk. Long Beach ranked 279th best city to live in the United States vs Minsk ranked 1st in Belarus, while ranked 958th and 4446th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Minsk

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	Long Beach	Minsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.1	$10.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.2	$44.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.8	$7.32
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.35	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$5.82	$2.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.47	$0.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1850	$562
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1515	$362
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3208	$1020
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2788	$667
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$40
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$62.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$12.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.08%	16.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7147	$2491
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6897	$1574
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.8	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.8	$5.21
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.4	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$0.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.23	$0.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$1.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.57	$1.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$8.16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$5.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$10.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$1.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.56	$2.46
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$2.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$0.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$0.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$1.49
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$8.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$1.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.8	$2.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$7.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.51	$4.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.94	$1.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$2.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.4	$39.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$5.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.1	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$5.46
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$48.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$117
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1650	$406
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19617	$14758

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$3000
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2893
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2774
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3115
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2922
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2758
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2793
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3124
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2854
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3737
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2739
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3076
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2880
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2694
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2989
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2920
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3771
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2867
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3243
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2766
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3238
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2875
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3139
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2987
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2866
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2798
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2840
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2945
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3251
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2868
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3295
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2945
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2888
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3066
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2826
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2818
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2835
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3090
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2826
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$3164

Cities near Minsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 44 mi	Barysaw	$676
136 km or 85 mi	Baranavichy	$608
139 km or 86 mi	Babruysk	$477
171 km or 107 mi	Vilnius	$1434
182 km or 113 mi	Mogilev	$669
218 km or 135 mi	Utena	$974
220 km or 137 mi	Vitebsk	$355
221 km or 137 mi	Pinsk	$527
229 km or 142 mi	Daugavpils	$938
235 km or 146 mi	Alytus	$881
247 km or 154 mi	Grodno	$445
249 km or 155 mi	Jonava	$859
260 km or 161 mi	Kaunas	$1258
280 km or 174 mi	Gomel	$589
283 km or 176 mi	Marijampole	$928
288 km or 179 mi	Panevezys	$982
290 km or 180 mi	Rezekne	$835
303 km or 188 mi	Suwalki	$1114
303 km or 189 mi	Bialystok	$1229
307 km or 191 mi	Smolensk	$629
308 km or 191 mi	Jekabpils	$895
330 km or 205 mi	Brest	$669
342 km or 212 mi	Elk	$1170
353 km or 219 mi	Siauliai	$964
363 km or 226 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1078
367 km or 228 mi	Chernihiv	$479
371 km or 231 mi	Lomza	$1060
374 km or 232 mi	Ogre	$1000
376 km or 233 mi	Rivne	$397
382 km or 238 mi	Lutsk	$543
390 km or 243 mi	Jelgava	$893
401 km or 249 mi	Siedlce	$1023
403 km or 250 mi	Riga	$1254
406 km or 252 mi	Ostroleka	$1165
412 km or 256 mi	Zhytomyr	$591
413 km or 257 mi	Chelm	$1205
416 km or 259 mi	Jurmala	$1374
426 km or 265 mi	Valmiera	$938
427 km or 265 mi	Mazeikiai	$860
434 km or 269 mi	Kyiv	$853