Louisville vs Minsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Louisville	Minsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1847	$735
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4440	$1851
🏠 One person rent	$1087	$356
🏘️ Family rent	$1899	$619
🍽️ Food expenses	$549	$261
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.5	$46.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3987	$549
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	60	61
😀 Quality of life	89	69
🏙️ Population	246K	2M

The cost of living in Louisville is 151% more expensive than in Minsk. Cities ranked 2519th and 6924th ($1847 vs $735) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1889th 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 2.2 months in Louisville compared to 0.7 months in Minsk. Louisville ranked 89th best city to live in the United States vs Minsk ranked 1st in Belarus, while ranked 281st and 4343rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Louisville vs Minsk

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	Louisville	Minsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.7	$9.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.8	$33.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$5.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.87	$1.18
☕ Cappuccino	$4.93	$1.72
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.49	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1046	$434
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$881	$286
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1832	$767
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1620	$511
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$47.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55	$9.65
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.47%	15.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3372	$2017
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3052	$1259
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.1	$15
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$3.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.83	$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.29	$1.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$6.35
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$4.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$7.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$1.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.3	$2.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$0.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2	$1.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.7	$7.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$0.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.44	$1.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.34	$5.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.02	$3.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.49	$1.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.48	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.8	$30.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$4.43
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$13
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$4.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.8	$41.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1218	$307
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15931	$11271

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Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1738
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1845
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1925
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1912
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1874
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1883
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1724
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1659
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2091
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1769
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1816
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1713
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2097
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1922
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2140
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1647
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1969
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1606
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1822
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2480
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2025
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1941
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1763
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1990
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2164
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1993
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1915
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1338
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1799
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1978
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1847
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2382
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1810
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1899
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2070
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1495
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1753
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1850
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1857
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2017

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