Male vs Minsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Male	Minsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1304	$727
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3010	$1874
🏠 One person rent	$814	$352
🏘️ Family rent	$1624	$652
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$251
🚐 Transport expenses	$42	$46.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1263	$686
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	7	61
😀 Quality of life	62	67
🏙️ Population	133K	1.99M

The cost of living in Male is 79% more expensive than in Minsk. Cities ranked 4205th and 6769th ($1304 vs $727) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Maldives and Belarus, respectively. Check Maldives vs Belarus comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Male compared to 0.9 months in Minsk. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Minsk ranked 1st in Belarus, while ranked 4917th and 3750th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Minsk

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	Male	Minsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.5	$9.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.5	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$5.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$1.21
☕ Cappuccino	$3.15	$1.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$0.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$824	$423
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$280
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1648	$818
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1401	$534
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$32.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.6	$50.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$77.4	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.65%	14.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2651	$1925
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2231	$1211
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.8	$15.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$3.73
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$1.28
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.95	$6.31
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.82	$3.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.7	$7.72
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$1.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$2.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.79	$7.59
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.83	$1.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.32	$6.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$2.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.13	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.9	$31.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.87	$4.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.33	$4.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$55.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$163	$330
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3201	$10220

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1651
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$333
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$287
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$275
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$244
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$273
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$306
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$383
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$346
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$580
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$631
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$294
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$627
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$498
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$467
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$429
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$502
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$306
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$310
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$325
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$316
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$339
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$425
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$344
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$582
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$300
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$295
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$314
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$302
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$311
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$304
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$412
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$546
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$280
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$533
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$306
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$351
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$342
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$360

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