Male vs Minsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Male	Minsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1320	$735
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2817	$1851
🏠 One person rent	$818	$356
🏘️ Family rent	$1403	$619
🍽️ Food expenses	$368	$261
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.1	$46.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$988	$549
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	7	61
😀 Quality of life	66	69
🏙️ Population	133K	2M

The cost of living in Male is 80% more expensive than in Minsk. Cities ranked 4439th and 6924th ($1320 vs $735) 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 0.7 months in Male compared to 0.7 months in Minsk. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Minsk ranked 1st in Belarus, while ranked 5057th and 4343rd 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	$5.55	$9.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.4	$33.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$5.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$1.18
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$1.72
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.45	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$870	$434
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$609	$286
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$767
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1116	$511
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$47.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$81.2	$9.65
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14%	15.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2585	$2017
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1897	$1259
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.1	$15
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$3.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$0.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$1.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.08	$6.35
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.15	$4.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.98	$7.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$1.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$2.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.87	$7.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.96	$0.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$1.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.39	$5.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.83	$3.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$1.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.1	$30.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.82	$4.43
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.2	$13
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.39	$4.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.7	$41.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.5	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$307
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3575	$11271

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1445
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$344
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$308
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$279
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$253
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$270
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$300
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$382
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$351
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$590
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$646
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$356
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$626
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$512
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$469
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$420
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$479
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$286
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$347
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$321
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$310
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$326
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$440
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$317
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$535
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$347
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$286
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$300
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$275
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$346
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$295
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$400
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$530
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$283
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$524
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$300
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$355
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$340
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$327

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