Mexico City vs Minsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mexico City	Minsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1160	$727
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2923	$1874
🏠 One person rent	$603	$352
🏘️ Family rent	$1214	$652
🍽️ Food expenses	$374	$251
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.2	$46.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$709	$686
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	92	61
😀 Quality of life	67	67
🏙️ Population	9.21M	1.99M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 60% more expensive than in Minsk. Cities ranked 4604th and 6769th ($1160 vs $727) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 1st in Mexico and Belarus, respectively. Check Mexico vs Belarus comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Mexico City compared to 0.9 months in Minsk. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Minsk ranked 1st in Belarus, while ranked 3470th and 3750th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Minsk

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	Mexico City	Minsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.1	$9.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.5	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.02	$5.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$1.21
☕ Cappuccino	$3.69	$1.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$0.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$846	$423
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$475	$280
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1732	$818
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$998	$534
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.8	$32.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.3	$50.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.7	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.34%	14.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2952	$1925
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2197	$1211
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.9	$15.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.96	$3.73
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.11	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.43	$1.28
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.12	$6.31
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.41	$3.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$7.72
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$0.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.4	$7.59
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.89	$1.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.17	$6.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.39	$2.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.79	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.6	$31.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.97	$4.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$4.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.2	$55.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.8	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$401	$330
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9034	$10220

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Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$800
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$747
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$761
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$696
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$752
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$858
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$632
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$825
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$981
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$788
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$821
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$983
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$770
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$485
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$638
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$635
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$717
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$693
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$724
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$725
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$700
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$574
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$634
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$667
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$804

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