Minneapolis vs Minsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Minneapolis	Minsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2380	$735
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5756	$1851
🏠 One person rent	$1413	$356
🏘️ Family rent	$2434	$619
🍽️ Food expenses	$698	$261
🚐 Transport expenses	$111	$46.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4476	$549
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	84	61
😀 Quality of life	90	69
🏙️ Population	430K	2M

The cost of living in Minneapolis is 224% more expensive than in Minsk. Cities ranked 1095th and 6924th ($2380 vs $735) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 963rd 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 1.9 months in Minneapolis compared to 0.7 months in Minsk. Minneapolis ranked 62nd best city to live in the United States vs Minsk ranked 1st in Belarus, while ranked 215th and 4343rd among best cities to live in the world.

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	Minneapolis	Minsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$9.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.5	$33.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$5.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.96	$1.18
☕ Cappuccino	$5.88	$1.72
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.87	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1597	$434
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1151	$286
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2639	$767
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2101	$511
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$158	$47.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.1	$9.65
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.53%	15.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3686	$2017
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2479	$1259
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74.1	$15
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.3	$3.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$0.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.51	$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.03	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.1	$1.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$6.35
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$4.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$7.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.66	$1.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.45	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$2.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$0.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.66	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$1.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16	$7.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.62	$0.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.1	$1.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.49	$5.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.49	$3.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.54	$1.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.9	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.2	$30.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$4.43
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$13
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$4.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.8	$41.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.9	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1787	$307
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26604	$11271

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Cities near Minneapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
7 km or 4.4 mi	Golden Valley	$2285
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	St. Louis Park	$2277
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Crystal	$2306
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Roseville	$2221
10 km or 6.2 mi	Richfield	$2270
10 km or 6.4 mi	Brooklyn Center	$2328
11 km or 6.6 mi	New Hope	$2305
11 km or 6.8 mi	New Brighton	$2302
12 km or 7.2 mi	Fridley	$2330
12 km or 7.3 mi	Edina	$2290
14 km or 8.8 mi	Brooklyn Park	$2335
14 km or 9 mi	Saint Paul	$2054
14 km or 9 mi	Shoreview	$2289
15 km or 9.3 mi	Plymouth	$2307
15 km or 9.6 mi	Coon Rapids	$2283
17 km or 10 mi	Bloomington	$2271
18 km or 11 mi	Maple Grove	$2329
20 km or 12 mi	Minnetonka	$2317
20 km or 12 mi	Eagan	$2236
20 km or 12 mi	Blaine	$2528
21 km or 13 mi	South St. Paul	$2160
21 km or 13 mi	Eden Prairie	$2398
22 km or 14 mi	Maplewood	$2183
23 km or 14 mi	Savage	$2286
23 km or 14 mi	Inver Grove Heights	$2201
23 km or 15 mi	White Bear Lake	$2252
24 km or 15 mi	Burnsville	$2312
24 km or 15 mi	Oakdale	$2219
24 km or 15 mi	Lino Lakes	$2320
25 km or 15 mi	Chanhassen	$2353
25 km or 16 mi	Champlin	$2478
27 km or 17 mi	Woodbury	$2296
28 km or 17 mi	Andover	$2386
28 km or 17 mi	Apple Valley	$2147
29 km or 18 mi	Shakopee	$2317
29 km or 18 mi	Rosemount	$2202
31 km or 19 mi	Cottage Grove	$2227
32 km or 20 mi	Prior Lake	$2258
34 km or 21 mi	Chaska	$2299
34 km or 21 mi	Ramsey	$2678

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