Minsk vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Minsk	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$717	$1954
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1821	$4616
🏠 One person rent	$350	$986
🏘️ Family rent	$629	$1716
🍽️ Food expenses	$246	$608
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.8	$190
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$641	$2805
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	62	100
😀 Quality of life	67	93
🏙️ Population	1.99M	1.76M

The cost of living in Minsk is 63% less expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 6834th and 2002nd ($717 vs $1954) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 54th in Belarus and Canada, respectively. Check Belarus vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Minsk compared to 1.4 months in Montreal. Minsk ranked 1st best city to live in Belarus vs Montreal ranked 2nd in Canada, while ranked 3775th and 60th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Minsk vs Montreal

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	Minsk	Montreal
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.19	$16.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.7	$76.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.94	$11.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$6.72
☕ Cappuccino	$1.7	$3.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.75	$2.2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$435	$1044
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$271	$856
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$787	$2012
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$510	$1492
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.8	$49.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53	$77
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.7	$42.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.54%	6.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1923	$7494
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1217	$4431
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$2.79
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.6	$73.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.6	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.74	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$2.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$2.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.3	$3.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.21	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$13.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.78	$14.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$3.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$4.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$4.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$2.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$2.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$1.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.21	$2.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.59	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.86	$3.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.79	$11.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.57	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.69	$5.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.07	$3.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.69	$3.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.2	$33.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$11.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$121
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$32.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$63.3	$61.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$95.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$302	$669
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10290	$6957

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Cities near Minsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 44 mi	Barysaw	$563
136 km or 85 mi	Baranavichy	$516
139 km or 86 mi	Babruysk	$437
171 km or 107 mi	Vilnius	$1341
182 km or 113 mi	Mogilev	$467
218 km or 135 mi	Utena	$950
220 km or 137 mi	Vitebsk	$298
221 km or 137 mi	Pinsk	$437
229 km or 142 mi	Daugavpils	$899
235 km or 146 mi	Alytus	$871
247 km or 154 mi	Grodno	$390
249 km or 155 mi	Jonava	$856
260 km or 161 mi	Kaunas	$1191
280 km or 174 mi	Gomel	$469
283 km or 176 mi	Marijampole	$886
288 km or 179 mi	Panevezys	$902
290 km or 180 mi	Rezekne	$817
303 km or 188 mi	Suwalki	$1061
303 km or 189 mi	Bialystok	$1002
307 km or 191 mi	Smolensk	$461
308 km or 191 mi	Jekabpils	$946
330 km or 205 mi	Brest	$527
342 km or 212 mi	Elk	$1057
353 km or 219 mi	Siauliai	$999
363 km or 226 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1113
367 km or 228 mi	Chernihiv	$422
371 km or 231 mi	Lomza	$916
374 km or 232 mi	Ogre	$1111
376 km or 233 mi	Rivne	$418
382 km or 238 mi	Lutsk	$487
390 km or 243 mi	Jelgava	$856
401 km or 249 mi	Siedlce	$931
403 km or 250 mi	Riga	$1169
406 km or 252 mi	Ostroleka	$1042
412 km or 256 mi	Zhytomyr	$529
413 km or 257 mi	Chelm	$1118
416 km or 259 mi	Jurmala	$1377
426 km or 265 mi	Valmiera	$893
427 km or 265 mi	Mazeikiai	$1042
434 km or 269 mi	Kyiv	$795

Cities near Montreal

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.3 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1873
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Westmount	$1861
4.4 km or 2.8 mi	Longueuil	$1896
6.4 km or 4 mi	Mount Royal	$1871
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1890
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Brossard	$2057
11 km or 7 mi	La Prairie	$1960
13 km or 8.3 mi	Boucherville	$1878
14 km or 8.9 mi	Candiac	$1927
16 km or 9.8 mi	Saint-Constant	$1912
16 km or 10 mi	Dorval	$1912
17 km or 10 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1912
17 km or 10 mi	Laval	$1996
20 km or 12 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1884
20 km or 12 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1898
20 km or 13 mi	Chateauguay	$1964
21 km or 13 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1908
22 km or 14 mi	Varennes	$1845
22 km or 14 mi	Terrebonne	$1849
23 km or 14 mi	Chambly	$1901
24 km or 15 mi	Boisbriand	$1751
25 km or 15 mi	Kirkland	$1897
26 km or 16 mi	Repentigny	$1823
26 km or 16 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1785
27 km or 17 mi	Mascouche	$1821
27 km or 17 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1839
29 km or 18 mi	Beloeil	$1836
31 km or 19 mi	Blainville	$1799
31 km or 20 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1843
38 km or 23 mi	L'Assomption	$1740
39 km or 24 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1921
41 km or 26 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1773
44 km or 27 mi	Mirabel	$1828
46 km or 28 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1805
49 km or 31 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1657
53 km or 33 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$2002
57 km or 35 mi	Joliette	$1540
66 km or 41 mi	Granby	$1187
68 km or 42 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1624
91 km or 56 mi	Plattsburgh	$1610