Minsk vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Minsk	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$727	$1857
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1874	$4312
🏠 One person rent	$352	$940
🏘️ Family rent	$652	$1577
🍽️ Food expenses	$251	$575
🚐 Transport expenses	$46.5	$187
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$686	$2742
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	61	100
😀 Quality of life	67	93
🏙️ Population	1.99M	1.8M

The cost of living in Minsk is 61% less expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 6769th and 2225th ($727 vs $1857) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 51st 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 1.5 months in Montreal. Minsk ranked 1st best city to live in Belarus vs Montreal ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 3750th and 51st 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	$15.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.8	$64.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.31	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$6.26
☕ Cappuccino	$1.69	$3.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.71	$2.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$423	$1030
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$280	$807
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$818	$1828
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$534	$1371
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.9	$47.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.3	$73.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.6	$40.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.66%	6.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1925	$6524
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1211	$4131
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$2.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.4	$73.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.73	$17.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.76	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$2.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$2.76
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$2.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.28	$3.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.31	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$12.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.72	$14.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$3.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$4.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$4.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$2.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$2.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$1.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.59	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$2.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.82	$11.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.66	$4.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.07	$4.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.6	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.8	$34.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.6	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.9	$126
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.76	$16.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.5	$59.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$94.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$330	$639
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10220	$5725

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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

Cities near Montreal

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.3 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1790
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Westmount	$1773
4.4 km or 2.8 mi	Longueuil	$1835
6.4 km or 4 mi	Mount Royal	$1792
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1803
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Brossard	$2004
11 km or 7 mi	La Prairie	$1889
13 km or 8.3 mi	Boucherville	$1804
14 km or 8.9 mi	Candiac	$1852
16 km or 9.8 mi	Saint-Constant	$1824
16 km or 10 mi	Dorval	$1810
17 km or 10 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1836
17 km or 10 mi	Laval	$1900
20 km or 12 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1800
20 km or 12 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1814
20 km or 13 mi	Chateauguay	$1841
21 km or 13 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1819
22 km or 14 mi	Varennes	$1764
22 km or 14 mi	Terrebonne	$1776
23 km or 14 mi	Chambly	$1829
24 km or 15 mi	Boisbriand	$1732
25 km or 15 mi	Kirkland	$1807
26 km or 16 mi	Repentigny	$1743
26 km or 16 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1753
27 km or 17 mi	Mascouche	$1735
27 km or 17 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1768
29 km or 18 mi	Beloeil	$1742
31 km or 19 mi	Blainville	$1761
31 km or 20 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1769
38 km or 23 mi	L'Assomption	$1651
39 km or 24 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1830
41 km or 26 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1690
44 km or 27 mi	Mirabel	$1762
46 km or 28 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1733
49 km or 31 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1562
53 km or 33 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1894
57 km or 35 mi	Joliette	$1433
66 km or 41 mi	Granby	$1106
68 km or 42 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1532
91 km or 56 mi	Plattsburgh	$1692