Minsk vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Minsk	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$735	$2463
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1851	$5699
🏠 One person rent	$356	$1467
🏘️ Family rent	$619	$2572
🍽️ Food expenses	$261	$593
🚐 Transport expenses	$46.8	$237
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$549	$3954
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	61	90
😀 Quality of life	69	94
🏙️ Population	2M	1.51M

The cost of living in Minsk is 70% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 6924th and 920th ($735 vs $2463) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Belarus and Germany, respectively. Check Belarus vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Minsk compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Minsk ranked 1st best city to live in Belarus vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 4343rd and 61st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Minsk vs Munich

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	Minsk	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.98	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.8	$80.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.86	$14.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$5.48
☕ Cappuccino	$1.72	$4.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.62	$4.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$434	$1546
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$286	$1155
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$767	$2816
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$511	$2089
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.8	$191
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.6	$294
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.65	$43.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.42%	4.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2017	$13232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1259	$9526
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$4.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15	$67.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.87	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.76	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.58	$2.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$3.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.32	$4.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.35	$17.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$11.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.88	$16.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$4.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$2.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.22	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.4	$8.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.95	$9.75
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.73	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.47	$3.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.04	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.1	$53.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.43	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13	$80.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.32	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.2	$102
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$307	$954
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11271	$14492

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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

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1966
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1924
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1956
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1934
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1905
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1901
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1876
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1731
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1842
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1757
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1725
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1854
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1784
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1841
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1298
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1826
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1790
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1954
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1848
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1745
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1664
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1851
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1659
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1655
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1671
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1807
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1597
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2083
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1585
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1697
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1917
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1675
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1706
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1720
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1725
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1654
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1657
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1654
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1904
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1730