Minsk vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Minsk	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$727	$2201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1874	$5311
🏠 One person rent	$352	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$652	$2479
🍽️ Food expenses	$251	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$46.5	$211
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$686	$3560
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	61	90
😀 Quality of life	67	93
🏙️ Population	1.99M	1.51M

The cost of living in Minsk is 67% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 6769th and 1352nd ($727 vs $2201) 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 0.9 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 3750th and 54th 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	$9.19	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.8	$69.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.31	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$1.69	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.71	$3.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$423	$1323
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$280	$1006
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$818	$2618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$534	$2005
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.9	$205
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.3	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.6	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.66%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1925	$12224
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1211	$8488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$4.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.4	$59.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.73	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.76	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$2.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.28	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.31	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.72	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.59	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.82	$9.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.66	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.07	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.6	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.8	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.6	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.9	$73.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.76	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.5	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$330	$953
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10220	$14702

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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 Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1789
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1746
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1772
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1755
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1730
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1727
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1711
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1631
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1679
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1611
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1568
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1700
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1613
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1644
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1164
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1638
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1637
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1728
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1644
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1569
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1541
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1645
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1465
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1537
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1508
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1698
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1517
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1911
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1540
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1544
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1636
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1538
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1502
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1627
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1565
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1522
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1509
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1516
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1672
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1560