Minsk vs New York City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Minsk	New York City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$727	$4441
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1874	$10033
🏠 One person rent	$352	$2960
🏘️ Family rent	$652	$5380
🍽️ Food expenses	$251	$886
🚐 Transport expenses	$46.5	$364
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$686	$5544
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	61	100
😀 Quality of life	67	95
🏙️ Population	1.99M	8.8M

The cost of living in Minsk is 84% less expensive than in New York City. Cities ranked 6769th and 3rd ($727 vs $4441) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Belarus and the United States, respectively. Check Belarus vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Minsk compared to 1.2 months in New York City. Minsk ranked 1st best city to live in Belarus vs New York City ranked 2nd in the United States, while ranked 3750th and 22nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Minsk vs New York City

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	Minsk	New York City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.19	$29.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.8	$133
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.31	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$8.94
☕ Cappuccino	$1.69	$5.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.71	$3.2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$423	$3501
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$280	$2603
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$818	$4776
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$534	$5236
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.9	$112
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.3	$171
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.6	$65.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.66%	6.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1925	$17935
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1211	$12929
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$2.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.4	$132
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.73	$22.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.76	$1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$5.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$7.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.28	$5.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.31	$17.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$15.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.72	$20
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$7.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$6.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$6.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$3.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$3.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$1.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$3.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.59	$20
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$2.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.82	$18.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$9.89
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.66	$5.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.07	$6.94
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.6	$1.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.8	$71
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.6	$20.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.9	$173
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.76	$36.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.5	$67.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$330	$1784
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10220	$21465

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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 New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2534
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3271
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3040
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2886
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2703
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3302
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2701
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2756
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2698
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2720
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2730
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2792
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2667
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2729
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2740
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2512
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2693
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2732
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2531
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2587
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2637
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2614
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2749
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2664
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2480
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2715
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2722
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2676
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2747
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2664
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2716
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2745
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2611
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2456
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2674
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2772
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2730
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2610
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2456
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3111