Minsk vs Novosibirsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Minsk	Novosibirsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$727	$698
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1874	$1766
🏠 One person rent	$352	$316
🏘️ Family rent	$652	$599
🍽️ Food expenses	$251	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$46.5	$48.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$686	$616
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	61	49
😀 Quality of life	67	58
🏙️ Population	1.99M	1.63M

The cost of living in Minsk is 4% more expensive than in Novosibirsk. Cities ranked 6769th and 6907th ($727 vs $698) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 26th in Belarus and Russia, respectively. Check Belarus vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Minsk compared to 0.9 months in Novosibirsk. Minsk ranked 1st best city to live in Belarus vs Novosibirsk ranked 10th in Russia, while ranked 3750th and 5517th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Minsk vs Novosibirsk

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	Minsk	Novosibirsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.19	$6.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.8	$34.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.31	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$1.73
☕ Cappuccino	$1.69	$2.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.71	$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$423	$348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$280	$231
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$818	$695
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$534	$461
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.9	$54.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.3	$83.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.6	$7.48
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.66%	14.37%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1925	$1981
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1211	$1172
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.4	$22.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.73	$3.22
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.76	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.28	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.31	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$4.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.72	$7.96
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$2.98
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.59	$6.82
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$0.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.82	$2.39
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$6.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.66	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.07	$0.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.6	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.8	$35.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.6	$4.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.9	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.76	$3.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.5	$64.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$330	$278
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10220	$4263

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Novosibirsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
195 km or 121 mi	Barnaul	$662
203 km or 126 mi	Kemerovo	$569
206 km or 128 mi	Tomsk	$565
277 km or 172 mi	Prokopyevsk	$575
307 km or 191 mi	Novokuznetsk	$591
316 km or 197 mi	Biysk	$379
495 km or 308 mi	Pavlodar	$558
518 km or 322 mi	Aksu	$553
545 km or 339 mi	Semey	$549
566 km or 351 mi	Oskemen	$571
569 km or 354 mi	Abakan	$587
608 km or 378 mi	Omsk	$631
623 km or 387 mi	Ekibastuz	$507
635 km or 395 mi	Krasnoyarsk	$692
754 km or 469 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$658
869 km or 540 mi	Temirtau	$626
876 km or 545 mi	Altay	$529
879 km or 546 mi	Petropavl	$557
880 km or 547 mi	Nur-Sultan	$770
882 km or 548 mi	Karaganda	$604
886 km or 550 mi	Surgut	$654
900 km or 559 mi	Kokshetau	$619
910 km or 565 mi	Tacheng	$512
1059 km or 658 mi	Karamay	$460
1064 km or 661 mi	Balkhash	$624
1100 km or 684 mi	Tyumen	$765
1112 km or 691 mi	Kurgan	$531
1129 km or 701 mi	Bole	$531
1160 km or 721 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
1178 km or 732 mi	Bratsk	$470
1186 km or 737 mi	Wusu	$562
1189 km or 739 mi	Kuytun	$571
1214 km or 754 mi	Shihezi	$662
1241 km or 771 mi	Yining	$543
1263 km or 785 mi	Fukang	$508
1264 km or 785 mi	Changji	$525
1269 km or 789 mi	Kostanay	$710
1291 km or 802 mi	Urumqi	$515
1308 km or 813 mi	Kapchagay	$749
1318 km or 819 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648