Minsk vs Ottawa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Minsk	Ottawa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$727	$2055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1874	$4624
🏠 One person rent	$352	$1212
🏘️ Family rent	$652	$1940
🍽️ Food expenses	$251	$563
🚐 Transport expenses	$46.5	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$686	$3115
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	61	50
😀 Quality of life	67	90
🏙️ Population	1.99M	1.02M

The cost of living in Minsk is 65% less expensive than in Ottawa. Cities ranked 6769th and 1701st ($727 vs $2055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 25th 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 Ottawa. Minsk ranked 1st best city to live in Belarus vs Ottawa ranked 9th in Canada, while ranked 3750th and 162nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Minsk vs Ottawa

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	Minsk	Ottawa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.19	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.8	$65.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.31	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$5.54
☕ Cappuccino	$1.69	$3.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.71	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$423	$1214
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$280	$1014
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$818	$2032
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$534	$1649
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.9	$109
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.3	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.6	$49.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.66%	6.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1925	$4939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1211	$4597
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$2.82
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.4	$92
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.73	$15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.76	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$2.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$2.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.28	$3.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.31	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$12.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.72	$14.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$4.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$3.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$3.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$2.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$2.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$1.03
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.59	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$2.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.82	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.66	$4.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.07	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.6	$1.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.8	$41.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.6	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.9	$58.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.76	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.5	$53.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$88.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$330	$942
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10220	$19030

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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 Ottawa

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Gatineau	$1768
19 km or 12 mi	Kanata	$2202
87 km or 54 mi	Cornwall	$1633
94 km or 58 mi	Brockville	$1875
124 km or 77 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1894
128 km or 80 mi	Mirabel	$1762
130 km or 81 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1830
138 km or 86 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1733
141 km or 87 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1768
143 km or 89 mi	Kirkland	$1807
144 km or 89 mi	Blainville	$1761
146 km or 90 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1753
147 km or 91 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1819
147 km or 91 mi	Boisbriand	$1732
147 km or 91 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1814
147 km or 91 mi	Kingston	$1704
150 km or 93 mi	Le Ray	$1814
152 km or 94 mi	Dorval	$1810
152 km or 94 mi	Chateauguay	$1841
153 km or 95 mi	Laval	$1900
157 km or 98 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1690
158 km or 98 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1803
160 km or 100 mi	Mount Royal	$1792
162 km or 101 mi	Watertown	$1658
163 km or 102 mi	Terrebonne	$1776
163 km or 102 mi	Westmount	$1773
166 km or 103 mi	Saint-Constant	$1824
167 km or 104 mi	Montreal	$1857
167 km or 104 mi	Mascouche	$1735
170 km or 106 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1790
170 km or 106 mi	Candiac	$1852
170 km or 106 mi	Longueuil	$1835
171 km or 106 mi	La Prairie	$1889
175 km or 109 mi	Brossard	$2004
176 km or 109 mi	Boucherville	$1804
177 km or 110 mi	Repentigny	$1743
178 km or 111 mi	Varennes	$1764
183 km or 114 mi	L'Assomption	$1651
183 km or 114 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1836
185 km or 115 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1800