Minsk vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Minsk	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$924	$2460
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2352	$5684
🏠 One person rent	$455	$1432
🏘️ Family rent	$813	$2492
🍽️ Food expenses	$324	$615
🚐 Transport expenses	$62	$266
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$692	$3694
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	59	99
😀 Quality of life	68	94
🏙️ Population	2M	2.1M

The cost of living in Minsk is 62% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 6121st and 964th ($924 vs $2460) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Belarus and France, respectively. Check Belarus vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Minsk compared to 1.5 months in Paris. Minsk ranked 1st best city to live in Belarus vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 4446th and 34th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Minsk vs Paris

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	Minsk	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.8	$17.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.4	$69.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.32	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.37	$8.32
☕ Cappuccino	$2.23	$5.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$4.68
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$562	$1558
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$362	$1158
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1020	$2756
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$667	$2070
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40	$162
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.6	$252
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.6	$32.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.41%	3.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2491	$15102
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1574	$10254
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$2.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.9	$104
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.21	$22.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$2.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.97	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.75	$2.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$5.25
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.16	$21.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.45	$15.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$22.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$3.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$3.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$4.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.68	$2.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$2.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.49	$3.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.98	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.62	$14.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$4.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.21	$4.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$3.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.33	$3.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.6	$39.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.97	$15.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.9	$30
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.46	$22.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.6	$117
👟 Brand Sneakers	$117	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$406	$1048
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14758	$19577

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Cities near Minsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 44 mi	Barysaw	$676
136 km or 85 mi	Baranavichy	$608
139 km or 86 mi	Babruysk	$477
171 km or 107 mi	Vilnius	$1434
182 km or 113 mi	Mogilev	$669
218 km or 135 mi	Utena	$974
220 km or 137 mi	Vitebsk	$355
221 km or 137 mi	Pinsk	$527
229 km or 142 mi	Daugavpils	$938
235 km or 146 mi	Alytus	$881
247 km or 154 mi	Grodno	$445
249 km or 155 mi	Jonava	$859
260 km or 161 mi	Kaunas	$1258
280 km or 174 mi	Gomel	$589
283 km or 176 mi	Marijampole	$928
288 km or 179 mi	Panevezys	$982
290 km or 180 mi	Rezekne	$835
303 km or 188 mi	Suwalki	$1114
303 km or 189 mi	Bialystok	$1229
307 km or 191 mi	Smolensk	$629
308 km or 191 mi	Jekabpils	$895
330 km or 205 mi	Brest	$669
342 km or 212 mi	Elk	$1170
353 km or 219 mi	Siauliai	$964
363 km or 226 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1078
367 km or 228 mi	Chernihiv	$479
371 km or 231 mi	Lomza	$1060
374 km or 232 mi	Ogre	$1000
376 km or 233 mi	Rivne	$397
382 km or 238 mi	Lutsk	$543
390 km or 243 mi	Jelgava	$893
401 km or 249 mi	Siedlce	$1023
403 km or 250 mi	Riga	$1254
406 km or 252 mi	Ostroleka	$1165
412 km or 256 mi	Zhytomyr	$591
413 km or 257 mi	Chelm	$1205
416 km or 259 mi	Jurmala	$1374
426 km or 265 mi	Valmiera	$938
427 km or 265 mi	Mazeikiai	$860
434 km or 269 mi	Kyiv	$853

Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2033
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1872
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1885
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2350
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2065
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1972
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2297
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2082
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1749
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1918
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1988
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1766
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1920
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1689
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1935
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1897
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1827
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1798
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1874
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1987
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1876
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1794
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1480
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1683
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1454
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1749
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1401
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1481
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1424
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1375
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1356
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1382
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1350
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1553
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1243
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1632
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1289
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1573
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1421
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1506