Minsk vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Minsk	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$727	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1874	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$352	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$652	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$251	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$46.5	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$686	$893
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	61	54
😀 Quality of life	67	66
🏙️ Population	1.99M	8.78M

The cost of living in Minsk is 13% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 6769th and 7256th ($727 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 118th in Belarus and China, respectively. Check Belarus vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Minsk compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Minsk ranked 1st best city to live in Belarus vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 3750th and 4015th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Minsk vs Quanzhou

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	Minsk	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.19	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.8	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.31	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$1.69	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.71	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$423	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$280	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$818	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$534	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.9	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.3	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.6	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.66%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1925	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1211	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.4	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.73	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.76	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.28	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.31	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.72	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.59	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.82	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.66	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.07	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.6	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.8	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.6	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.9	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.76	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.5	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$330	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10220	$20567

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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 Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$627
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$823
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$688
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$625
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$669
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$649
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$603
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$630
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$648
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$813
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$894
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$728
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$770
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$796
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$897
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$451
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$821
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$747
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$581
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$655
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$814
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$443
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1073
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$569
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$967
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$731
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$601
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$788
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$681
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$761
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$671
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$598
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$726
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$603
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$585
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$936