Minsk vs Rawalpindi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Minsk	Rawalpindi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$727	$401
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1874	$1010
🏠 One person rent	$352	$150
🏘️ Family rent	$652	$317
🍽️ Food expenses	$251	$163
🚐 Transport expenses	$46.5	$42.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$686	$170
😷 Air quality	Good	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	61	68
😀 Quality of life	67	46
🏙️ Population	1.99M	2.1M

The cost of living in Minsk is 81% more expensive than in Rawalpindi. Cities ranked 6769th and 8953rd ($727 vs $401) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Belarus and Pakistan, respectively. Check Belarus vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Minsk compared to 0.4 months in Rawalpindi. Minsk ranked 1st best city to live in Belarus vs Rawalpindi ranked 4th in Pakistan, while ranked 3750th and 6500th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Minsk vs Rawalpindi

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	Minsk	Rawalpindi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.19	$1.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.8	$13.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.31	$4.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$1.69	$1.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.71	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$423	$113
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$280	$58
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$818	$341
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$534	$169
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.9	$63.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.3	$97.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.6	$17
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.66%	19.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1925	$747
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1211	$421
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.4	$9.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.73	$3.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.76	$0.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.28	$1.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.31	$6.42
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$3.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.72	$4.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$0.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$0.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$0.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.59	$25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.82	$1.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$0.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.66	$1.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.07	$0.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.6	$0.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.8	$10.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.6	$3.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.9	$12.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.76	$2.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.5	$10.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$84.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$330	$37.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10220	$1075

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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 Rawalpindi

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Islamabad	$442
40 km or 25 mi	Wah	$382
82 km or 51 mi	Mirpur	$354
116 km or 72 mi	Mardan	$366
120 km or 75 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
135 km or 84 mi	Baramulla	$273
146 km or 90 mi	Mingora	$364
148 km or 92 mi	Gujrat	$373
151 km or 94 mi	Kohat	$379
152 km or 94 mi	Peshawar	$346
170 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$354
173 km or 107 mi	Sargodha	$458
180 km or 112 mi	Hafizabad	$380
183 km or 114 mi	Sialkot	$281
192 km or 119 mi	Jammu	$287
192 km or 119 mi	Gujranwala	$308
210 km or 130 mi	Chiniot	$389
211 km or 131 mi	Kamoke	$321
228 km or 142 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
243 km or 151 mi	Faisalabad	$306
257 km or 160 mi	Lahore	$411
258 km or 160 mi	Jalalabad	$303
269 km or 167 mi	Jhang	$292
275 km or 171 mi	Gojra	$342
276 km or 172 mi	Sahiwal	$305
277 km or 172 mi	Amritsar	$383
283 km or 176 mi	Pathankot	$355
294 km or 183 mi	Khost	$366
312 km or 194 mi	Okara	$300
346 km or 215 mi	Jalandhar	$358
355 km or 221 mi	Gardez	$386
374 km or 232 mi	Kabul	$474
382 km or 238 mi	Khanewal	$361
385 km or 239 mi	Burewala	$356
397 km or 247 mi	Ludhiana	$441
409 km or 254 mi	Multan	$392
430 km or 267 mi	Ghazni	$389
457 km or 284 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
474 km or 294 mi	Chandigarh	$369
475 km or 295 mi	Shimla	$272