Minsk vs Rotterdam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Minsk	Rotterdam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$727	$2359
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1874	$5397
🏠 One person rent	$352	$1479
🏘️ Family rent	$652	$2435
🍽️ Food expenses	$251	$569
🚐 Transport expenses	$46.5	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$686	$3493
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	61	94
😀 Quality of life	67	93
🏙️ Population	1.99M	664K

The cost of living in Minsk is 69% less expensive than in Rotterdam. Cities ranked 6769th and 1038th ($727 vs $2359) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Belarus and the Netherlands, respectively. Check Belarus vs the Netherlands comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Minsk compared to 1.5 months in Rotterdam. Minsk ranked 1st best city to live in Belarus vs Rotterdam ranked 5th in the Netherlands, while ranked 3750th and 68th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Minsk vs Rotterdam

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	Minsk	Rotterdam
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.19	$20.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.8	$83.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.31	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$6.3
☕ Cappuccino	$1.69	$3.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.71	$3.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$423	$1509
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$280	$1241
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$818	$2680
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$534	$2049
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.9	$138
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.3	$213
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.6	$46.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.66%	4.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1925	$5415
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1211	$3934
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$4.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.4	$98.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.73	$20.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.76	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$1.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$2.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$3.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.28	$4.55
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.31	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.72	$15.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$2.15
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$3.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$3.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.59	$6.23
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.82	$12.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$4.53
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.66	$4.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.07	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.6	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.8	$41.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.6	$14.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.9	$36.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.76	$19.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.5	$78.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$330	$2027
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10220	$10730

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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 Rotterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.4 mi	Ridderkerk	$2062
13 km or 8 mi	Delft	$1861
19 km or 12 mi	Leidschendam	$2042
21 km or 13 mi	The Hague	$2199
23 km or 14 mi	Sliedrecht	$1969
25 km or 16 mi	Scheveningen	$2049
26 km or 16 mi	Leiden	$2081
27 km or 17 mi	Oegstgeest	$1934
41 km or 25 mi	Etten-Leur	$1805
43 km or 27 mi	Breda	$1739
43 km or 27 mi	Roosendaal	$1890
47 km or 29 mi	Utrecht	$2251
49 km or 30 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$1917
50 km or 31 mi	Zandvoort	$2090
52 km or 32 mi	Haarlem	$2291
54 km or 34 mi	Zaltbommel	$2026
55 km or 34 mi	Zeist	$2180
56 km or 35 mi	Tilburg	$1862
59 km or 36 mi	Amsterdam	$2791
59 km or 37 mi	Hilversum	$2049
60 km or 38 mi	IJmuiden	$2085
61 km or 38 mi	Hoogstraten	$1492
62 km or 39 mi	Goes	$2001
63 km or 39 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$1975
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$2432
67 km or 42 mi	Huizen	$1957
72 km or 45 mi	Almere	$1937
73 km or 45 mi	Purmerend	$1944
74 km or 46 mi	Veenendaal	$1631
74 km or 46 mi	Turnhout	$1421
76 km or 47 mi	Middelburg	$1879
79 km or 49 mi	Antwerp	$1640
81 km or 51 mi	Wageningen	$2105
82 km or 51 mi	Beveren	$1613
82 km or 51 mi	Ede	$1651
83 km or 52 mi	Uden	$1958
84 km or 52 mi	Mortsel	$1530
85 km or 53 mi	Veldhoven	$1917
87 km or 54 mi	Herentals	$1318
88 km or 54 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1514