Minsk vs Sacramento - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Minsk	Sacramento
🚶 Cost of living one person	$727	$2813
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1874	$6464
🏠 One person rent	$352	$1786
🏘️ Family rent	$652	$2984
🍽️ Food expenses	$251	$700
🚐 Transport expenses	$46.5	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$686	$4579
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	61	54
😀 Quality of life	67	86
🏙️ Population	1.99M	525K

The cost of living in Minsk is 74% less expensive than in Sacramento. Cities ranked 6769th and 313th ($727 vs $2813) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 277th in Belarus and the United States, respectively. Check Belarus vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Minsk compared to 1.6 months in Sacramento. Minsk ranked 1st best city to live in Belarus vs Sacramento ranked 81st in the United States, while ranked 3750th and 308th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Minsk vs Sacramento

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	Minsk	Sacramento
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.19	$19.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.8	$74.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.31	$11.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$7.64
☕ Cappuccino	$1.69	$5.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.71	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$423	$1822
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$280	$1446
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$818	$3005
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$534	$2512
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.9	$193
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.3	$301
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.6	$71.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.66%	6.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1925	$4209
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1211	$3946
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$2.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.4	$101
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.73	$20.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.76	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$3.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$4.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.28	$5.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.31	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$14.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.72	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$4.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$4.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$6.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$2.92
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$3.34
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$1.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$3.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.59	$17.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$2.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.82	$12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.66	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.07	$6.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.6	$2.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.8	$49.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.6	$15.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.9	$134
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.76	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.5	$54.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$95.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$330	$1530
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10220	$29998

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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 Sacramento

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.6 km or 2.9 mi	West Sacramento	$2652
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Parkway-South Sacramento	$2692
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Arden-Arcade	$2680
16 km or 9.9 mi	Rancho Cordova	$2708
18 km or 11 mi	Elk Grove	$2765
21 km or 13 mi	Citrus Heights	$2744
22 km or 14 mi	Davis	$2848
26 km or 16 mi	Roseville	$2832
27 km or 17 mi	Woodland	$2816
30 km or 19 mi	Folsom	$2684
33 km or 20 mi	Rocklin	$2560
33 km or 20 mi	Dixon	$2869
38 km or 24 mi	Lincoln	$2612
38 km or 24 mi	Galt	$2762
49 km or 30 mi	Vacaville	$3102
53 km or 33 mi	Lodi	$2624
59 km or 37 mi	Suisun	$3212
61 km or 38 mi	Fairfield	$3551
62 km or 39 mi	Placerville	$2732
63 km or 39 mi	Yuba	$2188
67 km or 42 mi	Oakley	$2977
69 km or 43 mi	Stockton	$2170
69 km or 43 mi	Antioch	$3193
70 km or 44 mi	Pittsburg	$2938
74 km or 46 mi	Brentwood	$3015
77 km or 48 mi	Napa	$3453
82 km or 51 mi	Benicia	$2767
82 km or 51 mi	Concord	$2778
84 km or 52 mi	Martinez	$2780
85 km or 53 mi	Vallejo	$2412
85 km or 53 mi	Pleasant Hill	$2816
86 km or 53 mi	Lathrop	$2646
89 km or 55 mi	Manteca	$2622
90 km or 56 mi	Walnut Creek	$2932
91 km or 56 mi	Sonoma	$3048
93 km or 58 mi	Tracy	$2135
94 km or 58 mi	Hercules	$2840
94 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2888
95 km or 59 mi	Danville	$3785
98 km or 61 mi	San Ramon	$3045