Minsk vs San Jose, United States - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Minsk	San Jose
🚶 Cost of living one person	$735	$3952
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1851	$8290
🏠 One person rent	$356	$2795
🏘️ Family rent	$619	$4452
🍽️ Food expenses	$261	$775
🚐 Transport expenses	$46.8	$174
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$549	$5915
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	61	87
😀 Quality of life	69	93
🏙️ Population	2M	1.01M

The cost of living in Minsk is 81% less expensive than in San Jose, United States. Cities ranked 6924th and 6th ($735 vs $3952) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th 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 0.7 months in Minsk compared to 1.5 months in San Jose, United States. Minsk ranked 1st best city to live in Belarus vs San Jose, United States ranked 21st in the United States, while ranked 4343rd and 88th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Minsk vs San Jose, United States

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	Minsk	San Jose
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.98	$20.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.8	$99.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.86	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$9.08
☕ Cappuccino	$1.72	$5.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.62	$3.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$434	$2999
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$286	$2438
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$767	$4520
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$511	$4008
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.8	$175
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.6	$272
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.65	$70
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.42%	6.45%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2017	$10416
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1259	$9325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$2.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15	$90.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.87	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.76	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.58	$5.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$3.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.32	$5.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.35	$22.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$15.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.88	$23
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$6.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$5.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$6.69
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$4.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$3.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$1.88
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.22	$3.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.4	$15.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.95	$11.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.73	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.47	$6.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.04	$6.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.1	$113
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.43	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13	$176
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.32	$21
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.2	$56.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$88.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$307	$1874
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11271	$22302

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Cities near Minsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 44 mi	Barysaw	$561
136 km or 85 mi	Baranavichy	$517
139 km or 86 mi	Babruysk	$406
171 km or 107 mi	Vilnius	$1414
182 km or 113 mi	Mogilev	$545
218 km or 135 mi	Utena	$974
220 km or 137 mi	Vitebsk	$293
221 km or 137 mi	Pinsk	$426
229 km or 142 mi	Daugavpils	$929
235 km or 146 mi	Alytus	$883
247 km or 154 mi	Grodno	$349
249 km or 155 mi	Jonava	$865
260 km or 161 mi	Kaunas	$1334
280 km or 174 mi	Gomel	$475
283 km or 176 mi	Marijampole	$920
288 km or 179 mi	Panevezys	$988
290 km or 180 mi	Rezekne	$840
303 km or 188 mi	Suwalki	$1113
303 km or 189 mi	Bialystok	$1148
307 km or 191 mi	Smolensk	$547
308 km or 191 mi	Jekabpils	$894
330 km or 205 mi	Brest	$528
342 km or 212 mi	Elk	$1125
353 km or 219 mi	Siauliai	$967
363 km or 226 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1079
367 km or 228 mi	Chernihiv	$516
371 km or 231 mi	Lomza	$993
374 km or 232 mi	Ogre	$1046
376 km or 233 mi	Rivne	$439
382 km or 238 mi	Lutsk	$546
390 km or 243 mi	Jelgava	$889
401 km or 249 mi	Siedlce	$1009
403 km or 250 mi	Riga	$1270
406 km or 252 mi	Ostroleka	$1113
412 km or 256 mi	Zhytomyr	$586
413 km or 257 mi	Chelm	$1185
416 km or 259 mi	Jurmala	$1419
426 km or 265 mi	Valmiera	$928
427 km or 265 mi	Mazeikiai	$864
434 km or 269 mi	Kyiv	$879

Cities near San Jose, United States

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Campbell	$3424
9.7 km or 6.1 mi	Santa Clara	$3476
11 km or 6.8 mi	Los Gatos	$4335
13 km or 8.4 mi	Saratoga	$3356
15 km or 9.1 mi	Milpitas	$3202
15 km or 9.3 mi	Cupertino	$2942
16 km or 10 mi	Sunnyvale	$3426
18 km or 11 mi	Mountain View	$3415
21 km or 13 mi	Los Altos	$3182
27 km or 17 mi	Palo Alto	$3765
27 km or 17 mi	Morgan Hill	$3130
28 km or 18 mi	Fremont	$3328
29 km or 18 mi	Newark	$3133
29 km or 18 mi	East Palo Alto	$3333
32 km or 20 mi	Menlo Park	$3359
36 km or 22 mi	Union	$3045
38 km or 23 mi	Redwood	$3890
39 km or 24 mi	Santa Cruz	$3719
41 km or 25 mi	San Carlos	$3382
41 km or 25 mi	Pleasanton	$3462
42 km or 26 mi	Gilroy	$2955
43 km or 27 mi	Livermore	$3089
44 km or 27 mi	Watsonville	$3748
44 km or 27 mi	Belmont	$3553
44 km or 28 mi	Foster	$3634
45 km or 28 mi	Hayward	$2826
46 km or 28 mi	Dublin	$3070
47 km or 29 mi	San Lorenzo	$2810
48 km or 30 mi	San Mateo	$3756
48 km or 30 mi	Castro Valley	$2957
53 km or 33 mi	San Leandro	$3071
53 km or 33 mi	Burlingame	$3317
54 km or 33 mi	San Ramon	$2850
57 km or 36 mi	Millbrae	$3285
59 km or 36 mi	Danville	$3818
60 km or 38 mi	San Bruno	$3230
61 km or 38 mi	Alameda	$3255
62 km or 38 mi	Tracy	$2114
63 km or 39 mi	South San Francisco	$3227
64 km or 40 mi	Oakland	$3254