Minsk vs Sao Tome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Minsk	Sao Tome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$727	$900
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1874	$2253
🏠 One person rent	$352	$312
🏘️ Family rent	$652	$626
🍽️ Food expenses	$251	$464
🚐 Transport expenses	$46.5	$37.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$686	$252
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	61	1
😀 Quality of life	67	22
🏙️ Population	1.99M	65.5K

The cost of living in Minsk is 19% less expensive than in Sao Tome. Cities ranked 6769th and 6047th ($727 vs $900) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Belarus and Sao Tome and Principe, respectively. Check Belarus vs Sao Tome and Principe comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Minsk compared to 0.3 months in Sao Tome. Minsk ranked 1st best city to live in Belarus vs Sao Tome ranked 1st in Sao Tome and Principe, while ranked 3750th and 8798th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Minsk vs Sao Tome

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	Minsk	Sao Tome
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.19	$18.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.8	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.31	$8.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$1.49
☕ Cappuccino	$1.69	$1.57
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.71	$1.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$423	$283
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$280	$187
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$818	$608
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$534	$473
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.9	$40.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.3	$61.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.6	$65.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.66%	7.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1925	$1445
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1211	$123
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$1.11
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.4	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.73	$7.07
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.76	$1.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$0.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$2.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.28	$4.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.31	$18.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.72	$22.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$3.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$3.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$3.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$2.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$1.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$1.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.59	$6.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$1.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.82	$2.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$3.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.66	$3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.07	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.6	$1.28
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.8	$33.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.6	$19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.9	$17.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.76	$4.28
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.5	$31.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$63.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$330	$126
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10220	$3685

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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 Sao Tome

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.3 km or 5.1 mi	Trindade	$900
256 km or 159 mi	Port-Gentil	$625
303 km or 188 mi	Libreville	$668
375 km or 233 mi	Bata	$1121
443 km or 275 mi	Malabo	$741
492 km or 306 mi	Port Harcourt	$679
494 km or 307 mi	Limbe	$655
509 km or 316 mi	Buea	$601
529 km or 328 mi	Douala	$1265
537 km or 333 mi	Aba	$621
543 km or 337 mi	Calabar	$384
565 km or 351 mi	Kumba	$764
574 km or 356 mi	Owerri	$1611
584 km or 363 mi	Umuahia	$883
587 km or 365 mi	Warri	$881
649 km or 403 mi	Onitsha	$972
653 km or 406 mi	Awka	$805
660 km or 410 mi	Yaounde	$747
677 km or 421 mi	Benin	$558
684 km or 425 mi	Enugu	$462
702 km or 436 mi	Bafoussam	$555
730 km or 454 mi	Bamenda	$553
772 km or 480 mi	Owo	$651
774 km or 481 mi	Lagos	$1113
788 km or 490 mi	Akure	$634
806 km or 501 mi	Pointe-Noire	$569
822 km or 511 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
824 km or 512 mi	Cotonou	$709
827 km or 514 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
829 km or 515 mi	Ife	$779
845 km or 525 mi	Ibadan	$776
846 km or 526 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
861 km or 535 mi	Osogbo	$695
884 km or 549 mi	Kayes	$523
889 km or 552 mi	Lome	$755
890 km or 553 mi	Oyo	$677
892 km or 555 mi	Cabinda	$676
907 km or 564 mi	Madingou	$519
924 km or 574 mi	Gamboma	$522
926 km or 575 mi	Abomey	$590