Minsk vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Minsk	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$735	$1419
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1851	$3073
🏠 One person rent	$356	$859
🏘️ Family rent	$619	$1432
🍽️ Food expenses	$261	$332
🚐 Transport expenses	$46.8	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$549	$2246
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	61	66
😀 Quality of life	69	88
🏙️ Population	2M	1.25M

The cost of living in Minsk is 48% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 6924th and 4204th ($735 vs $1419) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th in Belarus and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Belarus vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Minsk compared to 1.6 months in Sharjah. Minsk ranked 1st best city to live in Belarus vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 4343rd and 312th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Minsk vs Sharjah

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	Minsk	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.98	$5.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.8	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.86	$8.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$9.56
☕ Cappuccino	$1.72	$4.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.62	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$434	$674
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$286	$578
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$767	$1188
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$511	$1064
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.8	$154
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.6	$234
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.65	$108
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.42%	4.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2017	$10301
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1259	$8167
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$1.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15	$66.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.87	$9.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.76	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$1.68
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.58	$1.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$2.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.32	$2.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.35	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$6.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.88	$9.51
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$1.01
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.22	$2.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.4	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$1.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.95	$6.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.73	$6.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.47	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.04	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$2.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.1	$68.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.43	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13	$46.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.32	$4.69
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.2	$49.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$307	$260
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11271	$6883

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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 Sharjah

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Ajman	$2521
13 km or 8 mi	Dubai	$2514
28 km or 17 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
95 km or 59 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
98 km or 61 mi	Fujairah	$1228
133 km or 82 mi	Al Ain	$1449
142 km or 88 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
222 km or 138 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
259 km or 161 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
337 km or 210 mi	Seeb	$1078
346 km or 215 mi	Nizwa	$792
377 km or 235 mi	Muscat	$1081
388 km or 241 mi	Doha	$1849
392 km or 243 mi	Al Khor	$1770
394 km or 245 mi	Jahrom	$530
434 km or 270 mi	Fasa	$529
436 km or 271 mi	Jiroft	$568
456 km or 283 mi	Sirjan	$534
491 km or 305 mi	Manama	$1237
492 km or 306 mi	Riffa	$1201
493 km or 307 mi	Isa Town	$1230
510 km or 317 mi	Bam	$557
526 km or 327 mi	Chabahar	$573
534 km or 332 mi	Dhahran	$908
543 km or 337 mi	Dammam	$1008
550 km or 342 mi	Shiraz	$553
563 km or 350 mi	Marvdasht	$530
564 km or 350 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
564 km or 351 mi	Qatif	$873
566 km or 352 mi	Iranshahr	$624
572 km or 355 mi	Kerman	$761
575 km or 358 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
599 km or 372 mi	Borazjan	$477
600 km or 373 mi	Jubail	$930
600 km or 373 mi	Kazerun	$503
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$453
699 km or 434 mi	Yasuj	$463
709 km or 440 mi	Zahedan	$808
734 km or 456 mi	Yazd	$545
771 km or 479 mi	Behbahan	$483