Minsk vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Minsk	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$727	$1494
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1874	$3243
🏠 One person rent	$352	$958
🏘️ Family rent	$652	$1655
🍽️ Food expenses	$251	$325
🚐 Transport expenses	$46.5	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$686	$2174
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	61	65
😀 Quality of life	67	83
🏙️ Population	1.99M	1.25M

The cost of living in Minsk is 51% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 6769th and 3460th ($727 vs $1494) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th 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 0.9 months in Minsk compared to 1.5 months in Sharjah. Minsk ranked 1st best city to live in Belarus vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 3750th and 412th 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	$9.19	$5.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.8	$26.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.31	$9.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$9.45
☕ Cappuccino	$1.69	$4.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.71	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$423	$802
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$280	$704
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$818	$1595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$534	$1285
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.9	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.3	$206
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.6	$103
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.66%	4.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1925	$6652
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1211	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$2.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.4	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.73	$9.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.76	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$1.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.28	$2.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.31	$9.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$6.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.72	$8.03
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$1.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.59	$6.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$2.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.82	$6.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.66	$4.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.07	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.6	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.8	$59.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.6	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.9	$45.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.76	$4.67
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.5	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$86.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$330	$271
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10220	$7169

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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 Sharjah

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Ajman	$2240
13 km or 8 mi	Dubai	$2379
28 km or 17 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
95 km or 59 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
98 km or 61 mi	Fujairah	$1239
133 km or 82 mi	Al Ain	$1844
142 km or 88 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
222 km or 138 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
259 km or 161 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
337 km or 210 mi	Seeb	$967
346 km or 215 mi	Nizwa	$780
377 km or 235 mi	Muscat	$1090
388 km or 241 mi	Doha	$1779
392 km or 243 mi	Al Khor	$1709
394 km or 245 mi	Jahrom	$547
434 km or 270 mi	Fasa	$548
436 km or 271 mi	Jiroft	$518
456 km or 283 mi	Sirjan	$514
491 km or 305 mi	Manama	$1280
492 km or 306 mi	Riffa	$1223
493 km or 307 mi	Isa Town	$1243
510 km or 317 mi	Bam	$515
526 km or 327 mi	Chabahar	$585
534 km or 332 mi	Dhahran	$1068
543 km or 337 mi	Dammam	$1056
550 km or 342 mi	Shiraz	$589
563 km or 350 mi	Marvdasht	$563
564 km or 350 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
564 km or 351 mi	Qatif	$897
566 km or 352 mi	Iranshahr	$605
572 km or 355 mi	Kerman	$464
575 km or 358 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
599 km or 372 mi	Borazjan	$546
600 km or 373 mi	Jubail	$901
600 km or 373 mi	Kazerun	$557
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$551
699 km or 434 mi	Yasuj	$529
709 km or 440 mi	Zahedan	$829
734 km or 456 mi	Yazd	$573
771 km or 479 mi	Behbahan	$536