Minsk vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Minsk	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$836	$2844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2112	$6700
🏠 One person rent	$408	$1749
🏘️ Family rent	$716	$3002
🍽️ Food expenses	$295	$597
🚐 Transport expenses	$54	$337
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$632	$4145
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	59	99
😀 Quality of life	68	98
🏙️ Population	2M	5.45M

The cost of living in Minsk is 71% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 6618th and 348th ($836 vs $2844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Belarus and Australia, respectively. Check Belarus vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Minsk compared to 1.5 months in Sydney. Minsk ranked 1st best city to live in Belarus vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 4692nd and 2nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Minsk vs Sydney

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	Minsk	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.5	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.7	$79.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.67	$11.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$7.36
☕ Cappuccino	$1.96	$3.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.71	$2.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$494	$2123
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$329	$1437
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$888	$3835
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$591	$2492
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.7	$123
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.5	$190
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11	$51.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.58%	6.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2225	$13218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1419	$7866
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$3.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.3	$118
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.49	$20.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$1.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$1.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.66	$2.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.52	$5.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$9.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.97	$15.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$3.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$3.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$3.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$4.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$2.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.68	$2.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.82
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.42	$2.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.5	$15.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$4.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.26	$24.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.66	$9.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.01	$4.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.21	$3.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.21	$3.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.5	$63.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.14	$16.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.8	$70.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.8	$21.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$44	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$353	$2281
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12897	$21946

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Cities near Minsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 44 mi	Barysaw	$628
136 km or 85 mi	Baranavichy	$568
139 km or 86 mi	Babruysk	$450
171 km or 107 mi	Vilnius	$1461
182 km or 113 mi	Mogilev	$622
218 km or 135 mi	Utena	$1003
220 km or 137 mi	Vitebsk	$335
221 km or 137 mi	Pinsk	$484
229 km or 142 mi	Daugavpils	$952
235 km or 146 mi	Alytus	$907
247 km or 154 mi	Grodno	$399
249 km or 155 mi	Jonava	$890
260 km or 161 mi	Kaunas	$1279
280 km or 174 mi	Gomel	$545
283 km or 176 mi	Marijampole	$947
288 km or 179 mi	Panevezys	$1012
290 km or 180 mi	Rezekne	$853
303 km or 188 mi	Suwalki	$1133
303 km or 189 mi	Bialystok	$1214
307 km or 191 mi	Smolensk	$589
308 km or 191 mi	Jekabpils	$912
330 km or 205 mi	Brest	$589
342 km or 212 mi	Elk	$1184
353 km or 219 mi	Siauliai	$1001
363 km or 226 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1109
367 km or 228 mi	Chernihiv	$500
371 km or 231 mi	Lomza	$1062
374 km or 232 mi	Ogre	$1027
376 km or 233 mi	Rivne	$405
382 km or 238 mi	Lutsk	$554
390 km or 243 mi	Jelgava	$908
401 km or 249 mi	Siedlce	$1028
403 km or 250 mi	Riga	$1248
406 km or 252 mi	Ostroleka	$1188
412 km or 256 mi	Zhytomyr	$562
413 km or 257 mi	Chelm	$1220
416 km or 259 mi	Jurmala	$1423
426 km or 265 mi	Valmiera	$944
427 km or 265 mi	Mazeikiai	$903
434 km or 269 mi	Kyiv	$882

Cities near Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2379
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2482
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$2050
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1710
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1695
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1997
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1699
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1821
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1477
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2223
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1867
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1288
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1824
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1815
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1979
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2528
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2352
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1896
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1860
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1487
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1894
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1813
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1829
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2496
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1928
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1889
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1906
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2269
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1822
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1988
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2217
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1604
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1864