Minsk vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Minsk	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$649	$2741
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1703	$6649
🏠 One person rent	$293	$1620
🏘️ Family rent	$577	$3006
🍽️ Food expenses	$238	$559
🚐 Transport expenses	$46.2	$408
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$599	$3743
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	62	99
😀 Quality of life	67	98
🏙️ Population	2M	4.84M

The cost of living in Minsk is 76% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 7206th and 318th ($649 vs $2741) 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 0.9 months in Minsk compared to 1.4 months in Sydney. Minsk ranked 1st best city to live in Belarus vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 3890th and 3rd 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	$9	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.4	$69.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.57	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$6.69
☕ Cappuccino	$1.56	$3.3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.75	$2.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$362	$1859
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$222	$1319
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$721	$3954
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$466	$2433
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$31.6	$139
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.8	$215
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.7	$53.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.01%	6.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1825	$17057
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1163	$10833
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$3.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.5	$145
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.7	$29.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.74	$1.36
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$2.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$2.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.24	$4.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.16	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$8.51
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.16	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$3.35
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$3.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$4.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$2.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$2.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$1.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.23	$2.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.68	$13.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.85	$5.19
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.52	$28.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.51	$9.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.67	$4.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.08	$2.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$2.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.3	$63.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.63	$16.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.1	$55.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.77	$21.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$63.2	$79.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.7	$118
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$332	$2005
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5767	$17934

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Cities near Minsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 44 mi	Barysaw	$528
136 km or 85 mi	Baranavichy	$490
139 km or 86 mi	Babruysk	$426
171 km or 107 mi	Vilnius	$1303
182 km or 113 mi	Mogilev	$472
218 km or 135 mi	Utena	$928
220 km or 137 mi	Vitebsk	$299
221 km or 137 mi	Pinsk	$423
229 km or 142 mi	Daugavpils	$864
235 km or 146 mi	Alytus	$850
247 km or 154 mi	Grodno	$385
249 km or 155 mi	Jonava	$835
260 km or 161 mi	Kaunas	$1080
280 km or 174 mi	Gomel	$406
283 km or 176 mi	Marijampole	$922
288 km or 179 mi	Panevezys	$877
290 km or 180 mi	Rezekne	$831
303 km or 188 mi	Suwalki	$1028
303 km or 189 mi	Bialystok	$949
307 km or 191 mi	Smolensk	$437
308 km or 191 mi	Jekabpils	$927
330 km or 205 mi	Brest	$415
342 km or 212 mi	Elk	$1013
353 km or 219 mi	Siauliai	$827
363 km or 226 mi	Biala Podlaska	$969
367 km or 228 mi	Chernihiv	$443
371 km or 231 mi	Lomza	$1027
374 km or 232 mi	Ogre	$1088
376 km or 233 mi	Rivne	$476
382 km or 238 mi	Lutsk	$518
390 km or 243 mi	Jelgava	$827
401 km or 249 mi	Siedlce	$842
403 km or 250 mi	Riga	$1135
406 km or 252 mi	Ostroleka	$1029
412 km or 256 mi	Zhytomyr	$495
413 km or 257 mi	Chelm	$980
416 km or 259 mi	Jurmala	$1362
426 km or 265 mi	Valmiera	$860
427 km or 265 mi	Mazeikiai	$985
434 km or 269 mi	Kyiv	$760

Cities near Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$1998
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2348
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1903
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1691
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1430
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1461
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1610
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1723
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1463
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2604
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1404
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1688
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1354
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1528
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1481
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1669
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1672
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$1862
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1707
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2152
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2011
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1719
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1716
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1317
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1552
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1693
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1785
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1701
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1702
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2356
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1746
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1707
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1708
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2356
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1658
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1673
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1881
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$1688
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1327
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1816