Minsk vs Tashkent - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Minsk	Tashkent
🚶 Cost of living one person	$727	$853
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1874	$2186
🏠 One person rent	$352	$474
🏘️ Family rent	$652	$929
🍽️ Food expenses	$251	$249
🚐 Transport expenses	$46.5	$44.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$686	$522
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	61	46
😀 Quality of life	67	55
🏙️ Population	1.99M	2.96M

The cost of living in Minsk is 15% less expensive than in Tashkent. Cities ranked 6769th and 6253rd ($727 vs $853) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Belarus and Uzbekistan, respectively. Check Belarus vs Uzbekistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Minsk compared to 0.6 months in Tashkent. Minsk ranked 1st best city to live in Belarus vs Tashkent ranked 1st in Uzbekistan, while ranked 3750th and 5872nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Minsk vs Tashkent

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	Minsk	Tashkent
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.19	$4.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.8	$30.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.31	$4.32
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$1.16
☕ Cappuccino	$1.69	$1.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.71	$0.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$423	$599
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$280	$396
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$818	$1255
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$534	$783
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.9	$25.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.3	$39.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.6	$11.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.66%	22.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1925	$1748
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1211	$965
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.4	$9.83
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.73	$3.04
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.76	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$0.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.28	$1.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.31	$7.42
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.72	$8.23
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$2.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$0.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.59	$6.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.82	$1.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$13.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.66	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.07	$1.31
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.6	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.8	$47.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.6	$5.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.9	$20.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.76	$8.85
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.5	$50
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$330	$295
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10220	$9301

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Tashkent

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Chirchiq	$444
87 km or 54 mi	Istiklol	$613
115 km or 71 mi	Shymkent	$569
117 km or 73 mi	Khujand	$623
123 km or 77 mi	Buston	$615
127 km or 79 mi	Ghafurov	$614
149 km or 92 mi	Konibodom	$613
156 km or 97 mi	Istaravshan	$613
178 km or 110 mi	Jizzakh	$507
204 km or 127 mi	Namangan	$538
226 km or 140 mi	Margilan	$591
235 km or 146 mi	Fergana	$626
238 km or 148 mi	Turkistan	$512
244 km or 152 mi	Panjakent	$602
247 km or 153 mi	Taraz	$441
254 km or 158 mi	Kentau	$501
267 km or 166 mi	Andijan	$430
267 km or 166 mi	Samarkand	$472
280 km or 174 mi	Talas	$623
306 km or 190 mi	Dushanbe	$605
308 km or 191 mi	Osh	$477
313 km or 195 mi	Toktogul	$607
314 km or 195 mi	Jalal-Abad	$538
322 km or 200 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
387 km or 241 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
400 km or 249 mi	Qarshi	$484
443 km or 275 mi	Bukhara	$431
471 km or 292 mi	Bishkek	$713
493 km or 306 mi	Kant	$674
499 km or 310 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
510 km or 317 mi	Kunduz	$394
526 km or 327 mi	Tokmok	$667
542 km or 337 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
544 km or 338 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
562 km or 349 mi	Naryn	$637
597 km or 371 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
598 km or 372 mi	Sheberghan	$414
605 km or 376 mi	Kashgar	$634
610 km or 379 mi	Artux	$619
641 km or 398 mi	Kaskelen	$785