Minsk vs The Hague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Minsk	The Hague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$727	$2199
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1874	$5330
🏠 One person rent	$352	$1365
🏘️ Family rent	$652	$2421
🍽️ Food expenses	$251	$532
🚐 Transport expenses	$46.5	$164
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$686	$3900
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	16 km
🎓 Higher education	61	92
😀 Quality of life	67	94
🏙️ Population	1.99M	548K

The cost of living in Minsk is 67% less expensive than in The Hague. Cities ranked 6769th and 1356th ($727 vs $2199) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th in Belarus and the Netherlands, respectively. Check Belarus vs the Netherlands comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Minsk compared to 1.8 months in The Hague. Minsk ranked 1st best city to live in Belarus vs The Hague ranked 2nd in the Netherlands, while ranked 3750th and 42nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Minsk vs The Hague

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	Minsk	The Hague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.19	$15.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.8	$73.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.31	$11.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$5.99
☕ Cappuccino	$1.69	$3.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.71	$2.98
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$423	$1365
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$280	$1148
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$818	$2609
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$534	$2068
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.9	$133
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.3	$204
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.6	$41
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.66%	4.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1925	$5262
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1211	$3990
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$4.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.4	$58.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.73	$29.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.76	$2.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$1.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$1.82
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$2.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.28	$4.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.31	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$14.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.72	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$3.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$1.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$3.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.59	$6.23
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$1.29
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.82	$12.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$7.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.66	$4.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.07	$1.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.6	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.8	$36.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.6	$14.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.9	$34.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.76	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.5	$102
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$99.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$330	$2176
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10220	$10346

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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 The Hague

Distance	City	Cost of living
4 km or 2.5 mi	Scheveningen	$2049
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Leidschendam	$2042
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Delft	$1861
14 km or 8.5 mi	Oegstgeest	$1934
14 km or 9 mi	Leiden	$2081
21 km or 13 mi	Rotterdam	$2359
31 km or 19 mi	Ridderkerk	$2062
35 km or 22 mi	Zandvoort	$2090
40 km or 25 mi	Haarlem	$2291
43 km or 27 mi	Sliedrecht	$1969
46 km or 29 mi	IJmuiden	$2085
52 km or 32 mi	Amsterdam	$2791
55 km or 34 mi	Utrecht	$2251
61 km or 38 mi	Hilversum	$2049
61 km or 38 mi	Etten-Leur	$1805
62 km or 38 mi	Roosendaal	$1890
63 km or 39 mi	Zeist	$2180
64 km or 40 mi	Purmerend	$1944
64 km or 40 mi	Breda	$1739
65 km or 40 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$1917
68 km or 42 mi	Huizen	$1957
70 km or 43 mi	Almere	$1937
70 km or 44 mi	Zaltbommel	$2026
71 km or 44 mi	Goes	$2001
75 km or 47 mi	Langedijk	$1995
77 km or 48 mi	Tilburg	$1862
80 km or 49 mi	Tiel	$2432
81 km or 50 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$1975
81 km or 50 mi	Middelburg	$1879
82 km or 51 mi	Hoogstraten	$1492
85 km or 53 mi	Veenendaal	$1631
92 km or 57 mi	Ede	$1651
93 km or 58 mi	Lelystad	$1357
93 km or 58 mi	Wageningen	$2105
93 km or 58 mi	Harderwijk	$1844
95 km or 59 mi	Turnhout	$1421
97 km or 60 mi	Antwerp	$1640
98 km or 61 mi	Beveren	$1613
101 km or 62 mi	Uden	$1958
102 km or 63 mi	Mortsel	$1530