Minsk vs Thimphu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Minsk	Thimphu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$727	$422
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1874	$1047
🏠 One person rent	$352	$145
🏘️ Family rent	$652	$225
🍽️ Food expenses	$251	$176
🚐 Transport expenses	$46.5	$46
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$686	$550
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	61	5
😀 Quality of life	67	34
🏙️ Population	1.99M	115K

The cost of living in Minsk is 72% more expensive than in Thimphu. Cities ranked 6769th and 8915th ($727 vs $422) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Belarus and Bhutan, respectively. Check Belarus vs Bhutan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Minsk compared to 1.3 months in Thimphu. Minsk ranked 1st best city to live in Belarus vs Thimphu ranked 1st in Bhutan, while ranked 3750th and 7592nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Minsk vs Thimphu

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	Minsk	Thimphu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.19	$3.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.8	$17.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.31	$4.04
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$2.3
☕ Cappuccino	$1.69	$1.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.71	$0.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$423	$159
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$280	$94.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$818	$250
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$534	$161
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.9	$16.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.3	$25.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.6	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.66%	10.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1925	$605
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1211	$920
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$1.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.4	$27.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.73	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.76	$0.91
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$0.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.28	$2.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.31	$4.92
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$4.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.72	$4.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$2.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$0.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$1.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.59	$4.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.82	$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$1.58
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.66	$3.59
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.07	$1.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.6	$0.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.8	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.6	$3.23
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.9	$28.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.76	$3.27
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.5	$32
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$43.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$330	$239
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10220	$666

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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 Thimphu

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Paro	$459
147 km or 91 mi	Siliguri	$312
196 km or 122 mi	Rangpur	$296
203 km or 126 mi	Saidpur	$296
211 km or 131 mi	Shigatse	$900
214 km or 133 mi	Damak	$317
257 km or 159 mi	Raiganj	$309
257 km or 160 mi	Guwahati	$342
258 km or 160 mi	Biratnagar	$323
259 km or 161 mi	Dispur	$335
266 km or 166 mi	Balurghat	$307
280 km or 174 mi	Lhasa	$963
287 km or 178 mi	Purnia	$300
294 km or 183 mi	Bogra	$280
308 km or 191 mi	Shillong	$408
313 km or 195 mi	Malda	$308
313 km or 195 mi	Mymensingh	$264
350 km or 217 mi	Saharsa	$292
360 km or 224 mi	Bhagalpur	$282
362 km or 225 mi	Rajshahi	$274
364 km or 226 mi	Sylhet	$305
377 km or 234 mi	Janakpur	$292
401 km or 249 mi	Berhampore	$304
413 km or 257 mi	Narsingdi	$295
418 km or 260 mi	Brahmanbaria	$297
421 km or 262 mi	Kathmandu	$419
424 km or 264 mi	Lalitpur	$341
426 km or 265 mi	Dhaka	$430
438 km or 272 mi	Agartala	$367
439 km or 273 mi	Narayanganj	$309
444 km or 276 mi	Muzaffarpur	$288
454 km or 282 mi	Hetauda	$294
468 km or 291 mi	Krishnanagar	$281
474 km or 295 mi	Birgunj	$321
482 km or 299 mi	Jessore	$289
486 km or 302 mi	Shantipur	$294
493 km or 306 mi	Patna	$316
495 km or 308 mi	Durgapur	$292
500 km or 311 mi	Asansol	$299
502 km or 312 mi	Kulti	$300