Minsk vs Vancouver - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Minsk	Vancouver
🚶 Cost of living one person	$735	$2457
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1851	$5641
🏠 One person rent	$356	$1547
🏘️ Family rent	$619	$2678
🍽️ Food expenses	$261	$613
🚐 Transport expenses	$46.8	$139
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$549	$3278
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	61	78
😀 Quality of life	69	93
🏙️ Population	2M	662K

The cost of living in Minsk is 70% less expensive than in Vancouver. Cities ranked 6924th and 931st ($735 vs $2457) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Belarus and Canada, respectively. Check Belarus vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Minsk compared to 1.3 months in Vancouver. Minsk ranked 1st best city to live in Belarus vs Vancouver ranked 10th in Canada, while ranked 4343rd and 87th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Minsk vs Vancouver

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	Minsk	Vancouver
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.98	$18.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.8	$64.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.86	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$5.74
☕ Cappuccino	$1.72	$4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.62	$2.15
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$434	$1697
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$286	$1379
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$767	$3105
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$511	$2409
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.8	$48.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.6	$74
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.65	$56.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.42%	5.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2017	$9732
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1259	$7029
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$2.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15	$87.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.87	$15.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.76	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$2.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.58	$2.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$3.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.32	$4.01
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.35	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$14.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.88	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$4.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.44
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$4.13
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$4.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$3.21
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$3.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$1.15
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.22	$2.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.4	$15.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$3.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.95	$15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.73	$8.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.47	$4.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.04	$3.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$2.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.1	$42.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.43	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13	$101
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.32	$27.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.2	$63
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$93
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$307	$1240
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11271	$19787

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Cities near Minsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 44 mi	Barysaw	$561
136 km or 85 mi	Baranavichy	$517
139 km or 86 mi	Babruysk	$406
171 km or 107 mi	Vilnius	$1414
182 km or 113 mi	Mogilev	$545
218 km or 135 mi	Utena	$974
220 km or 137 mi	Vitebsk	$293
221 km or 137 mi	Pinsk	$426
229 km or 142 mi	Daugavpils	$929
235 km or 146 mi	Alytus	$883
247 km or 154 mi	Grodno	$349
249 km or 155 mi	Jonava	$865
260 km or 161 mi	Kaunas	$1334
280 km or 174 mi	Gomel	$475
283 km or 176 mi	Marijampole	$920
288 km or 179 mi	Panevezys	$988
290 km or 180 mi	Rezekne	$840
303 km or 188 mi	Suwalki	$1113
303 km or 189 mi	Bialystok	$1148
307 km or 191 mi	Smolensk	$547
308 km or 191 mi	Jekabpils	$894
330 km or 205 mi	Brest	$528
342 km or 212 mi	Elk	$1125
353 km or 219 mi	Siauliai	$967
363 km or 226 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1079
367 km or 228 mi	Chernihiv	$516
371 km or 231 mi	Lomza	$993
374 km or 232 mi	Ogre	$1046
376 km or 233 mi	Rivne	$439
382 km or 238 mi	Lutsk	$546
390 km or 243 mi	Jelgava	$889
401 km or 249 mi	Siedlce	$1009
403 km or 250 mi	Riga	$1270
406 km or 252 mi	Ostroleka	$1113
412 km or 256 mi	Zhytomyr	$586
413 km or 257 mi	Chelm	$1185
416 km or 259 mi	Jurmala	$1419
426 km or 265 mi	Valmiera	$928
427 km or 265 mi	Mazeikiai	$864
434 km or 269 mi	Kyiv	$879

Cities near Vancouver

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.8 km or 4.8 mi	North Vancouver	$2379
9.6 km or 6 mi	Richmond	$2172
11 km or 6.8 mi	Burnaby	$2412
17 km or 10 mi	Delta	$2325
20 km or 12 mi	Surrey	$2297
23 km or 14 mi	Coquitlam	$2488
36 km or 22 mi	Langley	$1952
36 km or 23 mi	Maple Ridge	$2361
60 km or 37 mi	Abbotsford	$1987
62 km or 38 mi	Nanaimo	$1791
72 km or 45 mi	Bellingham	$2443
84 km or 52 mi	Chilliwack	$1842
88 km or 54 mi	Saanich	$2144
94 km or 58 mi	Langford	$2079
94 km or 58 mi	Victoria	$2114
97 km or 61 mi	Whistler	$2414
108 km or 67 mi	Mount Vernon	$2419
111 km or 69 mi	Oak Harbor	$2762
129 km or 80 mi	Port Angeles	$2480
130 km or 81 mi	Sequim	$2644
145 km or 90 mi	Courtenay	$1812
149 km or 92 mi	Marysville	$2603
156 km or 97 mi	Lake Stevens	$2623
158 km or 98 mi	Everett	$2649
159 km or 99 mi	Mukilteo	$2632
168 km or 104 mi	Mill Creek	$2655
170 km or 105 mi	Lynnwood	$2678
170 km or 105 mi	Edmonds	$2669
175 km or 109 mi	Shoreline	$2723
177 km or 110 mi	Campbell River	$2203
177 km or 110 mi	Bothell	$2730
178 km or 111 mi	Kenmore	$2674
182 km or 113 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2814
186 km or 116 mi	Kirkland	$2907
190 km or 118 mi	Bremerton	$2525
190 km or 118 mi	Redmond	$3269
191 km or 119 mi	Seattle	$3162
194 km or 120 mi	Bellevue	$3313
198 km or 123 mi	Mercer Island	$2851
198 km or 123 mi	Sammamish	$2812