Minsk vs Vancouver - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Minsk	Vancouver
🚶 Cost of living one person	$727	$2488
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1874	$5527
🏠 One person rent	$352	$1579
🏘️ Family rent	$652	$2615
🍽️ Food expenses	$251	$615
🚐 Transport expenses	$46.5	$143
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$686	$3246
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	61	78
😀 Quality of life	67	92
🏙️ Population	1.99M	662K

The cost of living in Minsk is 71% less expensive than in Vancouver. Cities ranked 6769th and 819th ($727 vs $2488) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Belarus and Canada, respectively. Check Belarus vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Minsk compared to 1.3 months in Vancouver. Minsk ranked 1st best city to live in Belarus vs Vancouver ranked 3rd in Canada, while ranked 3750th and 86th 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	$9.19	$16.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.8	$71.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.31	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$5.71
☕ Cappuccino	$1.69	$4.02
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.71	$2.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$423	$1747
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$280	$1392
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$818	$3049
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$534	$2320
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.9	$60.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.3	$92.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.6	$55.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.66%	5.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1925	$9559
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1211	$6774
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$2.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.4	$85.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.73	$17.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.76	$1.32
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$1.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$2.91
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$3.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.28	$4.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.31	$16.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$14.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.72	$15.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$4.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$3.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$4.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$3.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$2.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$1.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$2.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.59	$16.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$3.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.82	$14.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$8.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.66	$5.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.07	$3.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.6	$3.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.8	$40.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.6	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.9	$100
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.76	$21.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.5	$62.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$99
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$330	$1117
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10220	$17240

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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 Vancouver

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.8 km or 4.8 mi	North Vancouver	$2388
9.6 km or 6 mi	Richmond	$2093
11 km or 6.8 mi	Burnaby	$2495
17 km or 10 mi	Delta	$2317
20 km or 12 mi	Surrey	$2280
23 km or 14 mi	Coquitlam	$2490
36 km or 22 mi	Langley	$2021
36 km or 23 mi	Maple Ridge	$1969
60 km or 37 mi	Abbotsford	$1883
62 km or 38 mi	Nanaimo	$1719
72 km or 45 mi	Bellingham	$2466
84 km or 52 mi	Chilliwack	$1761
88 km or 54 mi	Saanich	$2121
94 km or 58 mi	Langford	$2047
94 km or 58 mi	Victoria	$2093
97 km or 61 mi	Whistler	$2023
108 km or 67 mi	Mount Vernon	$2542
111 km or 69 mi	Oak Harbor	$2751
129 km or 80 mi	Port Angeles	$2527
130 km or 81 mi	Sequim	$2692
145 km or 90 mi	Courtenay	$1810
149 km or 92 mi	Marysville	$2598
156 km or 97 mi	Lake Stevens	$2604
158 km or 98 mi	Everett	$2589
159 km or 99 mi	Mukilteo	$2637
168 km or 104 mi	Mill Creek	$2642
170 km or 105 mi	Lynnwood	$2726
170 km or 105 mi	Edmonds	$2785
175 km or 109 mi	Shoreline	$2973
177 km or 110 mi	Campbell River	$2155
177 km or 110 mi	Bothell	$2625
178 km or 111 mi	Kenmore	$2718
182 km or 113 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2810
186 km or 116 mi	Kirkland	$2882
190 km or 118 mi	Bremerton	$2462
190 km or 118 mi	Redmond	$3239
191 km or 119 mi	Seattle	$3015
194 km or 120 mi	Bellevue	$3273
198 km or 123 mi	Mercer Island	$2826
198 km or 123 mi	Sammamish	$2759