Minsk vs Vancouver - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Minsk	Vancouver
🚶 Cost of living one person	$717	$2650
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1821	$5860
🏠 One person rent	$350	$1697
🏘️ Family rent	$629	$2823
🍽️ Food expenses	$246	$644
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.8	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$641	$3361
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	62	78
😀 Quality of life	67	92
🏙️ Population	1.99M	662K

The cost of living in Minsk is 73% less expensive than in Vancouver. Cities ranked 6834th and 512th ($717 vs $2650) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st 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 5th in Canada, while ranked 3775th and 100th 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	$17.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.7	$75.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.94	$11.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$6.59
☕ Cappuccino	$1.7	$4.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.75	$2.09
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$435	$1905
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$271	$1486
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$787	$3353
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$510	$2487
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.8	$69.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53	$106
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.7	$57.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.54%	6.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1923	$10997
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1217	$7402
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$2.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.6	$100
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.6	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.74	$1.41
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$2.82
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$3.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.3	$4.24
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.21	$16.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$16
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.78	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$4.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.3
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$3.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$4.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$3.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$2.82
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$1.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.21	$3.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.59	$16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.86	$3.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.79	$14.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.57	$9.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.69	$5.16
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.07	$3.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.69	$3.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.2	$35.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$12.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$111
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$63.3	$65
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$103
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$302	$1165
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10290	$16245

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Cities near Minsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 44 mi	Barysaw	$563
136 km or 85 mi	Baranavichy	$516
139 km or 86 mi	Babruysk	$437
171 km or 107 mi	Vilnius	$1341
182 km or 113 mi	Mogilev	$467
218 km or 135 mi	Utena	$950
220 km or 137 mi	Vitebsk	$298
221 km or 137 mi	Pinsk	$437
229 km or 142 mi	Daugavpils	$899
235 km or 146 mi	Alytus	$871
247 km or 154 mi	Grodno	$390
249 km or 155 mi	Jonava	$856
260 km or 161 mi	Kaunas	$1191
280 km or 174 mi	Gomel	$469
283 km or 176 mi	Marijampole	$886
288 km or 179 mi	Panevezys	$902
290 km or 180 mi	Rezekne	$817
303 km or 188 mi	Suwalki	$1061
303 km or 189 mi	Bialystok	$1002
307 km or 191 mi	Smolensk	$461
308 km or 191 mi	Jekabpils	$946
330 km or 205 mi	Brest	$527
342 km or 212 mi	Elk	$1057
353 km or 219 mi	Siauliai	$999
363 km or 226 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1113
367 km or 228 mi	Chernihiv	$422
371 km or 231 mi	Lomza	$916
374 km or 232 mi	Ogre	$1111
376 km or 233 mi	Rivne	$418
382 km or 238 mi	Lutsk	$487
390 km or 243 mi	Jelgava	$856
401 km or 249 mi	Siedlce	$931
403 km or 250 mi	Riga	$1169
406 km or 252 mi	Ostroleka	$1042
412 km or 256 mi	Zhytomyr	$529
413 km or 257 mi	Chelm	$1118
416 km or 259 mi	Jurmala	$1377
426 km or 265 mi	Valmiera	$893
427 km or 265 mi	Mazeikiai	$1042
434 km or 269 mi	Kyiv	$795

Cities near Vancouver

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.8 km or 4.8 mi	North Vancouver	$2502
9.6 km or 6 mi	Richmond	$2220
11 km or 6.8 mi	Burnaby	$2589
17 km or 10 mi	Delta	$2330
20 km or 12 mi	Surrey	$2417
23 km or 14 mi	Coquitlam	$2553
36 km or 22 mi	Langley	$1983
36 km or 23 mi	Maple Ridge	$2243
60 km or 37 mi	Abbotsford	$1976
62 km or 38 mi	Nanaimo	$1789
72 km or 45 mi	Bellingham	$2278
84 km or 52 mi	Chilliwack	$1765
88 km or 54 mi	Saanich	$2248
94 km or 58 mi	Langford	$2185
94 km or 58 mi	Victoria	$2263
97 km or 61 mi	Whistler	$2469
108 km or 67 mi	Mount Vernon	$2314
111 km or 69 mi	Oak Harbor	$2612
129 km or 80 mi	Port Angeles	$2546
130 km or 81 mi	Sequim	$2609
145 km or 90 mi	Courtenay	$1913
149 km or 92 mi	Marysville	$2576
156 km or 97 mi	Lake Stevens	$2581
158 km or 98 mi	Everett	$2569
159 km or 99 mi	Mukilteo	$2619
168 km or 104 mi	Mill Creek	$2692
170 km or 105 mi	Lynnwood	$2769
170 km or 105 mi	Edmonds	$2821
175 km or 109 mi	Shoreline	$3091
177 km or 110 mi	Campbell River	$2263
177 km or 110 mi	Bothell	$2866
178 km or 111 mi	Kenmore	$2784
182 km or 113 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2904
186 km or 116 mi	Kirkland	$2901
190 km or 118 mi	Bremerton	$2491
190 km or 118 mi	Redmond	$3229
191 km or 119 mi	Seattle	$2908
194 km or 120 mi	Bellevue	$3179
198 km or 123 mi	Mercer Island	$2759
198 km or 123 mi	Sammamish	$2743