Minsk vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Minsk	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$924	$1163
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2352	$2729
🏠 One person rent	$455	$633
🏘️ Family rent	$813	$1107
🍽️ Food expenses	$324	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$62	$53.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$692	$1033
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	59	48
😀 Quality of life	68	64
🏙️ Population	2M	1.47M

The cost of living in Minsk is 21% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 6121st and 4849th ($924 vs $1163) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Belarus and Russia, respectively. Check Belarus vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Minsk compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Minsk ranked 1st best city to live in Belarus vs Yekaterinburg ranked 5th in Russia, while ranked 4446th and 5361st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Minsk vs Yekaterinburg

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	Minsk	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.8	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.4	$56.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.32	$6.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.37	$2.26
☕ Cappuccino	$2.23	$3.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$562	$737
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$362	$486
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1020	$1319
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$667	$877
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40	$84.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.6	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.6	$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.41%	21.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2491	$2871
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1574	$1871
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.9	$20.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.21	$4.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$0.91
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.97	$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.75	$0.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.16	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.45	$5.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$3.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.68	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.49	$2.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.98	$8.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.62	$3.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$4.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.21	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.33	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.6	$56.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.97	$6.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.9	$20.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.46	$5.59
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.6	$91.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$117	$141
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$406	$381
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14758	$7933

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Cities near Minsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 44 mi	Barysaw	$676
136 km or 85 mi	Baranavichy	$608
139 km or 86 mi	Babruysk	$477
171 km or 107 mi	Vilnius	$1434
182 km or 113 mi	Mogilev	$669
218 km or 135 mi	Utena	$974
220 km or 137 mi	Vitebsk	$355
221 km or 137 mi	Pinsk	$527
229 km or 142 mi	Daugavpils	$938
235 km or 146 mi	Alytus	$881
247 km or 154 mi	Grodno	$445
249 km or 155 mi	Jonava	$859
260 km or 161 mi	Kaunas	$1258
280 km or 174 mi	Gomel	$589
283 km or 176 mi	Marijampole	$928
288 km or 179 mi	Panevezys	$982
290 km or 180 mi	Rezekne	$835
303 km or 188 mi	Suwalki	$1114
303 km or 189 mi	Bialystok	$1229
307 km or 191 mi	Smolensk	$629
308 km or 191 mi	Jekabpils	$895
330 km or 205 mi	Brest	$669
342 km or 212 mi	Elk	$1170
353 km or 219 mi	Siauliai	$964
363 km or 226 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1078
367 km or 228 mi	Chernihiv	$479
371 km or 231 mi	Lomza	$1060
374 km or 232 mi	Ogre	$1000
376 km or 233 mi	Rivne	$397
382 km or 238 mi	Lutsk	$543
390 km or 243 mi	Jelgava	$893
401 km or 249 mi	Siedlce	$1023
403 km or 250 mi	Riga	$1254
406 km or 252 mi	Ostroleka	$1165
412 km or 256 mi	Zhytomyr	$591
413 km or 257 mi	Chelm	$1205
416 km or 259 mi	Jurmala	$1374
426 km or 265 mi	Valmiera	$938
427 km or 265 mi	Mazeikiai	$860
434 km or 269 mi	Kyiv	$853

Cities near Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$954
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$952
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$952
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$757
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$786
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$780
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$791
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$1024
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$713
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$913
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$702
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$708
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$788
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$840
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$868
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$771
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$830
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$575
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$615
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$812
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$648
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$763
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$981
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$606
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$727
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$754
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$845
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$789
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$705
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$749
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$819
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$620
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$792
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$784
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$823
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$748
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$834
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$1051
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$754