Minsk vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

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Minsk Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person
$649
$676
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$1703
$1762
🏠 One person rent
$293
$326
🏘️ Family rent
$577
$708
🍽️ Food expenses
$238
$225
🚐 Transport expenses
$46.2
$52.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$599
$605
😷 Air quality
Good
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
31 km
17 km
🎓 Higher education
62
46
😀 Quality of life
67
60
🏙️ Population
2M
1.47M

The cost of living in Minsk is 4% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 7206th and 6984th ($649 vs $676) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 11th in Belarus and Russia, respectively. Check Belarus vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Minsk compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Minsk ranked 1st best city to live in Belarus vs Yekaterinburg ranked 3rd in Russia, while ranked 3890th and 5379th 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
$9
$7.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$30.4
$31.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$4.57
$4.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.07
$0.77
☕ Cappuccino
$1.56
$1.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.75
$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$362
$356
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$222
$240
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$721
$838
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$466
$559
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$31.6
$56.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$48.8
$86.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$10.7
$6.47
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
17.01%
13.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1825
$1840
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1163
$1299
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.28
$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$15.5
$27.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$3.7
$3.76
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$0.74
$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.67
$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$0.56
$0.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.2
$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.24
$1.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$6.16
$8.79
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.65
$3.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$7.16
$6.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.98
$1.35
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.66
$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.7
$1.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.1
$2.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.46
$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.62
$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.36
$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.23
$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$7.68
$5.19
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$0.85
$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack
$1.52
$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$5.51
$3.44
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$2.67
$3.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$1.08
$0.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.71
$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$31.3
$27.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$4.63
$3.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$11.1
$16.9
💇 Haircut, simple
$4.77
$7.17
👖 Brand Jeans
$63.2
$67.9
👟 Brand Sneakers
$93.7
$80
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$332
$182
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$5767
$4747

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Cities near Minsk

Distance City Cost of living
72 km or 44 mi Barysaw
$528
136 km or 85 mi Baranavichy
$490
139 km or 86 mi Babruysk
$426
171 km or 107 mi Vilnius
$1303
182 km or 113 mi Mogilev
$472
218 km or 135 mi Utena
$928
220 km or 137 mi Vitebsk
$299
221 km or 137 mi Pinsk
$423
229 km or 142 mi Daugavpils
$864
235 km or 146 mi Alytus
$850
247 km or 154 mi Grodno
$385
249 km or 155 mi Jonava
$835
260 km or 161 mi Kaunas
$1080
280 km or 174 mi Gomel
$406
283 km or 176 mi Marijampole
$922
288 km or 179 mi Panevezys
$877
290 km or 180 mi Rezekne
$831
303 km or 188 mi Suwalki
$1028
303 km or 189 mi Bialystok
$949
307 km or 191 mi Smolensk
$437
308 km or 191 mi Jekabpils
$927
330 km or 205 mi Brest
$415
342 km or 212 mi Elk
$1013
353 km or 219 mi Siauliai
$827
363 km or 226 mi Biala Podlaska
$969
367 km or 228 mi Chernihiv
$443
371 km or 231 mi Lomza
$1027
374 km or 232 mi Ogre
$1088
376 km or 233 mi Rivne
$476
382 km or 238 mi Lutsk
$518
390 km or 243 mi Jelgava
$827
401 km or 249 mi Siedlce
$842
403 km or 250 mi Riga
$1135
406 km or 252 mi Ostroleka
$1029
412 km or 256 mi Zhytomyr
$495
413 km or 257 mi Chelm
$980
416 km or 259 mi Jurmala
$1362
426 km or 265 mi Valmiera
$860
427 km or 265 mi Mazeikiai
$985
434 km or 269 mi Kyiv
$760

Cities near Yekaterinburg

Distance City Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky
$559
96 km or 59 mi Kamensk-Uralsky
$556
126 km or 78 mi Nizhny Tagil
$531
194 km or 120 mi Zlatoust
$497
194 km or 121 mi Chelyabinsk
$467
201 km or 125 mi Miass
$487
291 km or 181 mi Perm
$537
302 km or 188 mi Tyumen
$636
333 km or 207 mi Kurgan
$488
371 km or 231 mi Ufa
$547
396 km or 246 mi Magnitogorsk
$437
447 km or 277 mi Kostanay
$734
448 km or 278 mi Izhevsk
$567
461 km or 287 mi Sterlitamak
$427
486 km or 302 mi Salavat
$468
524 km or 326 mi Naberezhnye Chelny
$501
558 km or 346 mi Nizhnekamsk
$536
559 km or 348 mi Almetyevsk
$516
577 km or 358 mi Petropavl
$605
639 km or 397 mi Orsk
$448
666 km or 414 mi Orenburg
$494
678 km or 421 mi Kirov
$456
685 km or 426 mi Kokshetau
$660
716 km or 445 mi Kazan
$646
760 km or 473 mi Aktobe
$559
771 km or 479 mi Syktyvkar
$493
773 km or 480 mi Yoshkar-Ola
$545
780 km or 485 mi Samara
$623
798 km or 496 mi Tolyatti
$500
816 km or 507 mi Ulyanovsk
$493
821 km or 510 mi Cheboksary
$517
823 km or 511 mi Omsk
$402
865 km or 537 mi Oral
$526
872 km or 542 mi Syzran
$518
882 km or 548 mi Surgut
$614
949 km or 590 mi Nur-Sultan
$814
982 km or 610 mi Balakovo
$562
1011 km or 628 mi Saransk
$414
1014 km or 630 mi Nizhny Novgorod
$596
1023 km or 636 mi Nizhnevartovsk
$632