Minsk vs Zhumadian - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Minsk	Zhumadian
🚶 Cost of living one person	$727	$637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1874	$1667
🏠 One person rent	$352	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$652	$457
🍽️ Food expenses	$251	$217
🚐 Transport expenses	$46.5	$71.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$686	$745
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	49 km
🎓 Higher education	61	19
😀 Quality of life	67	38
🏙️ Population	1.99M	7.01M

The cost of living in Minsk is 14% more expensive than in Zhumadian. Cities ranked 6769th and 7314th ($727 vs $637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 137th in Belarus and China, respectively. Check Belarus vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Minsk compared to 1.2 months in Zhumadian. Minsk ranked 1st best city to live in Belarus vs Zhumadian ranked 304th in China, while ranked 3750th and 7150th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Minsk vs Zhumadian

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	Minsk	Zhumadian
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.19	$3.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.8	$20.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.31	$5.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$0.95
☕ Cappuccino	$1.69	$2.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.71	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$423	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$280	$187
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$818	$450
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$534	$344
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.9	$50.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.3	$78.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.6	$13.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.66%	4.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1925	$3149
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1211	$1823
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.4	$18.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.73	$3.49
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.76	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$1.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.28	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.31	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$3.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.72	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.59	$8.61
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.82	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$3.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.66	$4.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.07	$1.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.6	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.8	$43.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.6	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.9	$23.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.76	$5.05
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.5	$74.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$88.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$330	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10220	$8598

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Zhumadian

Distance	City	Cost of living
59 km or 36 mi	Wugang	$571
67 km or 42 mi	Luohe	$591
92 km or 57 mi	Zhoukou	$580
95 km or 59 mi	Xinyang	$655
96 km or 60 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
108 km or 67 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
118 km or 73 mi	Xuchang	$586
128 km or 80 mi	Jieshou	$591
140 km or 87 mi	Nanyang	$632
140 km or 87 mi	Changge	$547
140 km or 87 mi	Yuzhou	$552
152 km or 94 mi	Zaoyang	$591
152 km or 95 mi	Guangshui	$619
153 km or 95 mi	Suizhou	$621
160 km or 100 mi	Xinzheng	$538
166 km or 103 mi	Fuyang	$633
173 km or 107 mi	Ruzhou	$538
184 km or 114 mi	Xinmi	$528
185 km or 115 mi	Dengzhou	$600
189 km or 117 mi	Dengfeng	$529
194 km or 121 mi	Anlu	$615
200 km or 124 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
203 km or 126 mi	Xiangyang	$604
204 km or 127 mi	Kaifeng	$545
210 km or 130 mi	Xingyang	$519
218 km or 135 mi	Yicheng	$577
219 km or 136 mi	Gongyi	$522
220 km or 137 mi	Shangqiu	$736
221 km or 137 mi	Macheng	$630
226 km or 140 mi	Yanshi	$509
228 km or 142 mi	Xiaogan	$651
230 km or 143 mi	Laohekou	$582
230 km or 143 mi	Yingcheng	$600
234 km or 145 mi	Jingshan	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Luoyang	$505
240 km or 149 mi	Danjiangkou	$583
243 km or 151 mi	Zhongxiang	$577
244 km or 151 mi	Mengzhou	$505
248 km or 154 mi	Yongcheng	$600
256 km or 159 mi	Qinyang	$504