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Cost of Living in Minsk
Summary about cost of living in Minsk:
- Four-person family monthly costs: 1,551.21$ without rent (using our estimator).
- A single person monthly costs: 426.99$ without rent.
- Cost of living index in Minsk is 64.62% lower than in New York.
- Cost of living rank 458th out of 519 cities in the world.
- Minsk has a cost of living index of 35.38.
| Restaurants | [ Edit ] | Range |
|---|---|---|
| Meal, Inexpensive Restaurant | 7.00 $ | |
| Meal for 2 People, Mid-range Restaurant, Three-course | 32.03 $ | |
| McMeal at McDonalds (or Equivalent Combo Meal) | 5.00 $ | |
| Domestic Beer (1 pint draught) | 1.50 $ | |
| Imported Beer (11.2 oz small bottle) | 2.00 $ | |
| Cappuccino (regular) | 1.63 $ | |
| Coke/Pepsi (11.2 oz small bottle) | 0.69 $ | |
| Water (11.2 oz small bottle) | 0.47 $ | |
| Markets | [ Edit ] | |
| Milk (regular), (1 gallon) | 2.33 $ | |
| Loaf of Fresh White Bread (1 lb) | 0.47 $ | |
| Rice (white), (1 lb) | 0.41 $ | |
| Eggs (regular) (12) | 1.12 $ | |
| Local Cheese (1 lb) | 2.22 $ | |
| Chicken Breasts (Boneless, Skinless), (1 lb) | 1.48 $ | |
| Beef Round (1 lb) (or Equivalent Back Leg Red Meat) | 2.83 $ | |
| Apples (1 lb) | 0.46 $ | |
| Banana (1 lb) | 0.50 $ | |
| Oranges (1 lb) | 0.66 $ | |
| Tomato (1 lb) | 0.84 $ | |
| Potato (1 lb) | 0.18 $ | |
| Onion (1 lb) | 0.20 $ | |
| Lettuce (1 head) | 0.72 $ | |
| Water (1.5 liter bottle) | 0.59 $ | |
| Bottle of Wine (Mid-Range) | 5.00 $ | |
| Domestic Beer (0.5 liter bottle) | 0.81 $ | |
| Imported Beer (11.2 oz small bottle) | 1.91 $ | |
| Pack of Cigarettes (Marlboro) | 1.27 $ | |
| Transportation | [ Edit ] | |
| One-way Ticket (Local Transport) | 0.30 $ | |
| Monthly Pass (Regular Price) | 17.00 $ | |
| Taxi Start (Normal Tariff) | 2.00 $ | |
| Taxi 1 mile (Normal Tariff) | 0.49 $ | |
| Taxi 1hour Waiting (Normal Tariff) | 3.01 $ | |
| Gasoline (1 gallon) | 2.37 $ | |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (Or Equivalent New Car) | 15,500.00 $ | |
| Toyota Corolla 1.6l 97kW Comfort (Or Equivalent New Car) | 17,449.43 $ | |
| Utilities (Monthly) | [ Edit ] | |
| Basic (Electricity, Heating, Cooling, Water, Garbage) for 915 sq ft Apartment | 44.50 $ | |
| 1 min. of Prepaid Mobile Tariff Local (No Discounts or Plans) | 0.03 $ | |
| Internet (60 Mbps or More, Unlimited Data, Cable/ADSL) | 11.48 $ | |
| Sports And Leisure | [ Edit ] | |
| Fitness Club, Monthly Fee for 1 Adult | 36.70 $ | |
| Tennis Court Rent (1 Hour on Weekend) | 17.82 $ | |
| Cinema, International Release, 1 Seat | 4.00 $ | |
| Childcare | [ Edit ] | |
| Preschool (or Kindergarten), Private, Monthly for 1 Child | 475.00 $ | |
| International Primary School, Yearly for 1 Child | 10,200.00 $ | |
| Clothing And Shoes | [ Edit ] | |
| 1 Pair of Jeans (Levis 501 Or Similar) | 79.69 $ | |
| 1 Summer Dress in a Chain Store (Zara, H&M, ...) | 38.48 $ | |
| 1 Pair of Nike Running Shoes (Mid-Range) | 93.52 $ | |
| 1 Pair of Men Leather Business Shoes | 104.51 $ | |
| Rent Per Month | [ Edit ] | |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in City Centre | 359.36 $ | |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) Outside of Centre | 232.94 $ | |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in City Centre | 626.81 $ | |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) Outside of Centre | 398.06 $ | |
| Buy Apartment Price | [ Edit ] | |
| Price per Square Feet to Buy Apartment in City Centre | 145.81 $ | |
| Price per Square Feet to Buy Apartment Outside of Centre | 97.31 $ | |
| Salaries And Financing | [ Edit ] | |
| Average Monthly Net Salary (After Tax) | 404.50 $ | |
| Mortgage Interest Rate in Percentages (%), Yearly | 20.78 |
Prices in Minsk
These data are based on 1814 entries in the past 12 months from 163 different contributors.
Last update: October 2017
Last update: October 2017
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35 Comments so far
i wish all this nice people good luck!
Safe, clean. Good place to raze kids. Huge problem is health of kids in winter. Usually, it's one week per month at home, because of flue or cough.
- Extremely high devaluation of currency.
- dictator on the throne
- people within this country are weak and cowardly
- terrible influence from russia (the main drawback)
- extremely overrated cost of accommodation
- authorities lawlessness
pluses:
- safety and sterile cleanliness
- good condition of public transport
First a general note: people in Belarus often look a bit grumpy and closed, but once you get to know them I find most people very trustworthy and helpful. I have never ever been cheated in Belarus.
On a Western European salary Minsk isn't an expensive city, but on a local salary things change significantly. Due to the quasi-command economy that Belarus still is, imported goods can be outrageously expensive. Hefty taxes are levied on imported goods and due to the lack of competition among retailers (and corruption) clothing, fruits and vegetables and many others goods are expensive. The housing market isn't that great either. Most apartments are in an appalling state and renting a place is expensive. Landlords in Belarus are the worst I ever encountered. Salaries in Vilnius, Lithuania are significantly higher and pretty much everything is cheaper in Lithuania (with the exception of vodka, cigarettes and bus tickets).
What is cheap in Belarus?: public transport, potatoes, vodka, cigarettes, bread, most dairy products, taxis)
What is expensive in Belarus?: housing, everything imported (and despite the state-led economy, Belarus doesn't produce that many consumer products)
Average salary in Minsk (2012): $400 (I think its inching towards $500). Some people make as little as $200 a month, but I met many that earned around $1000 a month. Most of those worked for a foreign (often Russian) employer, though.
Firstly I would like to say that though Afghanistan is made by you people as a hell on the earth but it is still better than your place of living. You and your people are under the absolute control of a Mafia group for which you live and die now as a result of which you have lost your free choice of living and you now need to live only the way you are instructed by the group and must keep paying to the group so that they become Trillionire. All your life is dedicated for them and you have already lost your freedom which can not be restored till the end of the earth life, and your Mafia group think that if you are not removed from the earth then the end of earth life will be rapidly arriving soon. Please know You have been used as the Mafia weapons to expand the span of their control on the earth even to Afghanistan for the purpose of making a one world Government.
You have mentioned that there is no food, no milk no export and ..... in Belarus and prostitute women are only export, as a rich diplomat working for UN and used to stay in Belarus several years, what nonsense you are talking about???? As an Afghan I would advise you to go the see Canada once again, and Thailand, Holland and other countries as well, and then to Judge on Afghanistan and Belarus and other self helped countries and Nations. I know well that you don't know any Nation in the world as you are being a victim of one world Government agenda as a result of which you will also be scarified on a wrong way for no benefit to your self even.
Iwant to study medicen in minsk but i dont have enough informtion about thire univer city please help and give sejestion.thanks
Every one must visit to minsk.
Average salary described above is not true. It's governmental statistic (in reality average salary is about 100 - 150 dollars), but some prices is even higher. I've been in Nepal several times and comparatively to Belarus Nepal is really rich country.
In their capital they have some McDonalds restaurants. So almost 90 percents of youth want to work in there.
It depend which kind of job you want for.. But I'm sure if you don't know basic russian it will be so hard for you to find any position with good salary..
i am planned to go to minsk. what is the condition of jobs over there. is this country has low crime rate and good to live. please any one ans me. thanx
I have a planning to live in Minsk for a little long time. In profession i am a web developer, is it possible to get a part time job there in this filed or Any kind of part time job ? If you have any openion or advices please share me, my mailing address " fnbhns@gmail.com ", Thanking you in advance.
I would like to visit belarous are there people speak English
http://www.minsknightlife.net/blog/average-salary-belarus.htm
If you come from abroad, than you have for sure a Bancomat card. As the Belarus Rubel is
very weak, you should hold only small amounts, like 1 Mio Rubel any time.
Mostly private apartment rents in Minsk must be paid in USD not in Rubel.
you that all prices and earnings for Minsk are correct. (That means Prices are too high and earnings are too low, is a fact!) Please observe, this is the average net earning in "Minsk", not in Belarus. With 500 USD which is very low, there are many people only
earning 250 USD a month, and a few with 750 USD and more.
The same is with the prices for goods, they are Median.
Furthermore, with your English Im very surprised that you earn only 200 USD a month in Minsk.
Maybe you have the wrong job, or you dont have qualificatios ?