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United Kingdom vs. Belarus Cost of Living Summary

United Kingdom is 3.6 times more expensive than Belarus overall.

Restaurants: pay 3.2 times more in United Kingdom
Groceries: pay 2.3 times more in United Kingdom
Transportation: pay 4.4 times more in United Kingdom
Housing: pay 4.9 times more in United Kingdom
Childcare: pay 3.9 times more in United Kingdom
Entertainment and Sports: pay 5.3 times more in United Kingdom
Clothing: pay 33.7% more in United Kingdom

The cost of entertainment and sports, housing, transportation, childcare, restaurants, and groceries in United Kingdom are more expensive than in Belarus. Notably, entertainment and sports, housing, and transportation are significantly more expensive in United Kingdom.

United Kingdom vs. Belarus Cost Breakdown

If you lived in United Kingdom instead of Belarus, you would:

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pay 3.2 times more for restaurants

	Belarus	United Kingdom
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$7.88 BYN26.94	$20.41 £15.41	+158.8%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.34 BYN18.23	$9.94 £7.51	+86.3%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.60 BYN2.04	$2.32 £1.75	+288.8%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.37 BYN1.27	$1.65 £1.24	+342.2%
Average			+219.0%

Belarus vs. United Kingdom - Cost of restaurants

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pay 2.3 times more for groceries

	Belarus	United Kingdom
Bread 1 loaf	$0.54 BYN1.86	$1.59 £1.20	+193.0%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.03 BYN10.36	$4.71 £3.55	+55.3%
Milk (1 gallon)	$2.53 BYN8.63	$6.20 £4.68	+145.5%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.28 BYN4.38	$3.87 £2.92	+201.5%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.61 BYN5.50	$3.87 £2.92	+140.3%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.52 BYN1.77	$1.32 £1.00	+154.7%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.73 BYN2.49	$0.73 £0.55	+0.2%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.77 BYN2.64	$1.28 £0.97	+65.9%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.83 BYN2.82	$1.49 £1.13	+80.7%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.23 BYN0.80	$0.72 £0.54	+209.1%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.27 BYN0.94	$0.71 £0.54	+158.1%
Average			+127.7%

Belarus vs. United Kingdom - Cost of groceries

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pay 4.4 times more for transportation

	Belarus	United Kingdom
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.93 BYN10.00	$7.22 £5.45	+146.7%
Monthly public transit pass	$12.40 BYN42.36	$99.05 £74.80	+699.0%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$17,403.97 BYN59,467.36	$36,224.29 £27,355.86	+108.1%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$4.24 BYN14.48	$22.08 £16.67	+420.9%
Average			+343.7%

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pay 4.9 times more for housing

	Belarus	United Kingdom
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$12.01 BYN41.03	$41.90 £31.64	+248.9%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$298.15 BYN1,018.75	$1,285.79 £971.00	+331.3%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$179.17 BYN612.19	$1,062.09 £802.07	+492.8%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$40.09 BYN136.98	$233.57 £176.39	+482.6%
Average			+388.9%

Belarus vs. United Kingdom - Cost of housing

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pay 3.9 times more for childcare

	Belarus	United Kingdom
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$281.30 BYN961.16	$1,530.71 £1,155.97	+444.2%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$7,896.64 BYN26,981.92	$19,375.12 £14,631.70	+145.4%
Average			+294.8%

Belarus vs. United Kingdom - Cost of childcare

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pay 5.3 times more for entertainment and sports

	Belarus	United Kingdom
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$0.98 BYN3.36	$6.35 £4.79	+545.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.45 BYN4.94	$4.54 £3.43	+213.5%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$1.66 BYN5.68	$19.18 £14.48	+1053.7%
Monthly membership at local gym	$29.82 BYN101.90	$49.26 £37.20	+65.2%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$3.54 BYN12.10	$13.88 £10.48	+292.1%
Average			+434.0%

Belarus vs. United Kingdom - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 33.7% more for clothing

	Belarus	United Kingdom
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$42.44 BYN145.02	$86.00 £64.94	+102.6%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$39.20 BYN133.93	$44.20 £33.38	+12.8%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$98.42 BYN336.27	$95.21 £71.90	-3.3%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$82.70 BYN282.59	$101.36 £76.54	+22.6%
Average			+33.7%

Belarus vs. United Kingdom - Cost of clothing

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: December 2025

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