Brussels vs Cairo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Brussels	Cairo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1869	$549
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4554	$1399
🏠 One person rent	$1085	$193
🏘️ Family rent	$1927	$359
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$234
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.1	$41.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3070	$189
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	96	83
😀 Quality of life	89	59
🏙️ Population	189K	9.61M

The cost of living in Brussels is 240% more expensive than in Cairo. Cities ranked 2147th and 8130th ($1869 vs $549) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Belgium and Egypt, respectively. Check Belgium vs Egypt comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Brussels compared to 0.3 months in Cairo. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Cairo ranked 1st in Egypt, while ranked 148th and 5556th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Cairo

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	Brussels	Cairo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$5.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.3	$25.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$6.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.38	$2.54
☕ Cappuccino	$3.91	$2.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$968	$215
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$834	$151
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1848	$406
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1555	$299
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$169	$18.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$258	$28.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.2	$10.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.39%	12.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4416	$805
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3736	$524
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.69	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$9.59
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$3.07
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$0.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$0.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.29	$2.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$5.11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$6.42
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$12.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$1.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$0.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$0.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$0.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.11	$0.84
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.73	$8.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.52	$1.43
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.76	$2.39
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$2.65
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.75	$3.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.97	$1.6
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.87	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.9	$21.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$4.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.3	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.8	$4.19
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$52
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$131
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$978	$142
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23098	$2554

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Cities near Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1682
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1524
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1659
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1652
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1593
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1619
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1644
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1669
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1599
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1743
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1648
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$1825
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1640
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1567
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1645
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1613
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1544
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1630
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1619
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1553
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1575
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1581
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1678
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1618
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1469
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1563
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1568
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1533
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1484
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1517
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1539
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1426
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1536
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1536
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1511
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1413
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1596
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1631
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1570
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1650

Cities near Cairo

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Giza	$513
8.1 km or 5 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$511
26 km or 16 mi	Helwan	$494
46 km or 28 mi	Benha	$490
60 km or 37 mi	Shibin El Kom	$490
62 km or 39 mi	Zagazig	$472
84 km or 52 mi	Tanta	$450
93 km or 58 mi	Faiyum	$478
101 km or 63 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$489
111 km or 69 mi	Beni Suef	$470
111 km or 69 mi	Mansoura	$446
115 km or 71 mi	Ismailia	$468
125 km or 78 mi	Suez	$366
133 km or 83 mi	Damanhur	$393
161 km or 100 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$449
161 km or 100 mi	Damietta	$418
166 km or 103 mi	Port Said	$384
179 km or 111 mi	Alexandria	$495
224 km or 139 mi	Minya	$455
319 km or 198 mi	Asyut	$421
347 km or 216 mi	Gaza	$657
351 km or 218 mi	Ofakim	$1671
354 km or 220 mi	Netivot	$1725
360 km or 223 mi	Sderot	$1703
361 km or 224 mi	Dahab	$625
362 km or 225 mi	Eilat	$1583
365 km or 226 mi	Ashkelon	$1499
366 km or 227 mi	Beersheba	$1523
367 km or 228 mi	Rahat	$1687
368 km or 229 mi	Aqaba	$692
379 km or 235 mi	Ashdod	$1848
379 km or 235 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1825
380 km or 236 mi	Dimona	$1703
381 km or 236 mi	El Gouna	$440
383 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1779
384 km or 239 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$603
390 km or 242 mi	Yavne	$1826
391 km or 243 mi	Sohag	$449
396 km or 246 mi	Dura	$802
397 km or 246 mi	Rehovot	$1701