Brussels vs Calgary - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Brussels	Calgary
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1869	$2113
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4554	$4833
🏠 One person rent	$1085	$1211
🏘️ Family rent	$1927	$1953
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$578
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.1	$189
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3070	$3532
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	96	53
😀 Quality of life	89	92
🏙️ Population	189K	1.31M

The cost of living in Brussels is 12% less expensive than in Calgary. Cities ranked 2147th and 1526th ($1869 vs $2113) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 32nd in Belgium and Canada, respectively. Check Belgium vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Brussels compared to 1.7 months in Calgary. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Calgary ranked 6th in Canada, while ranked 148th and 66th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Brussels vs Calgary infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/brussels/calgary.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Brussels vs Calgary infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/brussels/calgary" target="_blank">Brussels vs Calgary - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Brussels vs Calgary

Prices for goods and services in Brussels and Calgary are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Brussels	Calgary
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.3	$64
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$10.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.38	$5.56
☕ Cappuccino	$3.91	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$2.12
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$968	$1165
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$834	$944
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1848	$1993
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1555	$1559
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$169	$156
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$258	$241
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.2	$66.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.39%	6.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4416	$3410
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3736	$3182
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.69	$2.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$82.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$20.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$1.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$2.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$2.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$3.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.29	$3.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$14.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$4.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$4.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$4.22
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$2.34
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.11	$2.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.73	$15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.52	$2.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.76	$13.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$9.57
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.75	$5.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.97	$3.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.87	$2.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.9	$56.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$12.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.3	$66.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.8	$20
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$62.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$87.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$978	$904
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23098	$21983

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1860
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1688
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1675
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1694
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1510
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1711
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1732
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2798
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1696
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2269
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2276
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1718
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2061
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1835
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$2484
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2022
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$1795
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2023
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1858
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1526
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1568
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1789
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1731
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1585
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$1908
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1760
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1613
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2358
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1629
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1990
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2445
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2064
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2269
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2218
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$2034
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2098
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2595
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2251
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$1896
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1722