Brussels vs Charlotte - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brussels	Charlotte
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1816	$2528
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4478	$5839
🏠 One person rent	$1024	$1559
🏘️ Family rent	$1880	$2624
🍽️ Food expenses	$567	$636
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.5	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2931	$4485
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	96	68
😀 Quality of life	89	88
🏙️ Population	196K	875K

The cost of living in Brussels is 28% less expensive than in Charlotte. Cities ranked 2354th and 761st ($1816 vs $2528) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 705th in Belgium and the United States, respectively. Check Belgium vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Brussels compared to 1.8 months in Charlotte. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Charlotte ranked 62nd in the United States, while ranked 190th and 252nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Charlotte

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	Brussels	Charlotte
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$16.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.1	$71.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.16	$5.95
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$5.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$2.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$1601
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$770	$1337
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1932	$3268
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1489	$2181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$162
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.7	$63.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.61%	6.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4675	$4188
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4207	$2832
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.62	$2.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$90.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.8	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$0.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$3.23
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$4.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.19	$4.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$14.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$17.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$5.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.43
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$7.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$4.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$3.33
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$3.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.21	$2.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.6	$15.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$2.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$8.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$6.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.54	$6.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$4.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.78	$1.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$52.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$14.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$124
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.2	$25.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.5	$54
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$93.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$975	$1337
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19505	$25956

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Cities near Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1651
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1663
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1667
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1692
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1580
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1647
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1642
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1660
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1539
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1685
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1618
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$1788
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1626
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1556
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1615
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1594
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1541
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1607
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1585
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1536
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1599
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1560
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1663
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1683
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1446
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1492
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1537
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1523
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1461
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1488
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1530
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1362
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1509
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1520
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1475
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1514
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1578
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1613
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1488
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1640

Cities near Charlotte

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Matthews	$2271
17 km or 11 mi	Mint Hill	$2269
20 km or 13 mi	Huntersville	$2188
23 km or 14 mi	Indian Trail	$2225
28 km or 18 mi	Cornelius	$2166
30 km or 18 mi	Concord	$2147
31 km or 19 mi	Gastonia	$1891
36 km or 22 mi	Kannapolis	$2136
36 km or 22 mi	Rock Hill	$2177
38 km or 23 mi	Monroe	$2182
40 km or 25 mi	Mooresville	$2072
57 km or 35 mi	Lancaster	$2170
59 km or 37 mi	Salisbury	$2117
62 km or 39 mi	Statesville	$2090
63 km or 39 mi	Shelby	$1474
72 km or 45 mi	Hickory	$1851
94 km or 58 mi	Forest	$1951
101 km or 63 mi	Thomasville	$2058
104 km or 64 mi	Rockingham	$2136
104 km or 65 mi	Spartanburg	$1925
108 km or 67 mi	Asheboro	$2091
111 km or 69 mi	Winston-Salem	$2098
113 km or 70 mi	High Point	$1934
120 km or 75 mi	Kernersville	$2169
130 km or 81 mi	Greer	$2292
132 km or 82 mi	Greensboro	$2011
138 km or 86 mi	Columbia	$1809
142 km or 88 mi	Mauldin	$2404
143 km or 89 mi	Lexington	$1929
147 km or 91 mi	Greenville	$2530
152 km or 94 mi	Florence	$1907
152 km or 95 mi	Sumter	$1902
154 km or 96 mi	Sanford	$2184
159 km or 99 mi	Burlington	$2144
160 km or 99 mi	Asheville	$2697
166 km or 103 mi	Greenwood	$2106
176 km or 109 mi	Fayetteville	$2100
179 km or 111 mi	Chapel Hill	$2309
180 km or 112 mi	Lumberton	$2100
184 km or 114 mi	Anderson	$1888