Brussels vs Chennai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brussels	Chennai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1816	$430
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4478	$1140
🏠 One person rent	$1024	$152
🏘️ Family rent	$1880	$346
🍽️ Food expenses	$567	$163
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.5	$65.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2931	$848
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	16 km
🎓 Higher education	96	78
😀 Quality of life	89	66
🏙️ Population	196K	6.6M

The cost of living in Brussels is 322% more expensive than in Chennai. Cities ranked 2354th and 8897th ($1816 vs $430) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 17th in Belgium and India, respectively. Check Belgium vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Brussels compared to 2 months in Chennai. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Chennai ranked 4th in India, while ranked 190th and 4021st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Chennai

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	Brussels	Chennai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$1.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.1	$11.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$4.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.16	$2.05
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$1.98
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$170
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$770	$102
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1932	$470
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1489	$254
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$25.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$39
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.7	$10.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.61%	9.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4675	$1935
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4207	$767
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.62	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$11.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.8	$3.84
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$0.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$0.75
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.19	$0.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$7.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$3.47
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$6.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$2.69
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$0.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.21	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.6	$8.67
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$1.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$0.82
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.54	$3.54
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$1.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.78	$0.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$18.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$2.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$31.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.2	$2.73
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.5	$26.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$48.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$975	$80.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19505	$1573

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Chennai

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Tirupati	$315
124 km or 77 mi	Vellore	$258
125 km or 78 mi	Chittoor	$354
138 km or 85 mi	Pondicherry	$360
153 km or 95 mi	Nellore	$514
159 km or 99 mi	Cuddalore	$306
198 km or 123 mi	Madanapalle	$346
219 km or 136 mi	Kadapa	$367
260 km or 162 mi	Proddatur	$355
269 km or 167 mi	Ongole	$338
279 km or 173 mi	Salem	$304
282 km or 175 mi	Thanjavur	$302
290 km or 180 mi	Bangalore	$533
304 km or 189 mi	Chirala	$311
305 km or 189 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$314
312 km or 194 mi	Hindupur	$375
328 km or 204 mi	Nandyal	$359
338 km or 210 mi	Anantapur	$304
339 km or 211 mi	Erode	$295
344 km or 214 mi	Tumkur	$351
353 km or 219 mi	Tenali	$292
354 km or 220 mi	Machilipatnam	$316
357 km or 222 mi	Guntur	$280
361 km or 224 mi	Tiruppur	$300
383 km or 238 mi	Vijayawada	$354
388 km or 241 mi	Kurnool	$349
396 km or 246 mi	Dindigul	$316
402 km or 250 mi	Mysore	$311
411 km or 256 mi	Eluru	$304
423 km or 263 mi	Madurai	$310
428 km or 266 mi	Coimbatore	$339
428 km or 266 mi	Adoni	$366
453 km or 282 mi	Nalgonda	$298
462 km or 287 mi	Rajahmundry	$330
463 km or 288 mi	Khammam	$272
474 km or 294 mi	Mahbubnagar	$357
476 km or 296 mi	Kakinada	$307
482 km or 300 mi	Hospet	$272
494 km or 307 mi	Davanagere	$292
509 km or 317 mi	Malappuram	$306