Brussels vs Faisalabad - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brussels	Faisalabad
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1816	$306
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4478	$769
🏠 One person rent	$1024	$99.5
🏘️ Family rent	$1880	$178
🍽️ Food expenses	$567	$121
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.5	$41.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2931	$189
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	96	43
😀 Quality of life	89	39
🏙️ Population	196K	3.2M

The cost of living in Brussels is 494% more expensive than in Faisalabad. Cities ranked 2354th and 9193rd ($1816 vs $306) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 30th in Belgium and Pakistan, respectively. Check Belgium vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Brussels compared to 0.6 months in Faisalabad. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Faisalabad ranked 6th in Pakistan, while ranked 190th and 7026th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Faisalabad

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	Brussels	Faisalabad
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$1.78
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.1	$7.14
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$3.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.16	$1.81
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$1.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$0.31
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$67.2
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$770	$45.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1932	$144
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1489	$100
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$36.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$56.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.7	$12.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.61%	19.12%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4675	$774
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4207	$901
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.62	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$3.57
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.8	$3.88
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.19	$1.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$6.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$2.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$3.18
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$0.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$0.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.21	$0.62
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.6	$2.58
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$0.59
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$1.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$1.76
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.54	$1.08
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$0.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.78	$0.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$13.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$3.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.2	$1.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.5	$15.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$71.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$975	$27.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19505	$1151

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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 Faisalabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
34 km or 21 mi	Chiniot	$389
35 km or 22 mi	Sahiwal	$305
48 km or 30 mi	Gojra	$342
74 km or 46 mi	Jhang	$292
77 km or 48 mi	Okara	$300
83 km or 52 mi	Sargodha	$458
92 km or 57 mi	Hafizabad	$380
93 km or 58 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
121 km or 75 mi	Lahore	$411
125 km or 78 mi	Kamoke	$321
132 km or 82 mi	Gujranwala	$308
136 km or 84 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
146 km or 91 mi	Burewala	$356
159 km or 99 mi	Gujrat	$373
166 km or 103 mi	Khanewal	$361
169 km or 105 mi	Amritsar	$383
182 km or 113 mi	Sialkot	$281
201 km or 125 mi	Mirpur	$354
209 km or 130 mi	Multan	$392
222 km or 138 mi	Jammu	$287
238 km or 148 mi	Jalandhar	$358
243 km or 151 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
254 km or 158 mi	Islamabad	$442
261 km or 162 mi	Pathankot	$355
262 km or 163 mi	Bahawalpur	$342
268 km or 167 mi	Wah	$382
270 km or 167 mi	Ludhiana	$441
279 km or 173 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
286 km or 178 mi	Kohat	$379
323 km or 201 mi	Peshawar	$346
325 km or 202 mi	Mardan	$366
331 km or 206 mi	Baramulla	$273
338 km or 210 mi	Srinagar	$354
352 km or 219 mi	Patiala	$365
359 km or 223 mi	Hisar	$251
362 km or 225 mi	Chandigarh	$369
365 km or 227 mi	Khost	$366
379 km or 235 mi	Bikaner	$297
379 km or 235 mi	Mingora	$364
391 km or 243 mi	Shimla	$272