Brussels vs Fukuoka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Brussels	Fukuoka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1869	$1054
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4554	$2538
🏠 One person rent	$1085	$426
🏘️ Family rent	$1927	$659
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.1	$216
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3070	$1513
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	96	81
😀 Quality of life	89	75
🏙️ Population	189K	1.6M

The cost of living in Brussels is 77% more expensive than in Fukuoka. Cities ranked 2147th and 4954th ($1869 vs $1054) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 176th in Belgium and Japan, respectively. Check Belgium vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Brussels compared to 1.4 months in Fukuoka. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Fukuoka ranked 177th in Japan, while ranked 148th and 1177th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Fukuoka

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	Brussels	Fukuoka
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$4.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.3	$24.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$4.23
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.38	$3.7
☕ Cappuccino	$3.91	$3.25
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$968	$428
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$834	$324
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1848	$675
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1555	$511
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$169	$62.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$258	$95.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.2	$19.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.39%	1.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4416	$2992
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3736	$1944
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.69	$2.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$76.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$26.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$1.21
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.29	$2.01
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$5.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$3.78
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$2.44
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$3.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$2.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$2.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.11	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.73	$8.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.52	$1.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.76	$2.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.75	$3.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.97	$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.87	$1.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.9	$42.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$11.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.3	$45
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.8	$13.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$52.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$51.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$978	$388
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23098	$6355

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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 Fukuoka

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Shime	$916
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Kasuya	$920
9 km or 5.6 mi	Kasuga	$920
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Onojo	$915
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Sue	$919
10 km or 6.4 mi	Nakagawa	$915
10 km or 6.5 mi	Umi	$919
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sasaguri	$915
14 km or 8.8 mi	Dazaifu	$909
15 km or 9 mi	Shingu	$917
15 km or 9.2 mi	Chikushino	$905
17 km or 11 mi	Koga	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Itoshima	$914
21 km or 13 mi	Fukutsu	$910
23 km or 14 mi	Chikuzen	$893
26 km or 16 mi	Tosu	$876
26 km or 16 mi	Ogori	$879
27 km or 17 mi	Munakata	$902
28 km or 17 mi	Iizuka	$900
29 km or 18 mi	Miyawaka	$898
29 km or 18 mi	Kama	$894
30 km or 19 mi	Miyaki	$873
31 km or 19 mi	Asakura	$886
31 km or 19 mi	Kanzaki	$879
32 km or 20 mi	Kurume	$899
35 km or 22 mi	Nogata	$895
35 km or 22 mi	Okagaki	$897
36 km or 23 mi	Fukuchi	$894
37 km or 23 mi	Saga	$913
38 km or 23 mi	Tagawa	$893
38 km or 24 mi	Nakama	$890
40 km or 25 mi	Mizumaki	$891
42 km or 26 mi	Ogi	$892
42 km or 26 mi	Ukiha	$877
43 km or 27 mi	Okawa	$877
43 km or 27 mi	Chikugo	$868
43 km or 27 mi	Karatsu	$905
44 km or 28 mi	Yame	$867
48 km or 30 mi	Yanagawa	$874
49 km or 31 mi	Miyama	$871