Brussels vs Hanoi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brussels	Hanoi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1816	$647
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4478	$1916
🏠 One person rent	$1024	$292
🏘️ Family rent	$1880	$744
🍽️ Food expenses	$567	$217
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.5	$64.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2931	$439
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	96	71
😀 Quality of life	89	62
🏙️ Population	196K	8.44M

The cost of living in Brussels is 181% more expensive than in Hanoi. Cities ranked 2354th and 7236th ($1816 vs $647) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Belgium and Vietnam, respectively. Check Belgium vs Vietnam comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Brussels compared to 0.7 months in Hanoi. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Hanoi ranked 2nd in Vietnam, while ranked 190th and 4848th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Hanoi

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	Brussels	Hanoi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$1.94
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.1	$27.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$5.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.16	$0.98
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$1.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$302
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$770	$221
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1932	$826
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1489	$623
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$45.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$71.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.7	$9.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.61%	10.39%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4675	$2965
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4207	$1710
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.62	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$7.82
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.8	$5.48
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.42
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.19	$1.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$3.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$10.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$3.46
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.66
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.21	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.6	$11.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$0.88
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$1.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$1.79
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.54	$3.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.78	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$28.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$3.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$30.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.2	$4.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.5	$42
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$90.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$975	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19505	$12394

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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 Hanoi

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Bac Ninh	$513
52 km or 32 mi	Hai Duong	$554
56 km or 35 mi	Viet Tri	$592
64 km or 40 mi	Thai Nguyen	$570
75 km or 47 mi	Nam Dinh	$496
83 km or 51 mi	Thai Binh	$513
89 km or 55 mi	Haiphong	$591
129 km or 80 mi	Ha Long	$582
135 km or 84 mi	Thanh Hoa	$563
150 km or 93 mi	Cam Pha	$569
221 km or 137 mi	Chongzuo	$564
254 km or 158 mi	Sa Pa	$553
262 km or 163 mi	Vinh	$579
263 km or 163 mi	Fangchenggang	$573
298 km or 185 mi	Ha Tinh	$558
305 km or 190 mi	Qinzhou	$592
308 km or 192 mi	Wenshan	$575
324 km or 201 mi	Nanning	$549
330 km or 205 mi	Baise	$571
341 km or 212 mi	Beihai	$642
402 km or 250 mi	Dong Hoi	$500
406 km or 252 mi	Luang Prabang	$1253
418 km or 259 mi	Thakhek	$1161
424 km or 263 mi	Vang Vieng	$1183
451 km or 281 mi	Guigang	$702
461 km or 286 mi	Laibin	$598
462 km or 287 mi	Xingyi	$571
468 km or 291 mi	Hechi	$575
474 km or 294 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
479 km or 298 mi	Yulin	$771
480 km or 298 mi	Haikou	$650
481 km or 299 mi	Vientiane	$1163
492 km or 306 mi	Sanya	$763
501 km or 311 mi	Yuxi	$611
516 km or 321 mi	Udon Thani	$543
518 km or 322 mi	Liuzhou	$579
528 km or 328 mi	Gaozhou	$761
531 km or 330 mi	Maoming	$756
533 km or 331 mi	Jinghong	$604
539 km or 335 mi	Hue	$393