Brussels vs Isfahan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brussels	Isfahan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1816	$523
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4478	$1618
🏠 One person rent	$1024	$211
🏘️ Family rent	$1880	$639
🍽️ Food expenses	$567	$170
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.5	$41.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2931	$240
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	96	66
😀 Quality of life	89	48
🏙️ Population	196K	1.96M

The cost of living in Brussels is 247% more expensive than in Isfahan. Cities ranked 2354th and 8454th ($1816 vs $523) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 72nd in Belgium and Iran, respectively. Check Belgium vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Brussels compared to 0.5 months in Isfahan. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Isfahan ranked 5th in Iran, while ranked 190th and 6375th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Isfahan

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	Brussels	Isfahan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$3.39
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.1	$13.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$3.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.16	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$0.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$257
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$770	$175
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1932	$898
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1489	$545
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$9.25
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$14.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.7	$9.95
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.61%	26.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4675	$1187
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4207	$676
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.62	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$13.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.8	$2.88
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$0.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$0.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$0.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.19	$1.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$2.67
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$3.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$9.27
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$0.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$0.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.13
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.21	$5.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.6	$0.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$0.48
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$2.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$4.79
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.54	$15.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$1.6
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.78	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$13.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$1.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$115
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.2	$6.35
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.5	$20.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$85.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$975	$77.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19505	$594

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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 Isfahan

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.3 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
27 km or 17 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
28 km or 18 mi	Najafabad	$502
73 km or 45 mi	Shahreza	$502
83 km or 52 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$397
150 km or 93 mi	Kashan	$562
191 km or 119 mi	Izeh	$525
220 km or 137 mi	Yasuj	$529
234 km or 146 mi	Qom	$488
236 km or 147 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552
243 km or 151 mi	Arak	$455
259 km or 161 mi	Dorud	$513
265 km or 165 mi	Behbahan	$536
267 km or 166 mi	Yazd	$573
272 km or 169 mi	Shushtar	$562
291 km or 181 mi	Saveh	$574
292 km or 181 mi	Varamin	$651
305 km or 189 mi	Borujerd	$505
307 km or 191 mi	Dezful	$583
311 km or 193 mi	Qarchak	$681
312 km or 194 mi	Andimeshk	$577
315 km or 196 mi	Pakdasht	$680
319 km or 198 mi	Ahvaz	$597
320 km or 199 mi	Robat Karim	$675
322 km or 200 mi	Malayer	$469
322 km or 200 mi	Khorramabad	$554
324 km or 201 mi	Eslamshahr	$700
326 km or 203 mi	Marvdasht	$563
328 km or 204 mi	Nasimshahr	$697
328 km or 204 mi	Ray	$710
329 km or 205 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
337 km or 209 mi	Kazerun	$557
340 km or 211 mi	Shahriar	$698
341 km or 212 mi	Tehran	$788
342 km or 212 mi	Malard	$693
344 km or 214 mi	Pardis	$665
345 km or 215 mi	Andisheh	$684
346 km or 215 mi	Qods	$698
348 km or 216 mi	Shiraz	$589
348 km or 216 mi	Fardis	$688