Brussels vs Johannesburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Brussels	Johannesburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1869	$908
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4554	$2207
🏠 One person rent	$1085	$403
🏘️ Family rent	$1927	$738
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$254
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.1	$173
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3070	$1428
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	96	72
😀 Quality of life	89	61
🏙️ Population	189K	4.43M

The cost of living in Brussels is 106% more expensive than in Johannesburg. Cities ranked 2147th and 5921st ($1869 vs $908) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Belgium and South Africa, respectively. Check Belgium vs South Africa comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Brussels compared to 1.6 months in Johannesburg. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Johannesburg ranked 1st in South Africa, while ranked 148th and 5184th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Johannesburg

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	Brussels	Johannesburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$7.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.3	$35.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$4.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.38	$2.09
☕ Cappuccino	$3.91	$1.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$0.98
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$968	$350
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$834	$277
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1848	$667
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1555	$564
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$169	$71.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$258	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.2	$39.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.39%	11.12%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4416	$840
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3736	$689
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.69	$1.78
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$66
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$9.26
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$0.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.29	$2.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$7.94
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$4.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$5.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$1.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.47
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$1.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.31
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.11	$1.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.73	$5.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.52	$1.16
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.76	$2.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$3.76
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.75	$3.7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.97	$1.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.87	$1.11
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.9	$31.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$6.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.3	$27.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.8	$6.37
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$45
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$83.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$978	$232
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23098	$4829

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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 Johannesburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Sandton	$889
13 km or 8 mi	Randburg	$776
19 km or 12 mi	Soweto	$875
28 km or 17 mi	Benoni	$741
40 km or 25 mi	Springs	$631
41 km or 25 mi	Centurion	$755
53 km or 33 mi	Pretoria	$783
53 km or 33 mi	Vereeniging	$637
59 km or 36 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$698
71 km or 44 mi	Brits	$751
101 km or 62 mi	Rustenburg	$845
109 km or 68 mi	Potchefstroom	$625
143 km or 89 mi	Bethal	$746
152 km or 94 mi	Middelburg	$866
155 km or 97 mi	Klerksdorp	$621
179 km or 111 mi	Kroonstad	$701
237 km or 147 mi	Welkom	$682
244 km or 152 mi	Mmabatho	$719
262 km or 163 mi	Lobatse	$631
275 km or 171 mi	Gaborone	$656
287 km or 179 mi	Butha-Buthe	$511
302 km or 188 mi	Kanye	$633
311 km or 193 mi	Mbabane	$558
323 km or 201 mi	Vryheid	$739
325 km or 202 mi	Molepolole	$603
329 km or 204 mi	Teyateyaneng	$511
333 km or 207 mi	Manzini	$447
350 km or 217 mi	Maseru	$535
366 km or 228 mi	Mahalapye	$605
369 km or 229 mi	Bloemfontein	$601
409 km or 254 mi	Mafeteng	$511
417 km or 259 mi	Palapye	$511
429 km or 267 mi	Kimberley	$753
442 km or 275 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$609
443 km or 275 mi	Matola	$978
446 km or 277 mi	Serowe	$554
454 km or 282 mi	Maputo	$1084
501 km or 311 mi	Durban	$780
562 km or 349 mi	Francistown	$550
577 km or 358 mi	Xai-Xai	$952