Brussels vs Kaohsiung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brussels	Kaohsiung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1816	$956
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4478	$2684
🏠 One person rent	$1024	$361
🏘️ Family rent	$1880	$819
🍽️ Food expenses	$567	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.5	$96.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2931	$1264
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	96	80
😀 Quality of life	89	83
🏙️ Population	196K	2.73M

The cost of living in Brussels is 90% more expensive than in Kaohsiung. Cities ranked 2354th and 5750th ($1816 vs $956) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Belgium and Taiwan, respectively. Check Belgium vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Brussels compared to 1.3 months in Kaohsiung. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Kaohsiung ranked 4th in Taiwan, while ranked 190th and 417th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Kaohsiung

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	Brussels	Kaohsiung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$3.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.1	$30.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$4.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.16	$1.53
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$363
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$770	$234
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1932	$876
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1489	$623
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$78.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.7	$22.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.61%	2.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4675	$4370
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4207	$2797
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.62	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$28.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.8	$8.72
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$3.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$1.97
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.19	$3.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$9.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$5.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$2.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$2.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$3.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$2.24
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.21	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.6	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.54	$4.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$2.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.78	$2.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$33.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$9.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$50.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.2	$8.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.5	$83
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$80.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$975	$378
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19505	$10905

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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 Kaohsiung

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Tainan	$814
88 km or 55 mi	Taitung	$788
97 km or 60 mi	Chiayi	$747
124 km or 77 mi	Douliu	$770
150 km or 93 mi	Nantou	$796
163 km or 101 mi	Changhua	$813
175 km or 108 mi	Taichung	$894
224 km or 139 mi	Miaoli	$728
253 km or 157 mi	Hsinchu	$897
257 km or 160 mi	Zhubei	$821
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
280 km or 174 mi	Yilan	$731
285 km or 177 mi	Kinmen	$823
291 km or 181 mi	New Taipei	$1073
298 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
301 km or 187 mi	Jinjiang	$627
307 km or 191 mi	Xiamen	$688
309 km or 192 mi	Quanzhou	$644
315 km or 196 mi	Keelung	$967
340 km or 211 mi	Putian	$625
341 km or 212 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
379 km or 235 mi	Shantou	$581
393 km or 244 mi	Chaozhou	$451
398 km or 247 mi	Fuzhou	$669
416 km or 258 mi	Jieyang	$443
430 km or 267 mi	Puning	$569
432 km or 268 mi	Longyan	$649
437 km or 271 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
457 km or 284 mi	Ningde	$648
466 km or 289 mi	Meizhou	$655
487 km or 302 mi	Sanming	$603
497 km or 309 mi	Nanping	$630
510 km or 317 mi	Shanwei	$936
562 km or 349 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
575 km or 357 mi	Rui'an	$681
575 km or 357 mi	Tuguegarao	$431
587 km or 365 mi	Heyuan	$764
600 km or 373 mi	Wenzhou	$726
605 km or 376 mi	Huizhou	$601
616 km or 382 mi	Wuyishan	$601