Brussels vs Kazan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Brussels	Kazan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2030	$981
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4894	$2383
🏠 One person rent	$1166	$506
🏘️ Family rent	$1999	$864
🍽️ Food expenses	$628	$327
🚐 Transport expenses	$88	$58.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3313	$976
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	96	54
😀 Quality of life	91	64
🏙️ Population	196K	1.33M

The cost of living in Brussels is 107% more expensive than in Kazan. Cities ranked 1939th and 5700th ($2030 vs $981) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 20th in Belgium and Russia, respectively. Check Belgium vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Brussels compared to 1 months in Kazan. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Kazan ranked 4th in Russia, while ranked 121st and 5282nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Kazan

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	Brussels	Kazan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.2	$9.62
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80	$41.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.7	$6.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.64	$3.33
☕ Cappuccino	$4.38	$3.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.4	$1.31
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1112	$639
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$903	$371
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2002	$1079
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1605	$658
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$169	$73.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$262	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.2	$7.66
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.77%	20.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5037	$4128
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4002	$2917
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.91	$0.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$63.5	$26.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.4	$4.54
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.06	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.7	$0.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.64
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.8	$1.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$5.26
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.4	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$2.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$2.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.7	$3.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.5	$1.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.36	$8.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.55	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.8	$3.43
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$5.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.04	$2.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.49	$1.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.3	$1.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$25.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.3	$6.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.2	$7.15
👖 Brand Jeans	$102	$84.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1423	$297
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19621	$14895

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Cities near Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1896
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1895
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1926
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1969
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1837
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1870
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1861
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1866
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1844
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1874
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1832
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$1993
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1843
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1833
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1888
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1793
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1848
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1819
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1813
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1769
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1845
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1799
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1881
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1895
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1769
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1703
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1781
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1743
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1686
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1757
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1688
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1799
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1746
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1753
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1742
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1799
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1939
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1829
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1727
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1834

Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$754
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$749
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$771
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$705
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$868
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$830
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$789
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$708
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$792
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$845
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$834
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$648
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$1051
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$614
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$748
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$913
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$791
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$788
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$840
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$895
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$705
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$873
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$620
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$821
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$804
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$812
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$694
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$771
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$727
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$757
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$626
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$786
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$1055
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$780
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$952
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077