Brussels vs Kazan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brussels	Kazan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1816	$734
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4478	$1795
🏠 One person rent	$1024	$375
🏘️ Family rent	$1880	$716
🍽️ Food expenses	$567	$242
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.5	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2931	$692
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	96	54
😀 Quality of life	89	60
🏙️ Population	196K	1.26M

The cost of living in Brussels is 147% more expensive than in Kazan. Cities ranked 2354th and 6742nd ($1816 vs $734) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 21st 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 0.9 months in Kazan. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Kazan ranked 7th in Russia, while ranked 190th and 5162nd 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	$18.9	$6.84
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.1	$31.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$5.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.16	$3.39
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$2.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$0.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$770	$282
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1932	$861
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1489	$561
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$59
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$89.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.7	$5.82
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.61%	15.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4675	$2754
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4207	$1894
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.62	$0.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.8	$3.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$0.63
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.19	$1.51
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$8.72
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$7.93
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$2.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.21	$1.49
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.6	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$4.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.54	$2.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$0.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.78	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$21.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$4.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$8.97
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.2	$5.57
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.5	$61.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$95.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$975	$216
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19505	$4497

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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 Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$592
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$612
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$637
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$590
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$656
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$438
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$508
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$524
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$605
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$672
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$595
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$538
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$555
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$554
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$557
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$549
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$681
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$540
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$534
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$561
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$564
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$569
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$719
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$600
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$528
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$675
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$676
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$596
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$592
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$867