Brussels vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Brussels	Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1869	$760
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4554	$1995
🏠 One person rent	$1085	$367
🏘️ Family rent	$1927	$737
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$255
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.1	$58.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3070	$520
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	96	70
😀 Quality of life	89	65
🏙️ Population	189K	2.95M

The cost of living in Brussels is 146% more expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 2147th and 6536th ($1869 vs $760) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Belgium and Ukraine, respectively. Check Belgium vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Brussels compared to 0.7 months in Kyiv. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Kyiv ranked 1st in Ukraine, while ranked 148th and 4566th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Kyiv

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	Brussels	Kyiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$7.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.3	$37.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$5.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.38	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$3.91	$1.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$968	$459
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$834	$264
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1848	$953
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1555	$564
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$169	$57.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$258	$89.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.2	$5.88
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.39%	19.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4416	$2503
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3736	$1319
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.69	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$9.91
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$4.19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$0.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.29	$1.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$9.06
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$4.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$6.71
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$0.76
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.47
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$2.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$0.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$0.99
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.11	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.73	$5.43
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.52	$0.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.76	$2.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$2.78
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.75	$4.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.97	$2.31
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.87	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.9	$27
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$5.31
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.3	$18.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.8	$8.07
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$68.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$86.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$978	$386
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23098	$7179

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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 Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$451
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$443
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$495
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$457
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$548
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$406
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$535
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$433
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$534
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$892
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$476
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$504
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$425
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$426
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$485
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$976
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$423
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$820
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$470
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$560
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$767
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$518
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$472
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$637
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$810
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$369
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$487
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$423
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$535
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$464
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$527
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$758
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1111
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$462
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$839
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$439
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$490
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$649
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$704
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$528