Brussels vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Brussels	Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1958	$795
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4780	$1960
🏠 One person rent	$1120	$419
🏘️ Family rent	$1989	$753
🍽️ Food expenses	$598	$241
🚐 Transport expenses	$91.6	$58
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3047	$529
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	96	70
😀 Quality of life	89	64
🏙️ Population	196K	2.95M

The cost of living in Brussels is 146% more expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 1988th and 6450th ($1958 vs $795) 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 173rd and 4556th 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	$20.8	$7.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76	$36.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.1	$6.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.51	$1.22
☕ Cappuccino	$4.14	$1.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.03	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1032	$518
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$881	$313
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2055	$997
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1606	$569
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$151	$59.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$236	$92.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$5.57
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.71%	18.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4722	$2412
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4382	$1325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.69	$0.24
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$55.1	$9.34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.1	$4.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.36
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$0.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.46	$1.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$8.69
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$4.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$6.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$0.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$1.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$0.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.59	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.86	$4.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.45	$0.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$2.31
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$2.59
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.87	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.03	$2.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.98	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.6	$24.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$4.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41.1	$18.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.5	$7.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$103	$65.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$117	$89.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1059	$365
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23380	$7166

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Cities near Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1752
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1633
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1734
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1712
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1657
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1691
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1715
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1738
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1675
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1799
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1723
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$1911
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1701
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1636
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1702
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1708
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1619
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1696
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1691
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1661
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1693
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1660
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1779
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1761
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1592
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1595
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1630
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1616
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1555
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1593
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1611
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1514
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1598
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1616
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1545
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1592
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1667
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1709
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1560
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1762

Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$420
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$422
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$529
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$432
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$545
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$469
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$514
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$421
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$490
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$909
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$418
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$473
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$449
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$437
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$516
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$956
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$437
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$860
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$457
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$576
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$806
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$487
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$467
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$679
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$876
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$375
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$491
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$450
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$503
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$537
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$515
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$780
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1131
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$457
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$873
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$451
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$516
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$717
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$748
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$563