Brussels vs Lahore - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brussels	Lahore
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1816	$411
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4478	$1052
🏠 One person rent	$1024	$163
🏘️ Family rent	$1880	$338
🍽️ Food expenses	$567	$142
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.5	$57.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2931	$179
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	96	69
😀 Quality of life	89	46
🏙️ Population	196K	11.1M

The cost of living in Brussels is 341% more expensive than in Lahore. Cities ranked 2354th and 8934th ($1816 vs $411) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Belgium and Pakistan, respectively. Check Belgium vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Brussels compared to 0.4 months in Lahore. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Lahore ranked 3rd in Pakistan, while ranked 190th and 6486th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Lahore

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	Brussels	Lahore
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$2.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.1	$16
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$4.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.16	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$2.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$0.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$102
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$770	$65.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1932	$289
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1489	$187
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$74.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.7	$15.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.61%	19.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4675	$626
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4207	$587
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.62	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$5.75
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.8	$4.76
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$0.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$0.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.19	$1.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$5.92
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$2.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$3.91
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$0.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.62
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.21	$0.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.6	$0.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$0.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$1.97
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$2.04
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.54	$2.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$1.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.78	$0.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$13
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$5.36
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$13
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.2	$3.47
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.5	$15
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$71.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$975	$37.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19505	$1172

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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 Lahore

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
49 km or 30 mi	Amritsar	$383
49 km or 30 mi	Kamoke	$321
68 km or 43 mi	Gujranwala	$308
85 km or 53 mi	Hafizabad	$380
107 km or 67 mi	Sialkot	$281
117 km or 72 mi	Gujrat	$373
118 km or 73 mi	Okara	$300
120 km or 74 mi	Jalandhar	$358
120 km or 75 mi	Sahiwal	$305
121 km or 75 mi	Faisalabad	$306
130 km or 81 mi	Chiniot	$389
140 km or 87 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
140 km or 87 mi	Jammu	$287
147 km or 91 mi	Pathankot	$355
160 km or 99 mi	Ludhiana	$441
164 km or 102 mi	Gojra	$342
169 km or 105 mi	Sargodha	$458
185 km or 115 mi	Mirpur	$354
195 km or 121 mi	Jhang	$292
222 km or 138 mi	Burewala	$356
244 km or 152 mi	Patiala	$365
250 km or 155 mi	Chandigarh	$369
257 km or 160 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
268 km or 167 mi	Islamabad	$442
269 km or 167 mi	Khanewal	$361
273 km or 170 mi	Shimla	$272
286 km or 178 mi	Srinagar	$354
294 km or 183 mi	Wah	$382
295 km or 183 mi	Baramulla	$273
299 km or 186 mi	Hisar	$251
317 km or 197 mi	Multan	$392
351 km or 218 mi	Bahawalpur	$342
352 km or 219 mi	Bhiwani	$321
353 km or 219 mi	Saharanpur	$283
354 km or 220 mi	Kohat	$379
364 km or 226 mi	Rohtak	$265
366 km or 227 mi	Mardan	$366
377 km or 234 mi	Dehradun	$372
381 km or 237 mi	Peshawar	$346