Brussels vs Leipzig - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Brussels	Leipzig
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1869	$1371
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4554	$3423
🏠 One person rent	$1085	$641
🏘️ Family rent	$1927	$1212
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$462
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.1	$156
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3070	$2399
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	96	72
😀 Quality of life	89	91
🏙️ Population	189K	625K

The cost of living in Brussels is 36% more expensive than in Leipzig. Cities ranked 2147th and 3960th ($1869 vs $1371) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 531st in Belgium and Germany, respectively. Check Belgium vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Brussels compared to 1.8 months in Leipzig. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Leipzig ranked 17th in Germany, while ranked 148th and 106th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Leipzig

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	Brussels	Leipzig
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.3	$51.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$9.36
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.38	$4.28
☕ Cappuccino	$3.91	$3.81
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$2.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$968	$630
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$834	$426
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1848	$1202
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1555	$909
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$169	$131
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$258	$202
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.2	$42.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.39%	3.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4416	$5428
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3736	$3298
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.69	$3.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$62.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$1.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$1.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$2.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.29	$3.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$13.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$13.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$16.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$2.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$2.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$3.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.11	$1.87
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.73	$5.95
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.52	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.76	$8.27
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$10.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.75	$2.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.97	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.87	$1.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.9	$28.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.3	$35.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.8	$19.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$74.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$84.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$978	$393
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23098	$10639

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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 Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1322
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1303
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1269
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1267
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1264
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1263
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1242
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1270
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1260
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1253
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1262
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1271
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1249
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1214
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1230
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1253
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1096
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1166
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1255
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1258
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1269
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1069
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1134
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1193
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$961
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1216
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1135
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1263
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1252
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1260
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1296
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1250
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1099
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1165
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1248
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1278
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1329
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1295
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1351
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1204