Brussels vs Leipzig - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brussels	Leipzig
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1816	$1516
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4478	$3783
🏠 One person rent	$1024	$764
🏘️ Family rent	$1880	$1542
🍽️ Food expenses	$567	$505
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.5	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2931	$2738
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	96	72
😀 Quality of life	89	92
🏙️ Population	196K	620K

The cost of living in Brussels is 20% more expensive than in Leipzig. Cities ranked 2354th and 3353rd ($1816 vs $1516) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 271st 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 14th in Germany, while ranked 190th and 87th 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	$18.9	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.1	$63.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.16	$4.42
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$3.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$2.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$687
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$770	$504
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1932	$1640
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1489	$1119
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$176
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$271
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.7	$47.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.61%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4675	$3984
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4207	$2535
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.62	$3.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$52.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.8	$17.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$3.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.19	$3.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$14.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$2.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$2.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$4.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.21	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.6	$6.29
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$8.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.54	$1.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.78	$1.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$33.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.2	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.5	$90.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$82.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$975	$372
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19505	$9452

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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 Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1452
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1419
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1353
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1269
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1308
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1284
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1229
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1261
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1295
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1281
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1287
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1350
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1346
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1109
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1278
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1340
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1147
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1222
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1306
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1354
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1309
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1118
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1187
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1388
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$1011
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1221
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1123
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1332
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1215
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1312
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1325
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1355
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1147
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1202
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1356
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1288
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1341
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1326
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1351
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307