Brussels vs Manchester - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Brussels	Manchester
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1869	$1998
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4554	$4556
🏠 One person rent	$1085	$1204
🏘️ Family rent	$1927	$1870
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$491
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.1	$167
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3070	$2742
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	96	91
😀 Quality of life	89	91
🏙️ Population	189K	548K

The cost of living in Brussels is 6% less expensive than in Manchester. Cities ranked 2147th and 1798th ($1869 vs $1998) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 57th in Belgium and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Belgium vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Brussels compared to 1.4 months in Manchester. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Manchester ranked 11th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 148th and 110th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Manchester

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	Brussels	Manchester
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.3	$66.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$9.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.38	$6.11
☕ Cappuccino	$3.91	$4.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$2.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$968	$1274
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$834	$892
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1848	$2104
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1555	$1386
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$169	$198
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$258	$303
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.2	$36.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.39%	6.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4416	$5073
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3736	$3410
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.69	$2.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$97.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$2.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$1.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.29	$3.97
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$8.66
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$7.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$3.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$3.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$3.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.11	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.73	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.52	$3.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.76	$14.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$6.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.75	$5.37
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.97	$2.3
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.87	$1.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.9	$32.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.3	$86
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.8	$12.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$82.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$87.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$978	$1559
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23098	$13845

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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 Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1819
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1793
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1807
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1795
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1753
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1652
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1758
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1526
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1607
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1711
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1703
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$1932
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1588
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1644
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1358
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1708
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1689
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1733
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1613
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1527
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1455
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1574
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1675
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1487
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1467
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1623
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1564
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1640
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1746
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1628
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1656
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1564
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1392
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1713
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1715
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1497
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1867
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1652
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1652
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1629