Brussels vs Mashhad - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brussels	Mashhad
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1816	$508
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4478	$1452
🏠 One person rent	$1024	$169
🏘️ Family rent	$1880	$391
🍽️ Food expenses	$567	$180
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.5	$42.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2931	$216
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	96	46
😀 Quality of life	89	50
🏙️ Population	196K	3M

The cost of living in Brussels is 258% more expensive than in Mashhad. Cities ranked 2354th and 8574th ($1816 vs $508) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 84th in Belgium and Iran, respectively. Check Belgium vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Brussels compared to 0.4 months in Mashhad. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Mashhad ranked 3rd in Iran, while ranked 190th and 6227th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Mashhad

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	Brussels	Mashhad
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$2.51
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.1	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$3.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.16	$0.5
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$1.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$194
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$770	$129
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1932	$493
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1489	$325
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$8.75
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$13.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.7	$18.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.61%	20.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4675	$1263
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4207	$773
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.62	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$4.35
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.8	$4.48
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$0.52
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$0.23
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.19	$1.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$1.79
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$2.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$9.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$0.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$0.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.21	$7.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.6	$0.89
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$5.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.54	$5.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$1.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.78	$2.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$13.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$1.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$95.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.2	$29
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.5	$20.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$89.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$975	$68
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19505	$618

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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 Mashhad

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 45 mi	Nishapur	$509
120 km or 75 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$521
132 km or 82 mi	Quchan	$515
150 km or 93 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$550
157 km or 98 mi	Kashmar	$521
174 km or 108 mi	Sabzevar	$524
202 km or 126 mi	Anau	$1553
212 km or 132 mi	Ashgabat	$1584
240 km or 149 mi	Bojnord	$510
245 km or 152 mi	Mary	$1503
304 km or 189 mi	Baherden	$1541
317 km or 197 mi	Herat	$512
384 km or 239 mi	Birjand	$574
409 km or 254 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$495
411 km or 255 mi	Shahrud	$598
461 km or 287 mi	Gorgan	$685
467 km or 290 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
551 km or 342 mi	Sheberghan	$414
566 km or 351 mi	Semnan	$580
572 km or 355 mi	Bukhara	$431
586 km or 364 mi	Sari	$658
604 km or 375 mi	Qaem Shahr	$554
612 km or 380 mi	Zabol	$552
614 km or 381 mi	Dasoguz	$1535
615 km or 382 mi	Qarshi	$484
620 km or 385 mi	Babol	$458
649 km or 403 mi	Amol	$557
673 km or 418 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
684 km or 425 mi	Lashkargah	$476
685 km or 425 mi	Nukus	$392
687 km or 427 mi	Yazd	$573
703 km or 437 mi	Pardis	$665
710 km or 441 mi	Kerman	$464
719 km or 447 mi	Pakdasht	$680
726 km or 451 mi	Varamin	$651
730 km or 454 mi	Qarchak	$681
733 km or 456 mi	Golestan	$714
737 km or 458 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
738 km or 459 mi	Ray	$710
739 km or 459 mi	Tehran	$788