Brussels vs Medina - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Brussels	Medina
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1869	$892
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4554	$2228
🏠 One person rent	$1085	$391
🏘️ Family rent	$1927	$692
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$307
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.1	$91.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3070	$1519
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	96	20
😀 Quality of life	89	52
🏙️ Population	189K	1.18M

The cost of living in Brussels is 110% more expensive than in Medina. Cities ranked 2147th and 6017th ($1869 vs $892) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 15th in Belgium and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Belgium vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Brussels compared to 1.7 months in Medina. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Medina ranked 9th in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 148th and 6150th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Medina

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	Brussels	Medina
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$6.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.3	$26.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$6.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.38	$1.33
☕ Cappuccino	$3.91	$3.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$968	$391
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$834	$208
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1848	$1101
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1555	$356
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$169	$74.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$258	$116
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.2	$71.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.39%	3%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4416	$1695
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3736	$1066
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.69	$0.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$54
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$8.02
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$0.5
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$0.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$2.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.29	$2.36
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$5.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$7.13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$1.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$2.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$1.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.88
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.11	$1.84
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.73	$2.66
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.52	$2.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.76	$7.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$5.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.75	$3.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.97	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.87	$3.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.9	$79
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$17.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.3	$26.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.8	$2.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$41.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$78.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$978	$405
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23098	$9496

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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 Medina

Distance	City	Cost of living
168 km or 104 mi	Yanbu	$844
328 km or 204 mi	Jeddah	$1100
339 km or 211 mi	Mecca	$1032
378 km or 235 mi	Al Wajh	$879
398 km or 247 mi	Ha'il	$996
422 km or 262 mi	Ar Rass	$860
477 km or 296 mi	Unaizah	$1013
531 km or 330 mi	Tabuk	$1000
585 km or 363 mi	Bisha	$938
593 km or 368 mi	Port Sudan	$1361
595 km or 370 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$857
615 km or 382 mi	Sakakah	$854
650 km or 404 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$603
657 km or 408 mi	Hurghada	$434
661 km or 411 mi	Bareq	$920
675 km or 419 mi	El Gouna	$440
676 km or 420 mi	Dahab	$625
680 km or 423 mi	Aswan	$280
714 km or 444 mi	Luxor	$404
717 km or 446 mi	Qena	$443
719 km or 447 mi	Riyadh	$1642
723 km or 449 mi	Aqaba	$692
729 km or 453 mi	Eilat	$1583
742 km or 461 mi	Ma'an	$583
757 km or 470 mi	Abha	$923
758 km or 471 mi	As Sulayyil	$1085
810 km or 503 mi	Tafilah	$642
827 km or 514 mi	Sohag	$449
839 km or 522 mi	Al-Karak	$735
861 km or 535 mi	Dimona	$1703
870 km or 540 mi	Arad	$1678
890 km or 553 mi	Beersheba	$1523
896 km or 557 mi	Asyut	$421
901 km or 560 mi	Hebron	$737
902 km or 561 mi	Dura	$802
902 km or 561 mi	Ofakim	$1671
905 km or 562 mi	Rahat	$1687
906 km or 563 mi	Amman	$981
907 km or 564 mi	Najran	$1047
913 km or 567 mi	Bethlehem	$964