Brussels vs Mississauga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Brussels	Mississauga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1869	$2600
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4554	$5364
🏠 One person rent	$1085	$1758
🏘️ Family rent	$1927	$2784
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.1	$205
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3070	$3328
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	96	92
😀 Quality of life	89	93
🏙️ Population	189K	722K

The cost of living in Brussels is 28% less expensive than in Mississauga. Cities ranked 2147th and 528th ($1869 vs $2600) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Belgium and Canada, respectively. Check Belgium vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Brussels compared to 1.3 months in Mississauga. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Mississauga ranked 5th in Canada, while ranked 148th and 65th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Mississauga

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	Brussels	Mississauga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.3	$81.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$9.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.38	$5.49
☕ Cappuccino	$3.91	$3.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$1.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$968	$1751
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$834	$1547
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1848	$2747
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1555	$2501
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$169	$113
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$258	$176
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.2	$56.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.39%	7.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4416	$8553
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3736	$7862
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.69	$2.98
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$97
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$32
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$2.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$2.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.29	$3.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$15.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$9.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$3.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$2.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$3.32
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$2.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.11	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.73	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.52	$2.48
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.76	$11.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$8.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.75	$4.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.97	$2.3
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.87	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.9	$50.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$13.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.3	$41
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.8	$11.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$56.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$84.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$978	$657
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23098	$14670

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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 Mississauga

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.2 mi	Brampton	$2128
17 km or 10 mi	Oakville	$2192
23 km or 14 mi	Toronto	$2576
24 km or 15 mi	Halton Hills	$2114
29 km or 18 mi	Vaughan	$2390
33 km or 20 mi	Burlington	$2293
36 km or 23 mi	Richmond Hill	$2622
42 km or 26 mi	Hamilton	$2244
45 km or 28 mi	Markham	$2358
49 km or 30 mi	Guelph	$2218
51 km or 32 mi	Orangeville	$2073
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$2082
57 km or 35 mi	Ajax	$2578
57 km or 36 mi	St. Catharines	$2032
60 km or 37 mi	Cambridge	$2125
68 km or 42 mi	Brantford	$1949
69 km or 43 mi	Kitchener	$2084
71 km or 44 mi	Waterloo	$2217
72 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1862
72 km or 45 mi	Oshawa	$1598
76 km or 47 mi	Niagara Falls	$1510
76 km or 47 mi	Welland	$1734
86 km or 53 mi	Grand Island	$1821
88 km or 55 mi	Barrie	$1408
89 km or 55 mi	North Tonawanda	$1879
93 km or 58 mi	Lockport	$1915
98 km or 61 mi	Amherst	$2072
101 km or 63 mi	Buffalo	$2194
107 km or 66 mi	Cheektowaga	$2127
108 km or 67 mi	West Seneca	$2156
109 km or 68 mi	Stratford	$1816
110 km or 68 mi	Clarence	$2031
113 km or 70 mi	Orillia	$2004
113 km or 70 mi	Lancaster	$2074
115 km or 72 mi	Hamburg	$2085
119 km or 74 mi	Orchard Park	$2097
132 km or 82 mi	Peterborough	$2049
146 km or 91 mi	London	$2067
149 km or 92 mi	Owen Sound	$1738
163 km or 101 mi	Chili	$2151