Brussels vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Brussels	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2065	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4988	$3752
🏠 One person rent	$1165	$959
🏘️ Family rent	$2046	$1694
🍽️ Food expenses	$658	$382
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.4	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3697	$1020
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	28 km
🎓 Higher education	96	96
😀 Quality of life	92	72
🏙️ Population	196K	13.3M

The cost of living in Brussels is 30% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1872nd and 3728th ($2065 vs $1585) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Belgium and Russia, respectively. Check Belgium vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Brussels compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 99th and 3206th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Moscow

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	Brussels	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$24.7	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.5	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.7	$6.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.48	$4.91
☕ Cappuccino	$4.55	$3.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.46	$1.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1092	$1348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$909	$719
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1988	$2372
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1675	$1313
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$58.9	$9.13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.39%	22.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5177	$10959
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3603	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.95	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$64.8	$41.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.7	$6.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.98	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.89	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$6.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$0.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.76	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.64	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.72	$9.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.5	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.6	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.15	$2.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.52	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.37	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.9	$49.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.7	$7.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.2	$33
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.9	$7.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$104	$88.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$146
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1225	$735
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19894	$17546

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Cities near Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1920
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1932
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1939
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1993
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1853
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1906
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1900
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1917
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1866
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1894
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1860
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$2050
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1886
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1854
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1910
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1838
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1877
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1851
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1834
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1785
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1864
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1809
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1890
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1920
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1706
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1702
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1796
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1772
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1692
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1815
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1734
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1830
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1763
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1766
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1734
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1727
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1887
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1849
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1742
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1857

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$978
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$891
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$957
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$910
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$959
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$950
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$726
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$637
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$777
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$905
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$732
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$738
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$695
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$738
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$757
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$696
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$686
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$589
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$597
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$578
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$595
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$680
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$682
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$724
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$335
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$748
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$567
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$505
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$622
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$773
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$585
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$545
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$516
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$757
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$791