Brussels vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Brussels	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2028	$2463
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4874	$5699
🏠 One person rent	$1133	$1467
🏘️ Family rent	$1958	$2572
🍽️ Food expenses	$649	$593
🚐 Transport expenses	$97.4	$237
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3458	$3954
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	96	90
😀 Quality of life	91	94
🏙️ Population	196K	1.51M

The cost of living in Brussels is 18% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 1913th and 920th ($2028 vs $2463) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Belgium and Germany, respectively. Check Belgium vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Brussels compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 165th and 61st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Munich

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	Brussels	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.6	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$77.4	$80.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.1	$14.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.38	$5.48
☕ Cappuccino	$4.55	$4.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.18	$4.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1090	$1546
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$879	$1155
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1983	$2816
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1587	$2089
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$155	$191
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$235	$294
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.3	$43.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.23%	4.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4704	$13232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3801	$9526
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.93	$4.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$63.9	$67.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.7	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.66	$2.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$3.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.86	$4.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$17.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$11.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.7	$16.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$2.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.7	$4.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$2.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.76	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.57	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.21	$8.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.34	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.2	$9.75
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.07	$3.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.49	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.32	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$53.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.9	$80.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.8	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$102	$102
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1055	$954
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22658	$14492

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Cities near Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1854
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1876
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1889
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1931
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1758
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1847
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1858
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1870
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1732
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1845
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1816
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$2025
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1835
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1791
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1863
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1787
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1835
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1801
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1806
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1745
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1823
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1768
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1846
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1867
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1571
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1648
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1746
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1737
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1657
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1830
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1696
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1794
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1722
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1724
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1745
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1671
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1867
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1804
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1666
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1818

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1966
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1924
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1956
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1934
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1905
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1901
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1876
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1731
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1842
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1757
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1725
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1854
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1784
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1841
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1298
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1826
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1790
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1954
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1848
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1745
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1664
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1851
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1659
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1655
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1671
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1807
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1597
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2083
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1585
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1697
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1917
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1675
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1706
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1720
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1725
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1654
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1657
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1654
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1904
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1730