Brussels vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Brussels	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1869	$2188
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4554	$5197
🏠 One person rent	$1085	$1327
🏘️ Family rent	$1927	$2400
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$507
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.1	$203
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3070	$3867
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	96	91
😀 Quality of life	89	94
🏙️ Population	189K	1.49M

The cost of living in Brussels is 15% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 2147th and 1315th ($1869 vs $2188) 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 1.6 months in Brussels compared to 1.8 months in Munich. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Munich ranked 9th in Germany, while ranked 148th and 48th 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	$18	$14.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.3	$68
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.38	$4.78
☕ Cappuccino	$3.91	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$3.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$968	$1411
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$834	$1028
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1848	$2472
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1555	$1982
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$169	$177
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$258	$276
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.2	$45.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.39%	3.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4416	$11808
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3736	$8614
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.69	$4.02
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$53
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$24.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$2.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$2.49
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.29	$3.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$2.65
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$2.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$2.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$2.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.11	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.73	$6.31
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.52	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.76	$8.57
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.75	$3.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.97	$1.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.87	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.9	$45.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$14.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.3	$74.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.8	$18.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$95.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$97.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$978	$922
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23098	$18334

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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 Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1803
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1758
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1794
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1763
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1755
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1748
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1728
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1603
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1698
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1608
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1576
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1733
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1634
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1668
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1206
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1660
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1646
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1751
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1663
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1560
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1537
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1663
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1481
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1533
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1517
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1575
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1505
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1937
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1516
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1568
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1720
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1587
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1585
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1438
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1582
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1487
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1546
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1585
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1691
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1599