Brussels vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Brussels	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1869	$2623
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4554	$6220
🏠 One person rent	$1085	$1671
🏘️ Family rent	$1927	$3099
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$671
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.1	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3070	$4605
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	96	78
😀 Quality of life	89	87
🏙️ Population	189K	689K

The cost of living in Brussels is 29% less expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 2147th and 489th ($1869 vs $2623) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 441st in Belgium and the United States, respectively. Check Belgium vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Brussels compared to 1.8 months in Nashville. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Nashville ranked 46th in the United States, while ranked 148th and 198th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Nashville

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	Brussels	Nashville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$18.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.3	$77.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.38	$6.66
☕ Cappuccino	$3.91	$5.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$2.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$968	$1839
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$834	$1401
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1848	$3812
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1555	$2623
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$169	$107
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$258	$164
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.2	$75.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.39%	6.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4416	$3579
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3736	$3234
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.69	$2.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$69.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$17.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$0.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$3.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$5.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.29	$3.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$15.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$16.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$6.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$2.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$5.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$4.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$3.09
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.11	$3.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.73	$15.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.52	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.76	$8.06
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.75	$4.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.97	$3.42
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.87	$1.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.9	$42.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.3	$90
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.8	$23.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$54
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$978	$1334
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23098	$20441

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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 Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2438
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2367
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2345
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2312
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2300
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2255
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2293
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2260
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2534
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2155
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$1968
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$1987
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2220
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1651
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1766
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1725
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$2004
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1817
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$2123
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$2386
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$2546
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1313
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$2045
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1702
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$1941
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1812
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$1985
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1785
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1742
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1768
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1933
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2026
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$1515
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1910
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1487
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1768
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$2142
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$1972
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$2120
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1675