Brussels vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Brussels	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1869	$1011
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4554	$2876
🏠 One person rent	$1085	$394
🏘️ Family rent	$1927	$948
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.1	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3070	$1496
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	96	95
😀 Quality of life	89	88
🏙️ Population	189K	4.36M

The cost of living in Brussels is 85% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 2147th and 5229th ($1869 vs $1011) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Belgium and Taiwan, respectively. Check Belgium vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Brussels compared to 1.5 months in New Taipei. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 148th and 181st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs New Taipei

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	Brussels	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$4.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.3	$28.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$4.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.38	$1.81
☕ Cappuccino	$3.91	$2.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$968	$342
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$834	$302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1848	$1097
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1555	$766
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$169	$61.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$258	$94.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.2	$22.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.39%	1.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4416	$9649
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3736	$5036
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.69	$0.79
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$39.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$8.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$2.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$4.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.29	$2.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$7.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$23.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$5.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$2.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$2.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.17
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.11	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.73	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.52	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.76	$3.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$9.74
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.75	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.97	$2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.87	$2.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.9	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$9.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.3	$35.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.8	$16.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$60.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$84.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$978	$503
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23098	$11035

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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 New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1169
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$861
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$860
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$863
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$917
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$860
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$746
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$995
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$890
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$857
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$791
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$725
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$664
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$675
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$952
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$913
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$694
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1114
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$689
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$676
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$744
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$851
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$787
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$721
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$678
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$735
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1115
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$667
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$741
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$719
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$655
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$811
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$725
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$644
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$588
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$721
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$589