Brussels vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Brussels	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1869	$1757
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4554	$4282
🏠 One person rent	$1085	$956
🏘️ Family rent	$1927	$1804
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.1	$124
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3070	$2979
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	96	60
😀 Quality of life	89	90
🏙️ Population	189K	511K

The cost of living in Brussels is 6% more expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 2147th and 2467th ($1869 vs $1757) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 27th 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 1.7 months in Nuremberg. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Nuremberg ranked 23rd in Germany, while ranked 148th and 131st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Nuremberg

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	Brussels	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$16.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.3	$76.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$10.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.38	$4.31
☕ Cappuccino	$3.91	$3.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$3.67
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$968	$802
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$834	$677
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1848	$1508
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1555	$1419
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$169	$203
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$258	$317
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.2	$50.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.39%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4416	$6975
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3736	$5812
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.69	$3.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$53.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$19.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$1.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.22
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$2.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$2.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.29	$3.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$16.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$16.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$2.42
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$2.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$2.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$2.02
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.11	$2.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.73	$5.41
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.52	$1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.76	$8.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.75	$2.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.97	$1.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.87	$1.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.9	$34.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$13.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.3	$43.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.8	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$98.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$88.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$978	$496
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23098	$13846

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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 Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1663
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1655
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1614
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1616
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1854
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1702
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1587
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1632
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1504
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1473
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1418
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1212
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1385
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1469
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1398
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1472
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1437
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1546
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1517
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1481
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1577
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1415
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1568
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1438
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1515
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1504
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1469
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1216
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1526
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1470
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1225
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1607
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1576
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1578
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1479
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1634
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1378
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1663
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1013
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1594