Brussels vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Brussels	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1869	$2231
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4554	$5578
🏠 One person rent	$1085	$1253
🏘️ Family rent	$1927	$2603
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$599
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.1	$247
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3070	$3155
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	96	99
😀 Quality of life	89	94
🏙️ Population	189K	2.15M

The cost of living in Brussels is 16% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 2147th and 1216th ($1869 vs $2231) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Belgium and France, respectively. Check Belgium vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Brussels compared to 1.4 months in Paris. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 148th and 33rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Paris

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	Brussels	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$18.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.3	$68.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$12.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.38	$8.14
☕ Cappuccino	$3.91	$4.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$3.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$968	$1417
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$834	$1007
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1848	$3026
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1555	$2200
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$169	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$258	$206
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.2	$32.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.39%	3.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4416	$12958
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3736	$9199
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.69	$2.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$91.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$21.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$1.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$2.03
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.29	$5.08
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$19.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$15.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$24.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$3.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$2.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$3.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$4.22
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$2.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.11	$2.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.73	$9.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.52	$2.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.76	$12.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$4.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.75	$3.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.97	$2.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.87	$3.11
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.9	$41.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$13.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.3	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.8	$17.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$100
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$978	$838
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23098	$16502

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1273
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1663
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1582
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2023
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1835
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1445
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2256
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1854
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1605
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1714
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1819
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1647
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1534
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1633
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1743
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1583
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1667
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1602
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1625
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1868
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1641
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1592
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1323
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1518
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1345
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1586
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1278
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1465
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1305
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1239
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1151
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1139
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1166
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1393
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1218
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1526
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1129
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1206
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1265
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1381