Brussels vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brussels	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1816	$2267
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4478	$5517
🏠 One person rent	$1024	$1318
🏘️ Family rent	$1880	$2636
🍽️ Food expenses	$567	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.5	$253
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2931	$3146
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	96	99
😀 Quality of life	89	95
🏙️ Population	196K	2.15M

The cost of living in Brussels is 20% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 2354th and 1222nd ($1816 vs $2267) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st 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 190th and 25th 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	$18.9	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.1	$61.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$12.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.16	$7.55
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$4.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$3.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$1388
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$770	$1086
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1932	$3084
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1489	$2210
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.7	$32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.61%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4675	$12726
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4207	$8943
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.62	$2.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$90.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.8	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.19	$5.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$3.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$4.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$2.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$2.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.21	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.6	$9.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$12.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.54	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$2.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.78	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.2	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.5	$109
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$975	$738
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19505	$16193

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Cities near Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1651
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1663
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1667
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1692
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1580
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1647
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1642
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1660
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1539
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1685
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1618
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$1788
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1626
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1556
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1615
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1594
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1541
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1607
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1585
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1536
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1599
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1560
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1663
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1683
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1446
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1492
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1537
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1523
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1461
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1488
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1530
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1362
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1509
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1520
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1475
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1514
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1578
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1613
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1488
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1640

Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1276
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1693
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1672
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2123
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1861
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1449
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2081
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1891
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1619
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1726
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1813
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1660
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1543
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1637
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1752
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1603
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1638
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1621
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1582
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1844
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1653
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1596
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1278
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1439
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1317
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1754
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1230
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1343
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1403
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1202
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1182
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1159
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1192
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1329
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1126
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1458
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1169
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1382
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1219
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1293