Brussels vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brussels	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1816	$346
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4478	$824
🏠 One person rent	$1024	$130
🏘️ Family rent	$1880	$221
🍽️ Food expenses	$567	$130
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.5	$52
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2931	$190
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	96	48
😀 Quality of life	89	40
🏙️ Population	196K	1.97M

The cost of living in Brussels is 424% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 2354th and 9093rd ($1816 vs $346) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 20th in Belgium and Pakistan, respectively. Check Belgium vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Brussels compared to 0.5 months in Peshawar. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Peshawar ranked 5th in Pakistan, while ranked 190th and 6958th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Peshawar

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	Brussels	Peshawar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$2.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.1	$10.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$3.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.16	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$1.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$0.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$106
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$770	$47.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1932	$207
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1489	$95.2
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$60.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.7	$10.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.61%	21.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4675	$177
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4207	$148
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.62	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$7.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.8	$6.36
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$0.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.19	$1.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$3.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$3.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$3.71
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$1.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$0.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$0.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.21	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.6	$1.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$1.6
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$1.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$0.72
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.54	$1.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.78	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$10.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.2	$1.87
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.5	$13.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$39.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$975	$30
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19505	$518

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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 Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$379
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$366
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$303
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$382
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$364
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$442
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$366
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$386
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$474
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$354
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$458
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$273
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$373
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$389
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$389
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$380
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$354
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$292
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$306
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$308
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$281
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$342
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$321
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$287
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$305
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$411
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$394
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$300
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$383
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$361
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$392
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$355
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$356
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$358
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596