Brussels vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Brussels	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2028	$334
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4874	$809
🏠 One person rent	$1133	$119
🏘️ Family rent	$1958	$193
🍽️ Food expenses	$649	$136
🚐 Transport expenses	$97.4	$40.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3458	$113
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	96	47
😀 Quality of life	91	43
🏙️ Population	196K	1.97M

The cost of living in Brussels is 506% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 1913th and 9121st ($2028 vs $334) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 21st in Belgium and Pakistan, respectively. Check Belgium vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Brussels compared to 0.3 months in Peshawar. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Peshawar ranked 7th in Pakistan, while ranked 165th and 7430th 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	$25.6	$2.81
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$77.4	$12.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.1	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.38	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$4.55	$1.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.18	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1090	$84.3
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$879	$46.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1983	$155
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1587	$85.3
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$155	$54.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$235	$82.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.3	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.23%	18.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4704	$267
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3801	$213
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.93	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$63.9	$7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.7	$3.94
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$0.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.66	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.86	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$3.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$2.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.7	$3.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$1.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$0.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$0.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.7	$0.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$0.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.76	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.57	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.21	$1.74
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.34	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.2	$1.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$0.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.07	$1.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.49	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.32	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$9.69
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$3.56
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.9	$10.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.8	$1.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$102	$13.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$61.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1055	$28.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22658	$2261

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Cities near Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1854
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1876
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1889
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1931
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1758
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1847
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1858
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1870
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1732
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1845
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1816
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$2025
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1835
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1791
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1863
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1787
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1835
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1801
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1806
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1745
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1823
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1768
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1846
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1867
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1571
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1648
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1746
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1737
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1657
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1830
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1696
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1794
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1722
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1724
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1745
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1671
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1867
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1804
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1666
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1818

Cities near Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$364
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$354
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$354
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$344
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$351
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$443
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$393
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$401
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$458
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$277
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$376
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$265
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$320
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$396
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$372
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$363
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$340
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$294
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$333
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$302
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$311
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$351
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$316
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$284
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$303
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$427
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$428
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$291
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$380
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$362
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$403
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$350
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$347
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$337
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684