Brussels vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Brussels	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2028	$1778
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4874	$4184
🏠 One person rent	$1133	$1098
🏘️ Family rent	$1958	$1897
🍽️ Food expenses	$649	$426
🚐 Transport expenses	$97.4	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3458	$2284
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	96	93
😀 Quality of life	91	89
🏙️ Population	196K	1.4M

The cost of living in Brussels is 14% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 1913th and 2821st ($2028 vs $1778) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Belgium and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Belgium vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Brussels compared to 1.3 months in Prague. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 165th and 277th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Prague

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	Brussels	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.6	$9.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$77.4	$46
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.1	$9.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.38	$2.73
☕ Cappuccino	$4.55	$3.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.18	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1090	$1073
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$879	$830
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1983	$1910
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1587	$1487
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$155	$196
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$235	$303
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.3	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.23%	4.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4704	$10023
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3801	$7034
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.93	$1.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$63.9	$26.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.7	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.66	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$2.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.86	$4.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$10
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.7	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$2.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.7	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$1.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.76	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.57	$1.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.21	$7.36
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.34	$1.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.2	$7.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.07	$4.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.49	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.32	$4.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$69.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.9	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.8	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$102	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1055	$994
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22658	$15329

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1601
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1580
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1564
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1337
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1187
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1104
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1196
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1915
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1211
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1063
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1028
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$986
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1074
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1182
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1489
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1125
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1317
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1209
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1195
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1152
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1427
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1195
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1223
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1216
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1212
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1257
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1473
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1236
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1117
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1103
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1490
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1555
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$953
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1301
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1432
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1308
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1485
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1428
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1284