Brussels vs Pune - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brussels	Pune
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1816	$513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4478	$1306
🏠 One person rent	$1024	$202
🏘️ Family rent	$1880	$429
🍽️ Food expenses	$567	$203
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.5	$62.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2931	$1236
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	96	58
😀 Quality of life	89	62
🏙️ Population	196K	5.95M

The cost of living in Brussels is 254% more expensive than in Pune. Cities ranked 2354th and 8539th ($1816 vs $513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th in Belgium and India, respectively. Check Belgium vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Brussels compared to 2.4 months in Pune. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Pune ranked 8th in India, while ranked 190th and 4894th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Pune

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	Brussels	Pune
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$4.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.1	$20.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$4.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.16	$2.3
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$2.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$232
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$770	$160
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1932	$542
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1489	$354
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$18.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$28.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.7	$9.39
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.61%	9.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4675	$2017
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4207	$1168
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.62	$0.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$11.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.8	$3.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$0.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$0.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.19	$1.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$6.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$3.94
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$7.14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$2.53
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$0.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$0.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.21	$1.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.6	$9.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$2.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$4.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$1.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.54	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$2.6
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.78	$1.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$17.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$4.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.2	$2.27
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.5	$30.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$54.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$975	$94.3
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19505	$1975

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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 Pune

Distance	City	Cost of living
94 km or 58 mi	Satara	$304
106 km or 66 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
110 km or 68 mi	Kalyan	$381
119 km or 74 mi	Mumbai	$716
119 km or 74 mi	Thane	$501
120 km or 75 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
153 km or 95 mi	Vasai	$284
165 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$333
199 km or 123 mi	Sangli	$292
206 km or 128 mi	Kolhapur	$307
213 km or 132 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304
216 km or 134 mi	Aurangabad	$350
237 km or 147 mi	Solapur	$293
237 km or 147 mi	Malegaon	$378
273 km or 169 mi	Bijapur	$340
287 km or 179 mi	Navsari	$286
288 km or 179 mi	Latur	$397
303 km or 188 mi	Belgaum	$473
314 km or 195 mi	Surat	$771
330 km or 205 mi	Jalgaon	$348
338 km or 210 mi	Panjim	$401
342 km or 212 mi	Gulbarga	$250
347 km or 215 mi	Mormugao	$492
361 km or 224 mi	Margao	$430
366 km or 227 mi	Hubli	$359
373 km or 232 mi	Nanded	$315
403 km or 250 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
411 km or 255 mi	Akola	$295
426 km or 265 mi	Vadodara	$376
447 km or 278 mi	Nizamabad	$294
452 km or 281 mi	Hospet	$272
474 km or 295 mi	Godhra	$371
476 km or 296 mi	Nadiad	$382
480 km or 299 mi	Mahbubnagar	$357
486 km or 302 mi	Adoni	$366
488 km or 303 mi	Amravati	$296
501 km or 312 mi	Davanagere	$292
504 km or 313 mi	Hyderabad	$464
505 km or 314 mi	Secunderabad	$395
511 km or 318 mi	Indore	$367