Brussels vs Ramallah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brussels	Ramallah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1816	$996
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4478	$2359
🏠 One person rent	$1024	$434
🏘️ Family rent	$1880	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$567	$393
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.5	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2931	$973
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	96	56
😀 Quality of life	89	51
🏙️ Population	196K	39K

The cost of living in Brussels is 82% more expensive than in Ramallah. Cities ranked 2354th and 5524th ($1816 vs $996) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Belgium and the Palestine, respectively. Check Belgium vs the Palestine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Brussels compared to 1 months in Ramallah. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Ramallah ranked 1st in the Palestine, while ranked 190th and 6159th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Ramallah

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	Brussels	Ramallah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$9.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.1	$43.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$10
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.16	$5.56
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$3.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$0.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$402
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$770	$317
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1932	$776
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1489	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$60.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$93.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.7	$39.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.61%	6.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4675	$1126
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4207	$922
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.62	$2.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$77.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.8	$16.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$1.02
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.19	$3.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$7.18
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$8.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$17.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$2.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.74
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.06
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.21	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.6	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$2.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$7.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$5.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.54	$4.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$2.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.78	$4.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$68.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$8.36
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$29.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.2	$6.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.5	$74.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$98.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$975	$190
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19505	$4230

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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 Ramallah

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.9 mi	Jerusalem	$2114
21 km or 13 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1915
21 km or 13 mi	Bethlehem	$905
23 km or 14 mi	Ariel	$1556
26 km or 16 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1506
29 km or 18 mi	Lod	$1891
31 km or 19 mi	Ramla	$2123
32 km or 20 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1919
32 km or 20 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1927
34 km or 21 mi	Yehud	$1930
36 km or 22 mi	Nablus	$877
36 km or 23 mi	Petah Tikva	$1853
37 km or 23 mi	Rehovot	$1811
38 km or 23 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1894
38 km or 24 mi	Ness Ziona	$1943
38 km or 24 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2028
39 km or 24 mi	Qalqilya	$761
40 km or 25 mi	Bnei Brak	$2072
41 km or 26 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2035
41 km or 26 mi	Hebron	$762
41 km or 26 mi	Givatayim	$2156
42 km or 26 mi	Ramat Gan	$2232
42 km or 26 mi	Kfar Saba	$1965
43 km or 27 mi	Holon	$1834
43 km or 27 mi	Tel Aviv	$2306
44 km or 27 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1912
44 km or 27 mi	Tira	$1931
44 km or 27 mi	Yavne	$1884
44 km or 28 mi	Herzliya	$2145
45 km or 28 mi	Bat Yam	$1890
45 km or 28 mi	Ra'anana	$1990
45 km or 28 mi	Tayibe	$1902
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
46 km or 29 mi	Dura	$813
52 km or 32 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
52 km or 33 mi	Al-Salt	$552
53 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1837
58 km or 36 mi	Netanya	$2138
60 km or 37 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1782
65 km or 41 mi	Ashkelon	$1511