Brussels vs Reykjavik - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brussels	Reykjavik
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1816	$2938
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4478	$5875
🏠 One person rent	$1024	$1801
🏘️ Family rent	$1880	$2674
🍽️ Food expenses	$567	$827
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.5	$90.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2931	$3761
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	96	53
😀 Quality of life	89	89
🏙️ Population	196K	140K

The cost of living in Brussels is 38% less expensive than in Reykjavik. Cities ranked 2354th and 200th ($1816 vs $2938) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Belgium and Iceland, respectively. Check Belgium vs Iceland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Brussels compared to 1.3 months in Reykjavik. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Reykjavik ranked 1st in Iceland, while ranked 190th and 194th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Reykjavik

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	Brussels	Reykjavik
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$21.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.1	$137
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$17.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.16	$10.8
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$5.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$3.09
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$1839
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$770	$1650
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1932	$2869
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1489	$2456
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$42.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$64.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.7	$71.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.61%	9.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4675	$6649
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4207	$5599
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.62	$4.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$75.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.8	$26.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$2.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$3.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$3.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.19	$5.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$15.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$20.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$37
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$2.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$2.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$2.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$4.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$3.26
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$2.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.21	$2.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.6	$21.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$3.26
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.54	$5.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$4.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.78	$3.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$73.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$15.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$82.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.2	$45.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.5	$128
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$162
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$975	$279
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19505	$2532

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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 Reykjavik

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	Kopavogur	$2802
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Hafnarfjorur	$2817
38 km or 24 mi	Keflavik	$2355
247 km or 153 mi	Akureyri	$2678
795 km or 494 mi	Torshavn	$1828
1204 km or 748 mi	Inverness	$1722
1230 km or 764 mi	Elgin	$1393
1300 km or 808 mi	Derry	$1390
1309 km or 813 mi	Greenock	$1601
1321 km or 821 mi	Aberdeen	$1614
1325 km or 823 mi	Perth	$1500
1328 km or 825 mi	Stirling	$1604
1331 km or 827 mi	Paisley	$1765
1333 km or 828 mi	Alloa	$1649
1337 km or 831 mi	Glasgow	$2011
1339 km or 832 mi	Dundee	$1482
1340 km or 833 mi	Omagh	$1562
1341 km or 833 mi	Cumbernauld	$1475
1342 km or 834 mi	Irvine	$1551
1348 km or 838 mi	East Kilbride	$1763
1349 km or 838 mi	Kilmarnock	$1480
1351 km or 839 mi	Dunfermline	$1692
1353 km or 841 mi	Hamilton	$1699
1357 km or 843 mi	Ayr	$1404
1360 km or 845 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1610
1365 km or 848 mi	Livingston	$1608
1372 km or 852 mi	Edinburgh	$2140
1382 km or 859 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692
1387 km or 862 mi	Belfast	$1755
1390 km or 864 mi	Bangor	$1382
1391 km or 864 mi	Lisburn	$1713
1401 km or 871 mi	Alesund	$1603
1413 km or 878 mi	Galway	$2297
1425 km or 886 mi	Dundalk	$1767
1431 km or 889 mi	Dumfries	$1246
1433 km or 891 mi	Nuuk	$2031
1441 km or 895 mi	Molde	$1813
1454 km or 903 mi	Kristiansund	$1700
1455 km or 904 mi	Drogheda	$2628
1455 km or 904 mi	Bergen	$2006