Brussels vs Rome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Brussels	Rome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2028	$2020
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4874	$4683
🏠 One person rent	$1133	$1128
🏘️ Family rent	$1958	$1938
🍽️ Food expenses	$649	$543
🚐 Transport expenses	$97.4	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3458	$2219
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	96	91
😀 Quality of life	91	89
🏙️ Population	196K	2.75M

The cost of living in Brussels is 0.4% more expensive than in Rome. Cities ranked 1913th and 1942nd ($2028 vs $2020) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Belgium and Italy, respectively. Check Belgium vs Italy comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Brussels compared to 1.1 months in Rome. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Rome ranked 1st in Italy, while ranked 165th and 292nd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Brussels vs Rome infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/brussels/rome.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Brussels vs Rome infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/brussels/rome" target="_blank">Brussels vs Rome - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Brussels vs Rome

Prices for goods and services in Brussels and Rome are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Brussels	Rome
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.6	$17.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$77.4	$72
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.1	$11.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.38	$5.92
☕ Cappuccino	$4.55	$2.25
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.18	$2.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1090	$1313
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$879	$865
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1983	$2374
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1587	$1513
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$155	$143
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$235	$222
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.3	$31.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.23%	3.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4704	$8120
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3801	$3992
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.93	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$63.9	$40.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.7	$17.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$1.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.66	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$2.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.86	$4.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$18.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.7	$21.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$2.76
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$2.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$2.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.7	$3.32
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$1.87
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.76	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.57	$2.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.21	$6.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.34	$1.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.2	$7.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.07	$4.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.49	$3.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.32	$3.17
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$64.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$10.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.9	$126
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.8	$20.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$102	$84.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$93
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1055	$558
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22658	$10916

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Rome

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.7 km or 1.7 mi	Vatican City	$1153
19 km or 12 mi	Frascati	$1747
34 km or 21 mi	Ladispoli	$1680
44 km or 27 mi	Cisterna di Latina	$1479
47 km or 29 mi	Colleferro	$1413
51 km or 32 mi	Anzio	$1376
59 km or 37 mi	Latina	$1345
61 km or 38 mi	Civitavecchia	$1586
65 km or 40 mi	Rieti	$1392
66 km or 41 mi	Viterbo	$1404
76 km or 47 mi	Terni	$1101
78 km or 48 mi	Frosinone	$1145
80 km or 49 mi	Avezzano	$1128
91 km or 56 mi	L'Aquila	$1381
93 km or 58 mi	Terracina	$1462
120 km or 74 mi	Foligno	$1307
132 km or 82 mi	Teramo	$1264
136 km or 84 mi	Perugia	$1215
140 km or 87 mi	Ascoli Piceno	$1340
148 km or 92 mi	Chieti	$1463
156 km or 97 mi	Pescara	$1166
170 km or 106 mi	Aversa	$1191
173 km or 107 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1170
174 km or 108 mi	Fermo	$1429
175 km or 109 mi	Macerata	$1271
178 km or 111 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1389
179 km or 112 mi	Caserta	$1291
181 km or 113 mi	Arezzo	$1365
183 km or 114 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1381
184 km or 115 mi	Siena	$1650
185 km or 115 mi	Campobasso	$1084
187 km or 116 mi	Civitanova Marche	$1438
189 km or 117 mi	Naples	$1605
209 km or 130 mi	Ancona	$1412
210 km or 130 mi	Benevento	$1299
213 km or 133 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1466
221 km or 137 mi	Avellino	$1217
221 km or 137 mi	Fano	$1325
226 km or 140 mi	Amalfi	$1689
227 km or 141 mi	San Marino City	$1323