Brussels vs Sacramento - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Brussels	Sacramento
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2065	$2846
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4988	$6548
🏠 One person rent	$1165	$1798
🏘️ Family rent	$2046	$3108
🍽️ Food expenses	$658	$723
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.4	$146
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3697	$4529
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	96	54
😀 Quality of life	92	87
🏙️ Population	196K	525K

The cost of living in Brussels is 27% less expensive than in Sacramento. Cities ranked 1872nd and 346th ($2065 vs $2846) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 285th in Belgium and the United States, respectively. Check Belgium vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Brussels compared to 1.6 months in Sacramento. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Sacramento ranked 116th in the United States, while ranked 99th and 376th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

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

Prices in Brussels vs Sacramento

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

	Brussels	Sacramento
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$24.7	$20.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.5	$80.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.7	$10.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.48	$8
☕ Cappuccino	$4.55	$5.6
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.46	$2.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1092	$1821
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$909	$1445
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1988	$3355
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1675	$2567
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$201
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$306
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$58.9	$77.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.39%	6.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5177	$4818
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3603	$3673
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.95	$2.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$64.8	$99.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.7	$19.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.98	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$4.23
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$4.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.89	$4.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$15.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$17.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21	$19.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$5.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$4.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$6.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$3.94
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$3.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.76	$1.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.64	$3.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.72	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.5	$2.67
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.6	$11.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$9.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.15	$7.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.52	$4.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.37	$3.28
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.9	$48.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.7	$16.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.2	$132
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.9	$24.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$104	$58.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$95.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1225	$1458
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19894	$23546

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	$1920
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1932
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1939
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1993
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1853
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1906
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1900
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1917
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1866
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1894
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1860
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$2050
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1886
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1854
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1910
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1838
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1877
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1851
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1834
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1785
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1864
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1809
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1890
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1920
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1706
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1702
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1796
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1772
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1692
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1815
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1734
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1830
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1763
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1766
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1734
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1727
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1887
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1849
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1742
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1857

Cities near Sacramento

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.6 km or 2.9 mi	West Sacramento	$2693
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Parkway-South Sacramento	$2733
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Arden-Arcade	$2691
16 km or 9.9 mi	Rancho Cordova	$2750
18 km or 11 mi	Elk Grove	$2807
21 km or 13 mi	Citrus Heights	$2786
22 km or 14 mi	Davis	$2962
26 km or 16 mi	Roseville	$2933
27 km or 17 mi	Woodland	$2781
30 km or 19 mi	Folsom	$2736
33 km or 20 mi	Rocklin	$2649
33 km or 20 mi	Dixon	$2906
38 km or 24 mi	Lincoln	$2687
38 km or 24 mi	Galt	$2813
49 km or 30 mi	Vacaville	$3187
53 km or 33 mi	Lodi	$2687
59 km or 37 mi	Suisun	$3097
61 km or 38 mi	Fairfield	$3339
62 km or 39 mi	Placerville	$2776
63 km or 39 mi	Yuba	$2162
67 km or 42 mi	Oakley	$2962
69 km or 43 mi	Stockton	$2280
69 km or 43 mi	Antioch	$3136
70 km or 44 mi	Pittsburg	$2939
74 km or 46 mi	Brentwood	$3004
77 km or 48 mi	Napa	$3454
82 km or 51 mi	Benicia	$2807
82 km or 51 mi	Concord	$2783
84 km or 52 mi	Martinez	$2929
85 km or 53 mi	Vallejo	$2380
85 km or 53 mi	Pleasant Hill	$2780
86 km or 53 mi	Lathrop	$2658
89 km or 55 mi	Manteca	$2651
90 km or 56 mi	Walnut Creek	$2984
91 km or 56 mi	Sonoma	$3064
93 km or 58 mi	Tracy	$2089
94 km or 58 mi	Hercules	$2893
94 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2929
95 km or 59 mi	Danville	$3778
98 km or 61 mi	San Ramon	$2859