Brussels vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Brussels	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1869	$811
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4554	$2103
🏠 One person rent	$1085	$389
🏘️ Family rent	$1927	$788
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$234
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.1	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3070	$733
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	96	82
😀 Quality of life	89	66
🏙️ Population	189K	5.38M

The cost of living in Brussels is 131% more expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 2147th and 6353rd ($1869 vs $811) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Belgium and Russia, respectively. Check Belgium vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Brussels compared to 0.9 months in Saint Petersburg. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 148th and 4239th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Saint Petersburg

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	Brussels	Saint Petersburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$6.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.3	$28.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$4.23
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.38	$2.78
☕ Cappuccino	$3.91	$2.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$0.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$968	$526
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$834	$274
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1848	$1068
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1555	$598
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$169	$58.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$258	$89.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.2	$5.55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.39%	11.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4416	$3262
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3736	$1917
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.69	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$36.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$6.39
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$0.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.29	$1.4
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$9.26
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$7.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$1.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$2.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.11	$1.67
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.73	$6.31
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.52	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.76	$2.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.75	$3.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.97	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.87	$1.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.9	$32.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$4.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.3	$21.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.8	$8.06
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$93.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$978	$352
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23098	$6504

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Cities near Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1682
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1524
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1659
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1652
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1593
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1619
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1644
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1669
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1599
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1743
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1648
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$1825
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1640
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1567
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1645
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1613
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1544
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1630
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1619
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1553
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1575
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1581
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1678
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1618
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1469
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1563
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1568
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1533
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1484
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1517
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1539
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1426
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1536
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1536
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1511
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1413
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1596
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1631
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1570
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1650

Cities near Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$814
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$906
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1121
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$694
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1358
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$933
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1366
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1349
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1376
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1218
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$920
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1330
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1277
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$461
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1163
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1396
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1491
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1089
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1632
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1736
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1403
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1498
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$532
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1825
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1194
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1499
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1291
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$1907
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1464
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1335
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$909
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1519
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1317
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1257
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1414
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1475
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1363
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1570
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$982
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1438