Brussels vs San Jose, United States - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Brussels	San Jose
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1869	$3502
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4554	$7476
🏠 One person rent	$1085	$2428
🏘️ Family rent	$1927	$4021
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$717
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.1	$195
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3070	$6928
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	96	87
😀 Quality of life	89	92
🏙️ Population	189K	1.01M

The cost of living in Brussels is 47% less expensive than in San Jose, United States. Cities ranked 2147th and 22nd ($1869 vs $3502) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 20th 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 1.6 months in Brussels compared to 2 months in San Jose, United States. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs San Jose, United States ranked 9th in the United States, while ranked 148th and 69th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Brussels vs San Jose, United States 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/san-jose-us.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Brussels vs San Jose, United States infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/brussels/san-jose-us" target="_blank">Brussels vs San Jose, United States - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Brussels vs San Jose, United States

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

	Brussels	San Jose
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$18.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.3	$87.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$12.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.38	$7.93
☕ Cappuccino	$3.91	$5.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$968	$2372
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$834	$2164
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1848	$4451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1555	$3536
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$169	$137
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$258	$217
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.2	$84.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.39%	6.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4416	$13837
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3736	$9980
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.69	$2.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$108
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$19.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$1.32
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$4.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$4.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.29	$4.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$15.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$14.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$19.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$5.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$2.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$4.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$6.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$3.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$3.01
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.11	$2.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.73	$17.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.52	$2.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.76	$11
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$9.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.75	$6.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.97	$4.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.87	$2.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.9	$88.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$14.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.3	$101
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.8	$19.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$56.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$94
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$978	$1687
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23098	$15889

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	$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 San Jose, United States

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Campbell	$3272
9.7 km or 6.1 mi	Santa Clara	$3301
11 km or 6.8 mi	Los Gatos	$4204
13 km or 8.4 mi	Saratoga	$3222
15 km or 9.1 mi	Milpitas	$3057
15 km or 9.3 mi	Cupertino	$2974
16 km or 10 mi	Sunnyvale	$3184
18 km or 11 mi	Mountain View	$3171
21 km or 13 mi	Los Altos	$3064
27 km or 17 mi	Palo Alto	$3733
27 km or 17 mi	Morgan Hill	$3012
28 km or 18 mi	Fremont	$3186
29 km or 18 mi	Newark	$3003
29 km or 18 mi	East Palo Alto	$3245
32 km or 20 mi	Menlo Park	$3313
36 km or 22 mi	Union	$2922
38 km or 23 mi	Redwood	$3389
39 km or 24 mi	Santa Cruz	$3422
41 km or 25 mi	San Carlos	$3300
41 km or 25 mi	Pleasanton	$3644
42 km or 26 mi	Gilroy	$2952
43 km or 27 mi	Livermore	$3047
44 km or 27 mi	Watsonville	$2908
44 km or 27 mi	Belmont	$3567
44 km or 28 mi	Foster	$3518
45 km or 28 mi	Hayward	$2660
46 km or 28 mi	Dublin	$3109
47 km or 29 mi	San Lorenzo	$2650
48 km or 30 mi	San Mateo	$3583
48 km or 30 mi	Castro Valley	$2881
53 km or 33 mi	San Leandro	$2969
53 km or 33 mi	Burlingame	$3219
54 km or 33 mi	San Ramon	$2860
57 km or 36 mi	Millbrae	$3163
59 km or 36 mi	Danville	$2929
60 km or 38 mi	San Bruno	$3147
61 km or 38 mi	Alameda	$3358
62 km or 38 mi	Tracy	$2141
63 km or 39 mi	South San Francisco	$3130
64 km or 40 mi	Oakland	$3123