Brussels vs Sanaa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Brussels	Sanaa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1958	$550
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4780	$1377
🏠 One person rent	$1120	$241
🏘️ Family rent	$1989	$486
🍽️ Food expenses	$598	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$91.6	$60.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3047	$406
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	96	35
😀 Quality of life	89	19
🏙️ Population	196K	2.96M

The cost of living in Brussels is 256% more expensive than in Sanaa. Cities ranked 1988th and 8269th ($1958 vs $550) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Belgium and Yemen, respectively. Check Belgium vs Yemen comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Brussels compared to 0.7 months in Sanaa. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Sanaa ranked 1st in Yemen, while ranked 173rd and 8890th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Sanaa

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	Brussels	Sanaa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.8	$2.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76	$19.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.1	$4.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.51	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$4.14	$1.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.03	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1032	$251
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$881	$160
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2055	$591
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1606	$356
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$151	$36.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$236	$56.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$26.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.71%	12.91%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4722	$1730
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4382	$908
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.69	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$55.1	$11.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.1	$5.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$1.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.46	$1.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$6.71
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$4.22
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$6.46
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$2.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$1.62
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$0.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$0.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.59	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.86	$7.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.45	$1.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$2.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$2.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.87	$2.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.03	$1.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.98	$1.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.6	$23.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$4.11
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41.1	$13
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.5	$4
👖 Brand Jeans	$103	$25.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$117	$60.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1059	$80.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23380	$2963

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Cities near Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1752
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1633
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1734
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1712
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1657
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1691
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1715
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1738
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1675
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1799
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1723
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$1911
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1701
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1636
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1702
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1708
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1619
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1696
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1691
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1661
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1693
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1660
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1779
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1761
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1592
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1595
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1630
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1616
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1555
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1593
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1611
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1514
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1598
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1616
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1545
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1592
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1667
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1709
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1560
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1762

Cities near Sanaa

Distance	City	Cost of living
24 km or 15 mi	Sayyan	$491
92 km or 57 mi	Dhamar	$491
147 km or 92 mi	Al Hudaydah	$513
154 km or 96 mi	Ibb	$504
159 km or 99 mi	Zabid	$489
182 km or 113 mi	Sa'dah	$488
198 km or 123 mi	Taiz	$514
238 km or 148 mi	Najran	$934
297 km or 185 mi	Aden	$509
367 km or 228 mi	Abha	$915
389 km or 242 mi	Obock	$553
433 km or 269 mi	Djibouti City	$584
465 km or 289 mi	Bareq	$895
493 km or 307 mi	Ali Sabieh	$555
512 km or 318 mi	Massawa	$492
512 km or 318 mi	Dikhil	$554
538 km or 334 mi	Mukalla	$491
544 km or 338 mi	Bisha	$895
550 km or 342 mi	Mekelle	$686
567 km or 352 mi	Asmara	$524
580 km or 361 mi	Mendefera	$490
586 km or 364 mi	As Sulayyil	$1021
612 km or 381 mi	Borama	$527
618 km or 384 mi	Keren	$491
643 km or 400 mi	Hargeisa	$684
681 km or 423 mi	Dessie	$814
684 km or 425 mi	Jijiga	$671
689 km or 428 mi	Dire Dawa	$667
708 km or 440 mi	Harar	$626
788 km or 490 mi	Gondar	$946
818 km or 508 mi	Mecca	$940
836 km or 520 mi	Kassala	$988
847 km or 526 mi	Bahir Dar	$799
869 km or 540 mi	Jeddah	$1123
879 km or 546 mi	Port Sudan	$1096
920 km or 572 mi	Addis Ababa	$1103
959 km or 596 mi	El-Gadarif	$935
1067 km or 663 mi	Riyadh	$1586
1072 km or 666 mi	Salalah	$806
1114 km or 693 mi	Awasa	$810