Brussels vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brussels	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1816	$589
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4478	$1578
🏠 One person rent	$1024	$259
🏘️ Family rent	$1880	$520
🍽️ Food expenses	$567	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.5	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2931	$205
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	96	50
😀 Quality of life	89	48
🏙️ Population	196K	1.57M

The cost of living in Brussels is 208% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 2354th and 7787th ($1816 vs $589) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 34th in Belgium and Iran, respectively. Check Belgium vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Brussels compared to 0.3 months in Shiraz. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 190th and 6352nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Shiraz

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	Brussels	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.1	$17.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$3.53
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.16	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$1.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$1.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$278
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$770	$202
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1932	$611
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1489	$430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.7	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.61%	22.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4675	$1218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4207	$1406
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.62	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$2.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.8	$1.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$0.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.19	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$2.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$3.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$9.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$0.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.21	$5.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.6	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$4.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.54	$5.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$6.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.78	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$16
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$2.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$97.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.2	$28.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.5	$23.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$90.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$975	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19505	$2161

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Cities near Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1651
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1663
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1667
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1692
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1580
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1647
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1642
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1660
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1539
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1685
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1618
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$1788
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1626
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1556
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1615
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1594
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1541
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1607
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1585
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1536
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1599
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1560
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1663
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1683
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1446
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1492
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1537
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1523
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1461
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1488
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1530
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1362
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1509
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1520
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1475
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1514
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1578
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1613
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1488
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1640

Cities near Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$563
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$557
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$548
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$546
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$529
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$547
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$551
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$536
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$502
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$514
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$573
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$397
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$523
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$502
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$525
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$897
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$736
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$901
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$547
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$597
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1280
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1056
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1243
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1223
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$1068
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$464
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$562
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1709
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$904
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$723