Brussels vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brussels	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1816	$1957
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4478	$4625
🏠 One person rent	$1024	$1124
🏘️ Family rent	$1880	$2020
🍽️ Food expenses	$567	$541
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.5	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2931	$3476
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	96	83
😀 Quality of life	89	93
🏙️ Population	196K	633K

The cost of living in Brussels is 7% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 2354th and 1961st ($1816 vs $1957) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Belgium and Germany, respectively. Check Belgium vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Brussels compared to 1.8 months in Stuttgart. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Stuttgart ranked 9th in Germany, while ranked 190th and 63rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Stuttgart

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	Brussels	Stuttgart
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.1	$72.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.16	$4.69
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$3.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$3.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$1044
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$770	$862
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1932	$2057
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1489	$1612
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$273
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.7	$46.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.61%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4675	$6586
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4207	$4917
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.62	$3.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$57.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.8	$25.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$2.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.19	$3.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$2.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$2.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$4.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.21	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.6	$6.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$8.59
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.54	$2.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$1.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.78	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$46.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$11.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$60.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.2	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.5	$89.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$975	$630
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19505	$15338

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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 Stuttgart

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Fellbach	$1737
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Ostfildern	$1729
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kornwestheim	$1710
9.6 km or 6 mi	Leinfelden-Echterdingen	$1715
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Ditzingen	$1699
11 km or 6.6 mi	Esslingen am Neckar	$1717
12 km or 7.4 mi	Waiblingen	$1695
12 km or 7.7 mi	Leonberg	$1666
13 km or 7.8 mi	Filderstadt	$1697
13 km or 7.8 mi	Remseck	$1687
14 km or 8.4 mi	Ludwigsburg	$1678
14 km or 8.9 mi	Weinstadt	$1677
15 km or 9.1 mi	Sindelfingen	$1670
17 km or 10 mi	Boblingen	$1661
20 km or 12 mi	Winnenden	$1637
20 km or 13 mi	Nurtingen	$1650
21 km or 13 mi	Bietigheim-Bissingen	$1623
24 km or 15 mi	Vaihingen an der Enz	$1542
25 km or 15 mi	Kirchheim unter Teck	$1633
26 km or 16 mi	Schorndorf	$1625
26 km or 16 mi	Backnang	$1610
28 km or 17 mi	Metzingen	$1618
30 km or 19 mi	Tubingen	$1837
30 km or 19 mi	Herrenberg	$1648
31 km or 20 mi	Muhlacker	$1436
33 km or 20 mi	Reutlingen	$1623
33 km or 20 mi	Calw	$1529
36 km or 22 mi	Goppingen	$1619
37 km or 23 mi	Pforzheim	$1205
38 km or 23 mi	Rottenburg am Neckar	$1696
40 km or 25 mi	Eislingen	$1609
41 km or 25 mi	Heilbronn	$1683
42 km or 26 mi	Nagold	$1599
42 km or 26 mi	Mossingen	$1668
44 km or 27 mi	Eppingen	$1599
45 km or 28 mi	Bretten	$1530
46 km or 28 mi	Schwabisch Gmund	$1596
46 km or 29 mi	Neckarsulm	$1647
51 km or 32 mi	Geislingen an der Steige	$1618
51 km or 32 mi	Horb am Neckar	$1581