Brussels vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Brussels	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2028	$1978
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4874	$4463
🏠 One person rent	$1133	$1217
🏘️ Family rent	$1958	$2001
🍽️ Food expenses	$649	$444
🚐 Transport expenses	$97.4	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3458	$2042
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	96	94
😀 Quality of life	91	85
🏙️ Population	196K	1.86M

The cost of living in Brussels is 3% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 1913th and 2069th ($2028 vs $1978) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Belgium and Poland, respectively. Check Belgium vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Brussels compared to 1 months in Warsaw. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 165th and 444th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Warsaw

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	Brussels	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.6	$10.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$77.4	$52
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.1	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.38	$5.27
☕ Cappuccino	$4.55	$4.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.18	$2.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1090	$1225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$879	$917
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1983	$2165
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1587	$1517
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$155	$218
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$235	$333
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.3	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.23%	7.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4704	$6642
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3801	$4244
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.93	$1.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$63.9	$34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.7	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.66	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.86	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.7	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$1.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.7	$3.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.76	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.57	$2.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.21	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.34	$1.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.2	$6.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.07	$4.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.49	$3.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.32	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$48.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.9	$86.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.8	$28.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$102	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$97.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1055	$588
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22658	$15871

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Cities near Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1854
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1876
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1889
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1931
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1758
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1847
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1858
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1870
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1732
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1845
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1816
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$2025
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1835
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1791
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1863
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1787
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1835
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1801
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1806
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1745
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1823
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1768
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1846
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1867
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1571
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1648
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1746
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1737
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1657
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1830
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1696
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1794
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1722
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1724
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1745
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1671
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1867
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1804
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1666
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1818

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1561
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1522
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1199
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1241
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$1009
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$1008
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1166
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1113
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1226
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1177
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1338
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$993
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$966
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$902
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1079
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1136
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1089
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1323
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1097
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1257
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1148
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1182
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$528
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$926
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1216
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1186
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1125
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1033
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1185
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1127
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$970
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$843
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1103
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1209
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1210
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$1074
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1113
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$966
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1077
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$349