Brussels vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Brussels	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2065	$2026
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4988	$4583
🏠 One person rent	$1165	$1244
🏘️ Family rent	$2046	$2046
🍽️ Food expenses	$658	$454
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.4	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3697	$2278
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	96	94
😀 Quality of life	92	87
🏙️ Population	196K	1.86M

The cost of living in Brussels is 2% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 1872nd and 1966th ($2065 vs $2026) 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 1.8 months in Brussels compared to 1.1 months in Warsaw. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 99th and 348th 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	$24.7	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.5	$53.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.7	$9.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.48	$5.41
☕ Cappuccino	$4.55	$4.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.46	$2.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1092	$1304
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$909	$945
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1988	$2244
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1675	$1574
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$206
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$316
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$58.9	$21.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.39%	7.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5177	$6614
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3603	$4194
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.95	$1.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$64.8	$35.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.7	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.98	$1.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.82
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.89	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$8.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21	$16.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$1.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$2.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$3.98
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$1.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.76	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.64	$3.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.72	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.5	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.6	$6.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.15	$4.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.52	$3.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.37	$3.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.9	$52.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.7	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.2	$88.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.9	$28.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$104	$112
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1225	$621
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19894	$16711

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Cities near Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1920
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1932
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1939
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1993
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1853
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1906
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1900
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1917
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1866
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1894
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1860
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$2050
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1886
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1854
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1910
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1838
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1877
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1851
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1834
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1785
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1864
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1809
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1890
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1920
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1706
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1702
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1796
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1772
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1692
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1815
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1734
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1830
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1763
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1766
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1734
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1727
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1887
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1849
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1742
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1857

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1618
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1569
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1255
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1262
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$1028
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$1053
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1193
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1188
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1221
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1228
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1377
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$1062
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$1032
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$949
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1109
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1178
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1152
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1337
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1165
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1283
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1214
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1343
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$589
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$834
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1184
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1203
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1184
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1070
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1220
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1198
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$987
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$898
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1145
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1233
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1247
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$1068
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1133
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$1014
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1130
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$399