Brussels vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Brussels	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1958	$1780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4780	$4145
🏠 One person rent	$1120	$1071
🏘️ Family rent	$1989	$1872
🍽️ Food expenses	$598	$440
🚐 Transport expenses	$91.6	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3047	$1966
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	96	93
😀 Quality of life	89	83
🏙️ Population	196K	1.86M

The cost of living in Brussels is 10% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 1988th and 2592nd ($1958 vs $1780) 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 1.6 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 173rd and 387th 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	$20.8	$10.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76	$54.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.1	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.51	$4.93
☕ Cappuccino	$4.14	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.03	$1.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1032	$1055
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$881	$822
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2055	$2024
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1606	$1452
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$151	$183
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$236	$286
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$18.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.71%	7.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4722	$6035
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4382	$4031
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.69	$1.06
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$55.1	$35.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.1	$8.63
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$1.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.46	$3.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$9.21
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.72
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$1.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$4.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.59	$3.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.86	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.45	$1.34
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$5.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$12.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.87	$4.53
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.03	$4.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.98	$3.94
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.6	$43.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$9.29
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41.1	$90.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.5	$29.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$103	$100
👟 Brand Sneakers	$117	$98.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1059	$529
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23380	$13474

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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 Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1443
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1406
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1128
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1136
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$931
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$932
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1103
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1042
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1185
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1104
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1224
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$916
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$889
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$1005
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1113
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1085
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1022
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1257
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1021
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1200
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1002
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1134
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$527
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$957
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1160
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1099
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1057
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1053
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1118
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1047
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$935
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1101
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1068
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1118
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1096
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$977
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1061
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$839
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1054
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$390