Brussels vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Brussels	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2030	$1979
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4894	$4492
🏠 One person rent	$1166	$1227
🏘️ Family rent	$1999	$2071
🍽️ Food expenses	$628	$449
🚐 Transport expenses	$88	$145
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3313	$2218
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	96	94
😀 Quality of life	91	87
🏙️ Population	196K	1.86M

The cost of living in Brussels is 3% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 1939th and 2081st ($2030 vs $1979) 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 121st and 335th 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	$21.2	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80	$53.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.7	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.64	$5.19
☕ Cappuccino	$4.38	$4.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.4	$2.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1112	$1266
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$903	$928
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2002	$2296
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1605	$1584
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$169	$212
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$262	$325
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.2	$20
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.77%	6.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5037	$6270
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4002	$4047
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.91	$1.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$63.5	$35.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.4	$17.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.06	$1.7
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.7	$1.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.8	$4.27
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$8.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.4	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$1.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.7	$3.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.06
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.05
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.5	$3.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.36	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.55	$1.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.8	$6.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$11.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.04	$4.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.49	$3.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.3	$3.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$48.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.3	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38	$75.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.2	$24.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$102	$110
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1423	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19621	$15882

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Cities near Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1896
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1895
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1926
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1969
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1837
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1870
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1861
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1866
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1844
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1874
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1832
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$1993
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1843
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1833
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1888
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1793
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1848
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1819
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1813
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1769
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1845
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1799
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1881
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1895
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1769
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1703
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1781
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1743
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1686
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1757
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1688
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1799
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1746
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1753
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1742
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1799
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1939
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1829
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1727
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1834

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1570
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1540
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1227
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1253
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$1023
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$1030
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1162
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1165
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1262
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1222
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1322
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$1060
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$1024
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$976
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1078
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1173
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1137
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1305
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1170
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1260
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1229
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1454
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$669
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$925
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1241
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1235
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1170
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1043
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1205
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1215
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$954
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$868
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1102
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1216
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1226
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$1010
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1114
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$980
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1105
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$445