Brussels vs Zagreb - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brussels	Zagreb
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1816	$1253
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4478	$2899
🏠 One person rent	$1024	$663
🏘️ Family rent	$1880	$1071
🍽️ Food expenses	$567	$383
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.5	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2931	$1581
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	96	38
😀 Quality of life	89	76
🏙️ Population	196K	767K

The cost of living in Brussels is 45% more expensive than in Zagreb. Cities ranked 2354th and 4331st ($1816 vs $1253) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Belgium and Croatia, respectively. Check Belgium vs Croatia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Brussels compared to 1.3 months in Zagreb. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Zagreb ranked 1st in Croatia, while ranked 190th and 843rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Zagreb

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	Brussels	Zagreb
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$9.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.1	$50.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$8.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.16	$2.94
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$2.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$624
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$770	$503
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1932	$1087
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1489	$826
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$108
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.7	$27.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.61%	4.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4675	$4361
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4207	$2995
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.62	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$51.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.8	$12.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$1.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.19	$3.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$9.52
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$9.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$2.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.74
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.21	$2.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.6	$7.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$5.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$6.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.54	$3.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$1.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.78	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$7.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$43
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.2	$7.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.5	$86.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$87.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$975	$394
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19505	$10861

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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 Zagreb

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.9 mi	Velika Gorica	$1101
46 km or 29 mi	Karlovac	$912
61 km or 38 mi	Novo Mesto	$1080
70 km or 43 mi	Bjelovar	$1008
71 km or 44 mi	Celje	$1116
87 km or 54 mi	Maribor	$1082
90 km or 56 mi	Velenje	$1157
97 km or 60 mi	Murska Sobota	$842
109 km or 68 mi	Nagykanizsa	$711
110 km or 68 mi	Bihac	$556
110 km or 68 mi	Prijedor	$659
114 km or 71 mi	Ljubljana	$1468
128 km or 79 mi	Sanski Most	$558
129 km or 80 mi	Rijeka	$1152
132 km or 82 mi	Kranj	$1261
135 km or 84 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$750
144 km or 89 mi	Wolfsberg	$1303
146 km or 91 mi	Graz	$1594
150 km or 93 mi	Banja Luka	$803
155 km or 96 mi	Kaposvar	$750
156 km or 97 mi	Klagenfurt	$1653
168 km or 104 mi	Trieste	$1421
168 km or 104 mi	Szombathely	$701
176 km or 109 mi	Slavonski Brod	$847
179 km or 111 mi	Nova Gorica	$985
179 km or 111 mi	Pecs	$848
180 km or 112 mi	Izola	$1263
181 km or 113 mi	Gorizia	$1223
186 km or 116 mi	Villach	$1582
188 km or 117 mi	Piran	$1247
188 km or 117 mi	Leoben	$1263
189 km or 118 mi	Kapfenberg	$1323
195 km or 121 mi	Pula	$941
196 km or 122 mi	Zadar	$1122
208 km or 129 mi	Doboj	$603
209 km or 130 mi	Veszprem	$786
212 km or 132 mi	Udine	$1307
213 km or 132 mi	Osijek	$958
215 km or 134 mi	Sopron	$919
221 km or 137 mi	Szekszard	$747