Cost of Living Comparison

  1. Cost of Living
  2. Spain
  3. Belgium
  4. Comparison
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Belgium is 44.7% more expensive than Spain.

If you lived in Belgium instead of Spain, you would:
local_dining

pay 52.4% more for restaurants

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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $11.93
€10.46
$18.17
€15.93
+52.3%
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $8.52
€7.48
$10.23
€8.97
+20.0%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $2.04
€1.79
$2.77
€2.43
+35.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) $1.34
€1.18
$2.70
€2.37
+101.8%
Average +52.4%
Spain vs. Belgium - Cost of restaurants
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local_grocery_store

pay 39.2% more for groceries

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Bread
1 loaf
 $1.18
€1.03
$2.03
€1.78
+72.5%
Local cheese (8 oz) $5.79
€5.08
$7.98
€7.00
+37.9%
Milk (1 gallon) $3.50
€3.07
$4.57
€4.01
+30.6%
Eggs
1 dozen
 $2.18
€1.91
$2.79
€2.44
+27.7%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) $3.06
€2.68
$4.62
€4.05
+50.9%
Apples (1 lb) $0.89
€0.78
$1.21
€1.06
+36.3%
Bananas (1 lb) $0.87
€0.77
$1.07
€0.93
+22.0%
Oranges (1 lb) $0.77
€0.68
$1.39
€1.21
+78.8%
Tomatoes (1 lb) $0.90
€0.79
$1.09
€0.96
+21.5%
Potatoes (1 lb) $0.64
€0.56
$0.89
€0.78
+38.7%
Onions (1 lb) $0.62
€0.54
$0.71
€0.62
+14.1%
Average +39.2%
Spain vs. Belgium - Cost of groceries
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drive_eta

pay 33.2% more for transportation

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Gasoline (1 gallon) $5.69
€4.99
$6.36
€5.57
+11.6%
Monthly public transit pass $43.27
€37.94
$54.43
€47.73
+25.8%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $22,549.28
€19,773.49
$25,806.07
€22,629.36
+14.4%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) $14.44
€12.66
$26.16
€22.94
+81.2%
Average +33.2%
Spain vs. Belgium - Cost of transportation
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home

pay 24.6% more for housing

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Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $48.68
€42.69
$56.58
€49.62
+16.2%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $678.70
€595.16
$826.69
€724.93
+21.8%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $544.01
€477.04
$694.25
€608.79
+27.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
 $105.32
€92.35
$139.94
€122.71
+32.9%
Average +24.6%
Spain vs. Belgium - Cost of housing
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child_care

pay 87.8% more for childcare

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Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $354.31
€310.70
$546.06
€478.84
+54.1%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $8,493.19
€7,447.68
$18,809.22
€16,493.83
+121.5%
Average +87.8%
Spain vs. Belgium - Cost of childcare
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gamepad

pay 39.3% more for entertainment and sports

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Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $2.63
€2.31
$4.40
€3.86
+67.5%
Cappuccino in mid-range area $1.86
€1.63
$3.40
€2.98
+82.8%
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $5.83
€5.11
$8.06
€7.06
+38.2%
Monthly membership at local gym $44.43
€38.96
$30.87
€27.07
-30.5%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema $9.03
€7.92
$12.51
€10.97
+38.4%
Average +39.3%
Spain vs. Belgium - Cost of entertainment and sports
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store

pay 36.4% more for clothing

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Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 $76.64
€67.20
$98.42
€86.31
+28.4%
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $33.66
€29.52
$45.18
€39.62
+34.2%
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 $77.42
€67.89
$103.10
€90.41
+33.2%
Men's business shoes (leather) $97.61
€85.59
$146.23
€128.23
+49.8%
Average +36.4%
Spain vs. Belgium - Cost of clothing
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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: March 2021
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