Braine-l'Alleud
- Population
- 38,000
- Coordinates
- 50.68° N, 4.37° E
- Time zone
- Europe/Brussels
- Prices for
- Sep 2026
One person needs about $2,040 a month in Braine-l'Alleud, rent included: 66% less than in New York. The average net salary is $5,324 a month.
Livability
Seven domain scores, weighted. 6 of them have data for Braine-l'Alleud; a missing one is left out of the average, not counted as zero.
- Purchasing power25%92
- Safetycountry20%50
- Health carecountry15%63
- Climate10%No data
- Air qualitycountry10%51
- Connectivitycountry10%46
- Cost10%34
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank in Belgium
- #4
- Cheapest-city rank, worldwide
- #2,305
What it costs
US dollars a month. Indices compare with New York, which is 100; changes are against the same month a year earlier.
Prices
55 everyday prices in US dollars, the median of this month's contributions, each against a base you choose.
Differences are against New York; teal marks a price that is lower (or a salary that is higher).
| Item | Braine-l'Alleud | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | |||
| Meal, inexpensive restaurant | $22.96 | $25.00 | −8% |
| Meal for 2, mid-range restaurant (3 courses) | $104 | $140 | −26% |
| McMeal at McDonald's (or equivalent combo meal) | $14.93 | $14.00 | +7% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l, draught) | $5.74 | $8.00 | −28% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle, restaurant) | $5.74 | $10.00 | −43% |
| Cappuccino (regular) | $4.40 | $6.37 | −31% |
| Coke/Pepsi (0.33 l bottle) | $3.52 | $3.80 | −7% |
| Water (0.33 l bottle) | $2.96 | $2.89 | +2% |
| Markets | |||
| Milk (1 l) | $1.21 | $1.36 | −11% |
| Loaf of fresh white bread (500g) | $2.90 | $4.68 | −38% |
| Rice, white (1 kg) | $2.24 | $6.97 | −68% |
| Eggs (12) | $4.16 | $5.73 | −27% |
| Local cheese (1 kg) | $19.02 | $17.38 | +9% |
| Chicken fillets (1 kg) | $12.70 | $15.11 | −16% |
| Beef round (1 kg, or equivalent red meat) | $20.09 | $17.77 | +13% |
| Apples (1 kg) | $2.83 | $6.11 | −54% |
| Bananas (1 kg) | $2.49 | $2.20 | +13% |
| Oranges (1 kg) | $2.64 | $5.77 | −54% |
| Tomato (1 kg) | $2.95 | $6.25 | −53% |
| Potato (1 kg) | $2.20 | $3.47 | −37% |
| Onion (1 kg) | $2.02 | $4.17 | −52% |
| Lettuce (1 head) | $1.38 | $2.72 | −49% |
| Water (1.5 l bottle) | $1.09 | $2.50 | −56% |
| Bottle of wine, mid-range | $9.13 | $20.00 | −54% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l bottle) | $2.00 | $3.21 | −38% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle) | $2.49 | $3.96 | −37% |
| Cigarettes (20 pack, Marlboro) | $13.47 | $19.00 | −29% |
| Transport | |||
| One-way ticket, local transport | $2.47 | $3.00 | −18% |
| Monthly pass, regular price | $42.82 | $140 | −69% |
| Taxi start, normal tariff | $11.48 | $3.00 | +283% |
| Taxi, 1 km, normal tariff | $2.98 | $2.18 | +37% |
| Taxi, 1 hour waiting, normal tariff | $52.81 | $42.00 | +26% |
| Gasoline (1 l) | $2.04 | $1.10 | +85% |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (or equivalent new car) | $36,353 | $35,458 | +3% |
| Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW (or equivalent new car) | $34,401 | $25,309 | +36% |
| Utilities, per month | |||
| Basic utilities, 85m² apartment (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage) | — | — | — |
| Mobile plan (calls + 10GB data) | $21.46 | $73.50 | −71% |
| Internet (60 Mbps+, unlimited, cable/ADSL) | $40.18 | $71.93 | −44% |
| Sports and leisure | |||
| Fitness club, monthly fee (1 adult) | — | $126 | — |
| Tennis court rent (1 hour, weekend) | — | $62.38 | — |
| Cinema, 1 seat, international release | $16.36 | $23.00 | −29% |
| Childcare | |||
| Preschool, full day, private (monthly, 1 child) | $574 | $3,366 | −83% |
| International primary school (yearly, 1 child) | $19,887 | $60,589 | −67% |
| Clothing and shoes | |||
| 1 pair of jeans (Levi's 501 or similar) | $111 | $72.80 | +52% |
| 1 summer dress, chain store (Zara, H&M) | $48.97 | $53.22 | −8% |
| 1 pair of Nike running shoes, mid-range | $110 | $118 | −6% |
| 1 pair of men's leather business shoes | $146 | $125 | +17% |
| Rent, per month | |||
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in city centre | — | $4,417 | — |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) outside centre | — | $3,033 | — |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in city centre | $2,238 | $9,242 | −76% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) outside centre | — | $5,461 | — |
| Buying an apartment | |||
| Price per square meter, apartment in city centre | — | $18,759 | — |
| Price per square meter, apartment outside centre | — | $6,523 | — |
| Salary and financing | |||
| Average monthly net salary, after tax | $5,324 | $5,178 | +3% |
| Mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed rate (%) | 3.14% | 6.49% | −3.4 pts |
Three years of prices
Each line starts at 100 in its first month, so a rise in rent can be read against a rise in salary on the same scale. The core basket is twelve everyday prices. Hover for the actual values.
Show the monthly values
| Month | Core basket index | Rent, 1 bedroom | Net salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | — | — | $5,324 |
| Aug 2026 | — | $868 | $5,370 |
| Apr 2026 | 65.9 | $878 | $5,431 |
| Sep 2025 | 51.5 | $885 | $5,472 |
| May 2025 | 47.5 | $839 | $5,187 |
| Apr 2025 | 48.7 | $853 | $5,275 |
| Mar 2025 | 46.5 | $813 | $5,025 |
| Feb 2025 | 44.8 | $779 | $4,817 |
| Jan 2025 | 45.0 | $782 | $4,834 |
| Dec 2024 | 46.9 | $785 | $4,853 |
| Nov 2024 | 45.8 | $793 | $4,901 |
| Oct 2024 | 47.3 | $814 | $5,031 |
| Sep 2024 | 48.3 | $833 | $5,153 |
| Aug 2024 | 47.0 | $812 | $3,546 |
| Jul 2024 | 46.2 | $804 | $3,510 |
| Jun 2024 | 46.5 | $811 | $3,544 |
| May 2024 | 45.3 | $803 | $3,507 |
| Apr 2024 | 47.3 | $810 | $3,538 |
| Mar 2024 | 46.4 | $814 | $3,555 |
| Feb 2024 | 57.5 | $812 | $3,545 |
| Jan 2024 | 58.8 | $829 | $3,622 |
| Dec 2023 | 48.6 | $821 | $3,588 |
| Nov 2023 | 47.0 | $795 | $3,471 |
| Oct 2023 | 47.0 | $794 | $3,466 |
Safety
Numbeo crime survey. Both indices run 0 to 100; they are two sides of the same answers.
Country-level: the livability score uses Belgium's safety figure
No crime survey has been published for Braine-l'Alleud yet.
Quality of life
Numbeo's published indices for Braine-l'Alleud. Listed as Numbeo computes them, next to this index's own figures above.
Numbeo has not ranked Braine-l'Alleud on quality of life.
Climate
Monthly means from NASA POWER climate normals. Temperature bands use the same scale on every city page.
No monthly climate normals for Braine-l'Alleud yet.
- Annual mean
- —
- Warmest month
- —
- Coldest month
- —
- Rain a year
- —
- HumidityRelative, annual mean
- —
- SunshineSolar energy per day
- —
- Clear-sky daysA year
- —
- Comfort score0-100, 100 at 14-22 °C
- —
Air, internet and housing
The last 30 days of air, the latest month of broadband tests, and the property survey.
Air
Country-level estimateNo air-quality readings for Braine-l'Alleud.
Internet
Belgium median; city not listed- Upload
- 27Mbps, fixed
- Latency
- 13ms, fixed
- Mobile download
- 140Mbps
- Mobile latency
- 23ms
Speedtest Global Index, Aug 2026.
Housing
No property survey for Braine-l'Alleud yet.
Cities like Braine-l'Alleud
In other countries, with the closest livability score and cost of living index.
About these numbers
What the figures on this page rest on.
- Confidence
- Medium confidence
- Contributors
- 5Numbeo price survey
- Latest prices
- Sep 20262 readings that month
- Months with prices
- 4 of 12Last 12 months
- Items priced
- 86%3 basket items from the country median
- Location
- Matched to the extended GeoNames list
- Index rebuilt
- 24 Sept 2026