's-Hertogenbosch
- Population
- 161,000
- Coordinates
- 51.70° N, 5.30° E
- Time zone
- Europe/Amsterdam
- Prices for
- Sep 2026
One person needs about $2,846 a month in 's-Hertogenbosch, rent included: 52% less than in New York. The average net salary is $3,725 a month.
Livability
Seven domain scores, weighted by how much each matters to daily life; each is a percentile among the cities with that data. Ranks count only high-confidence cities: six or more domains and twenty or more contributors.
- Purchasing power25%71
- Safetycountry20%61
- Health carecountry15%64
- Climate10%79
- Air quality10%76
- Connectivitycountry10%53
- Cost10%10
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 Netherlands
- #26
- Cheapest-city rank, worldwide
- #3,245
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 | 's-Hertogenbosch | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | |||
| Meal, inexpensive restaurant | $25.83 | $25.00 | +3% |
| Meal for 2, mid-range restaurant (3 courses) | $106 | $140 | −24% |
| McMeal at McDonald's (or equivalent combo meal) | $16.07 | $14.00 | +15% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l, draught) | $5.51 | $8.00 | −31% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle, restaurant) | $4.81 | $10.00 | −52% |
| Cappuccino (regular) | $4.88 | $6.37 | −23% |
| Coke/Pepsi (0.33 l bottle) | $3.87 | $3.80 | +2% |
| Water (0.33 l bottle) | $3.44 | $2.89 | +19% |
| Markets | |||
| Milk (1 l) | $1.24 | $1.36 | −9% |
| Loaf of fresh white bread (500g) | $2.23 | $4.68 | −52% |
| Rice, white (1 kg) | $3.53 | $6.97 | −49% |
| Eggs (12) | $5.68 | $5.73 | −1% |
| Local cheese (1 kg) | $15.54 | $17.38 | −11% |
| Chicken fillets (1 kg) | $16.45 | $15.11 | +9% |
| Beef round (1 kg, or equivalent red meat) | $18.32 | $17.77 | +3% |
| Apples (1 kg) | $3.27 | $6.11 | −46% |
| Bananas (1 kg) | $2.55 | $2.20 | +16% |
| Oranges (1 kg) | $2.45 | $5.77 | −58% |
| Tomato (1 kg) | $5.70 | $6.25 | −9% |
| Potato (1 kg) | $2.01 | $3.47 | −42% |
| Onion (1 kg) | $2.34 | $4.17 | −44% |
| Lettuce (1 head) | $1.36 | $2.72 | −50% |
| Water (1.5 l bottle) | $1.27 | $2.50 | −49% |
| Bottle of wine, mid-range | $7.22 | $20.00 | −64% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l bottle) | $1.50 | $3.21 | −53% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle) | $3.35 | $3.96 | −15% |
| Cigarettes (20 pack, Marlboro) | $13.20 | $19.00 | −31% |
| Transport | |||
| One-way ticket, local transport | $3.21 | $3.00 | +7% |
| Monthly pass, regular price | $66.01 | $140 | −53% |
| Taxi start, normal tariff | $3.56 | $3.00 | +19% |
| Taxi, 1 km, normal tariff | $2.35 | $2.18 | +8% |
| Taxi, 1 hour waiting, normal tariff | $29.27 | $42.00 | −30% |
| Gasoline (1 l) | $2.45 | $1.10 | +123% |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (or equivalent new car) | $42,462 | $35,458 | +20% |
| Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW (or equivalent new car) | $40,172 | $25,309 | +59% |
| Utilities, per month | |||
| Basic utilities, 85m² apartment (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage) | — | — | — |
| Mobile plan (calls + 10GB data) | $23.63 | $73.50 | −68% |
| Internet (60 Mbps+, unlimited, cable/ADSL) | $46.78 | $71.93 | −35% |
| Sports and leisure | |||
| Fitness club, monthly fee (1 adult) | $44.96 | $126 | −64% |
| Tennis court rent (1 hour, weekend) | $15.78 | $62.38 | −75% |
| Cinema, 1 seat, international release | $14.35 | $23.00 | −38% |
| Childcare | |||
| Preschool, full day, private (monthly, 1 child) | $1,378 | $3,366 | −59% |
| International primary school (yearly, 1 child) | $5,797 | $60,589 | −90% |
| Clothing and shoes | |||
| 1 pair of jeans (Levi's 501 or similar) | $70.31 | $72.80 | −3% |
| 1 summer dress, chain store (Zara, H&M) | $57.40 | $53.22 | +8% |
| 1 pair of Nike running shoes, mid-range | $102 | $118 | −14% |
| 1 pair of men's leather business shoes | $147 | $125 | +18% |
| Rent, per month | |||
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in city centre | $1,636 | $4,417 | −63% |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) outside centre | $1,205 | $3,033 | −60% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in city centre | $2,679 | $9,242 | −71% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) outside centre | $2,487 | $5,461 | −54% |
| Buying an apartment | |||
| Price per square meter, apartment in city centre | $6,730 | $18,759 | −64% |
| Price per square meter, apartment outside centre | $4,973 | $6,523 | −24% |
| Salary and financing | |||
| Average monthly net salary, after tax | $3,725 | $5,178 | −28% |
| Mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed rate (%) | 4.46% | 6.49% | −2.0 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 | — | $1,636 | $3,725 |
| Jul 2026 | — | — | — |
| Jun 2026 | — | — | — |
| May 2026 | 69.4 | $1,672 | $3,564 |
| Jan 2026 | 70.5 | $1,675 | $3,569 |
| Dec 2025 | 70.4 | $1,673 | $3,566 |
| Nov 2025 | 67.9 | $1,643 | $3,502 |
| Oct 2025 | 67.7 | $1,656 | $3,530 |
| May 2025 | 65.3 | $1,594 | $3,397 |
| Apr 2025 | 66.5 | $1,621 | $3,456 |
| Mar 2025 | 67.3 | $1,551 | $3,306 |
| Feb 2025 | 62.2 | $1,468 | $3,129 |
| Jan 2025 | 62.8 | $1,480 | $3,156 |
| Dec 2024 | 64.0 | $1,613 | $3,160 |
| Nov 2024 | 64.4 | $1,622 | $3,158 |
| Oct 2024 | 66.3 | $1,452 | $3,252 |
| Sep 2024 | 67.6 | $1,259 | $3,317 |
| Aug 2024 | 65.9 | $1,227 | $3,231 |
| Jul 2024 | 65.8 | $1,224 | $3,224 |
| Jun 2024 | 64.6 | $1,220 | $3,215 |
| May 2024 | 63.6 | $1,508 | $2,840 |
| Apr 2024 | 63.0 | $1,496 | $2,818 |
| Mar 2024 | 63.6 | $1,519 | $2,862 |
| Feb 2024 | 63.3 | $758 | $1,428 |
| Jan 2024 | 63.2 | $1,539 | $2,900 |
| Dec 2023 | 62.4 | $1,321 | $2,873 |
| Nov 2023 | 61.9 | $1,098 | $2,827 |
Safety
Numbeo crime survey. Both indices run 0 to 100; they are two sides of the same answers.
Country-level: the livability score uses Netherlands's safety figure
No crime survey has been published for 's-Hertogenbosch yet.
Quality of life
Numbeo's published indices for 's-Hertogenbosch. Listed as Numbeo computes them, next to this index's own figures above.
Numbeo has not ranked 's-Hertogenbosch on quality of life.
Climate
Monthly means from NASA POWER climate normals. Temperature bands use the same scale on every city page.
- Annual mean
- 10.5 °C
- Warmest monthJuly
- 18.9 °C
- Coldest monthJanuary
- 2.5 °C
- Rain a year
- 772 mm
- HumidityRelative, annual mean
- 82%
- SunshineSolar energy per day
- 3.0 kWh/m²
- Clear-sky daysA year
- 15
- Comfort score0-100, 100 at 14-22 °C
- 79
Air, internet and housing
The last 30 days of air, the latest month of broadband tests, and the property survey.
Air
- Unhealthy days
- 0AQI above 100
- Worst day
- 55
- PM2.5
- 5.4µg/m³, mean
- Air score
- 760-100
Internet
Netherlands median; city not listed- Upload
- 100Mbps, fixed
- Latency
- 9ms, fixed
- Mobile download
- 158Mbps
- Mobile latency
- 19ms
Speedtest Global Index, Aug 2026.
Housing
- Price to income
- 7.9Years of income, 90 m² flat
- Price to rent
- 19.7Years of rent, centre
- Rental yield
- 5.1%Gross, centre
- Mortgage rate
- 4.46%20-year fixed
- 80 m² in the centre
- 12.0Years of net salary
Numbeo property survey, 20 Sept 2026.
Cities like 's-Hertogenbosch
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
- 11Numbeo price survey
- Latest prices
- Sep 20261 readings that month
- Months with prices
- 6 of 12Last 12 months
- Items priced
- 98%1 basket items from the country median
- Location
- Matched to a GeoNames reference city
- Index rebuilt
- 24 Sept 2026