Flanders
- Population
- β
- Prices for
- Sep 2026
One person needs about $2,657 a month in Flanders, rent included: 55% less than in New York.
Livability
Seven domain scores, weighted. 5 of them have data for Flanders; a missing one is left out of the average, not counted as zero.
- Purchasing power25%No data
- Safetycountry20%50
- Health carecountry15%59
- Climate10%No data
- Air qualitycountry10%57
- Connectivitycountry10%66
- Cost10%15
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.
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 | Flanders | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | |||
| Meal, inexpensive restaurant | $19.00 | $25.00 | β24% |
| Meal for 2, mid-range restaurant (3 courses) | $80.00 | $140 | β43% |
| McMeal at McDonald's (or equivalent combo meal) | $13.00 | $14.00 | β7% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l, draught) | $9.00 | $8.00 | +13% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle, restaurant) | $7.00 | $10.00 | β30% |
| Cappuccino (regular) | $6.30 | $6.37 | β1% |
| Coke/Pepsi (0.33 l bottle) | $2.50 | $3.80 | β34% |
| Water (0.33 l bottle) | $1.50 | $2.89 | β48% |
| Markets | |||
| Milk (1 l) | $1.00 | $1.36 | β26% |
| Loaf of fresh white bread (500g) | $4.49 | $4.68 | β4% |
| Rice, white (1 kg) | $2.00 | $6.97 | β71% |
| Eggs (12) | $2.49 | $5.73 | β57% |
| Local cheese (1 kg) | $13.96 | $17.38 | β20% |
| Chicken fillets (1 kg) | $10.28 | $15.11 | β32% |
| Beef round (1 kg, or equivalent red meat) | $19.83 | $17.77 | +12% |
| Apples (1 kg) | $4.39 | $6.11 | β28% |
| Bananas (1 kg) | $1.30 | $2.20 | β41% |
| Oranges (1 kg) | $2.76 | $5.77 | β52% |
| Tomato (1 kg) | $5.31 | $6.25 | β15% |
| Potato (1 kg) | $2.18 | $3.47 | β37% |
| Onion (1 kg) | $2.76 | $4.17 | β34% |
| Lettuce (1 head) | $1.99 | $2.72 | β27% |
| Water (1.5 l bottle) | $3.00 | $2.50 | +20% |
| Bottle of wine, mid-range | $15.00 | $20.00 | β25% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l bottle) | $1.81 | $3.21 | β44% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle) | $3.58 | $3.96 | β10% |
| Cigarettes (20 pack, Marlboro) | $11.00 | $19.00 | β42% |
| Transport | |||
| One-way ticket, local transport | β | $3.00 | β |
| Monthly pass, regular price | β | $140 | β |
| Taxi start, normal tariff | $3.00 | $3.00 | 0% |
| Taxi, 1 km, normal tariff | $2.17 | $2.18 | 0% |
| Taxi, 1 hour waiting, normal tariff | $42.00 | $42.00 | 0% |
| Gasoline (1 l) | $1.06 | $1.10 | β4% |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (or equivalent new car) | $35,458 | $35,458 | 0% |
| Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW (or equivalent new car) | $25,252 | $25,309 | 0% |
| Utilities, per month | |||
| Basic utilities, 85mΒ² apartment (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage) | β | β | β |
| Mobile plan (calls + 10GB data) | $50.83 | $73.50 | β31% |
| Internet (60 Mbps+, unlimited, cable/ADSL) | $50.00 | $71.93 | β30% |
| Sports and leisure | |||
| Fitness club, monthly fee (1 adult) | $20.00 | $126 | β84% |
| Tennis court rent (1 hour, weekend) | β | $62.38 | β |
| Cinema, 1 seat, international release | $14.00 | $23.00 | β39% |
| Childcare | |||
| Preschool, full day, private (monthly, 1 child) | $2,000 | $3,366 | β41% |
| International primary school (yearly, 1 child) | $16,000 | $60,589 | β74% |
| Clothing and shoes | |||
| 1 pair of jeans (Levi's 501 or similar) | $30.00 | $72.80 | β59% |
| 1 summer dress, chain store (Zara, H&M) | $70.00 | $53.22 | +32% |
| 1 pair of Nike running shoes, mid-range | $70.00 | $118 | β41% |
| 1 pair of men's leather business shoes | $103 | $125 | β18% |
| Rent, per month | |||
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in city centre | $1,600 | $4,417 | β64% |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) outside centre | $1,400 | $3,033 | β54% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in city centre | $2,500 | $9,242 | β73% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) outside centre | $1,900 | $5,461 | β65% |
| Buying an apartment | |||
| Price per square meter, apartment in city centre | β | $18,759 | β |
| Price per square meter, apartment outside centre | β | $6,523 | β |
| Salary and financing | |||
| Average monthly net salary, after tax | β | $5,178 | β |
| Mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed rate (%) | 6.28% | 6.49% | β0.2 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 | β | $1,600 | β |
| Jun 2026 | β | β | β |
| May 2026 | β | $1,600 | β |
| Apr 2026 | β | $1,600 | β |
| Mar 2026 | β | $1,600 | β |
| Feb 2026 | β | $1,600 | β |
| Jan 2026 | β | $1,600 | β |
| Dec 2025 | β | $1,600 | β |
| Nov 2025 | β | $1,600 | β |
| Oct 2025 | β | $1,600 | β |
| Sep 2025 | β | $1,600 | β |
| Aug 2025 | β | $1,600 | β |
| Jul 2025 | β | $1,600 | β |
| May 2025 | β | $1,600 | β |
| Apr 2025 | β | $1,600 | β |
| Mar 2025 | β | $1,600 | β |
| Feb 2025 | β | $1,600 | β |
| Jan 2025 | β | $1,600 | β |
| Oct 2024 | β | $1,600 | β |
| Aug 2024 | β | $1,600 | β |
| Jul 2024 | β | $1,600 | β |
| Jun 2024 | β | $1,600 | β |
| Feb 2024 | β | $1,600 | β |
| Jan 2024 | β | $1,600 | β |
| Dec 2023 | β | $1,600 | β |
| Nov 2023 | β | $1,600 | β |
| Oct 2023 | β | $1,600 | β |
Safety
Numbeo crime survey. Both indices run 0 to 100; they are two sides of the same answers.
Country-level: the livability score uses United States's safety figure
No crime survey has been published for Flanders yet.
Quality of life
Numbeo's published indices for Flanders. Listed as Numbeo computes them, next to this index's own figures above.
Numbeo has not ranked Flanders 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 Flanders yet.
- Annual mean
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- Warmest month
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- Coldest month
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- Rain a year
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- HumidityRelative, annual mean
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- SunshineSolar energy per day
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- Clear-sky daysA year
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- Comfort score0-100, 100 at 14-22 Β°C
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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 Flanders.
Internet
United States median; city not listed- Upload
- 64Mbps, fixed
- Latency
- 12ms, fixed
- Mobile download
- 187Mbps
- Mobile latency
- 27ms
Speedtest Global Index, Aug 2026.
Housing
No property survey for Flanders yet.
Cities like Flanders
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
- Low confidence
- Contributors
- 1Numbeo price survey
- Latest prices
- Sep 20261 readings that month
- Months with prices
- 10 of 12Last 12 months
- Items priced
- 87%2 basket items from the country median
- Location
- Not matched to coordinates yet
- Index rebuilt
- 24 Sept 2026