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Europe
Brussels
Belgium
Salary & Cost of Living
How do salaries and expenses in Brussels compare to San Francisco?
Purchasing Power Comparison
An engineer in Brussels is 62% worse off vs in San Francisco
This shows how far a software engineer's salary goes in Brussels compared to San Francisco, taking into account both salary differences and cost of living.
Net Salary
$38,195
-$126,891 (-77%) vs San Francisco
Tax Rate: 40%
Weather
How does the weather in Brussels compare to San Francisco?
San Francisco has better overall weather
4.1/10(vs 8.7/10 in San Francisco)
Overall weather score based on temperature, sunshine, precipitation, and humidity. Learn how it's calculated
Average High
14°C(vs 19°C in San Francisco)
Average Low
7°C(vs 12°C in San Francisco)
Sunshine Hours
1,546h/yr-1516h/yr(-50%)
Average High in hottest month
22°C(same as San Francisco)
Average Low in coldest month
1°C(vs 8°C in San Francisco)
Rainy Days
104/yr+55/yr(+113%)
Muggy Days
2/yr(same as San Francisco)
Cloud Cover
58%(vs 34% in San Francisco)
Quality of Life
How does quality of life in Brussels compare to San Francisco?
Housing Affordability
How affordable is housing for a software engineer in Brussels compared to San Francisco?
SWE Affordability
10.3 years
5.2 years longer than San Francisco
Community & Events
Events listed on lu.ma, a popular Meetup alternative in tech circles, can indicate local community engagement.
Brussels has around 16 Luma events listed.
That's 74% fewer events than San Francisco.
Salary Converter
Enter your annual gross salary (before taxes) to see what you would need to earn in Brussels to maintain the same standard of living.
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