Brussels vs Chengdu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Brussels	Chengdu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1869	$643
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4554	$1812
🏠 One person rent	$1085	$242
🏘️ Family rent	$1927	$440
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$239
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.1	$85.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3070	$883
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	96	94
😀 Quality of life	89	73
🏙️ Population	189K	20.9M

The cost of living in Brussels is 191% more expensive than in Chengdu. Cities ranked 2147th and 7269th ($1869 vs $643) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 196th in Belgium and China, respectively. Check Belgium vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Brussels compared to 1.4 months in Chengdu. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Chengdu ranked 7th in China, while ranked 148th and 1633rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Chengdu

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	Brussels	Chengdu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$2.81
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.3	$25.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$4.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.38	$2.31
☕ Cappuccino	$3.91	$3.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$968	$301
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$834	$171
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1848	$599
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1555	$321
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$169	$33.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$258	$51.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.2	$11.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.39%	4.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4416	$3743
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3736	$2044
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.69	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$26.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$3.52
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$1.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.29	$1.95
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$4.12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$12.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$1.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$1.62
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$0.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.11	$1.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.73	$11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.52	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.76	$2.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$4.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.75	$4.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.97	$1.4
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.87	$1.58
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.9	$32.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.3	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.8	$6.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$54.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$83.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$978	$388
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23098	$18347

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Cities near Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1682
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1524
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1659
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1652
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1593
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1619
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1644
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1669
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1599
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1743
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1648
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$1825
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1640
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1567
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1645
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1613
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1544
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1630
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1619
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1553
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1575
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1581
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1678
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1618
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1469
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1563
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1568
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1533
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1484
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1517
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1539
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1426
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1536
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1536
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1511
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1413
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1596
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1631
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1570
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1650

Cities near Chengdu

Distance	City	Cost of living
38 km or 24 mi	Chongzhou	$611
38 km or 24 mi	Pengzhou	$608
41 km or 25 mi	Guanghan	$594
53 km or 33 mi	Shifang	$578
55 km or 34 mi	Jianyang	$607
56 km or 35 mi	Dujiangyan	$602
60 km or 38 mi	Deyang	$598
65 km or 40 mi	Qionglai	$603
71 km or 44 mi	Meishan	$625
77 km or 48 mi	Mianzhu	$562
81 km or 50 mi	Ziyang	$615
110 km or 68 mi	Mianyang	$535
124 km or 77 mi	Leshan	$619
127 km or 79 mi	Ya'an	$596
127 km or 79 mi	Shehong	$530
131 km or 81 mi	Emeishan	$589
139 km or 87 mi	Jiangyou	$548
145 km or 90 mi	Suining	$545
153 km or 95 mi	Neijiang	$674
161 km or 100 mi	Zigong	$597
188 km or 117 mi	Longchang	$625
193 km or 120 mi	Nanchong	$435
208 km or 129 mi	Langzhong	$525
219 km or 136 mi	Yibin	$620
237 km or 148 mi	Luzhou	$646
247 km or 153 mi	Guang'an	$564
259 km or 161 mi	Guangyuan	$566
261 km or 162 mi	Huaying	$554
265 km or 165 mi	Chongqing	$712
288 km or 179 mi	Bazhong	$559
333 km or 207 mi	Dazhou	$566
341 km or 212 mi	Longnan	$568
353 km or 220 mi	Xichang	$593
372 km or 231 mi	Zhaotong	$616
388 km or 241 mi	Hanzhong	$576
390 km or 243 mi	Renhuai	$570
392 km or 244 mi	Bijie	$606
408 km or 253 mi	Wanyuan	$552
431 km or 268 mi	Zunyi	$580
459 km or 285 mi	Liupanshui	$587