Brussels vs Dongguan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brussels	Dongguan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1816	$656
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4478	$1973
🏠 One person rent	$1024	$250
🏘️ Family rent	$1880	$527
🍽️ Food expenses	$567	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.5	$84
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2931	$742
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	96	69
😀 Quality of life	89	69
🏙️ Population	196K	10.5M

The cost of living in Brussels is 177% more expensive than in Dongguan. Cities ranked 2354th and 7169th ($1816 vs $656) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 97th 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 1.1 months in Dongguan. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Dongguan ranked 16th in China, while ranked 190th and 2941st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Dongguan

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	Brussels	Dongguan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$2.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.1	$21.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$4.24
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.16	$0.9
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$2.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$319
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$770	$171
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1932	$659
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1489	$406
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$37.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$57.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.7	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.61%	4.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4675	$5615
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4207	$3422
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.62	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$24.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.8	$4.16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.19	$1.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$4.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$11.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$1.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.76
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.21	$1.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.6	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$4.79
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.54	$6.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$1.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.78	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$62.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$6.94
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$48.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.2	$7.17
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.5	$39.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$65.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$975	$489
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19505	$20945

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Cities near Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1651
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1663
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1667
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1692
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1580
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1647
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1642
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1660
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1539
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1685
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1618
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$1788
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1626
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1556
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1615
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1594
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1541
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1607
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1585
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1536
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1599
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1560
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1663
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1683
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1446
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1492
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1537
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1523
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1461
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1488
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1530
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1362
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1509
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1520
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1475
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1514
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1578
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1613
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1488
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1640

Cities near Dongguan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Guangzhou	$774
65 km or 40 mi	Shenzhen	$916
66 km or 41 mi	Foshan	$611
68 km or 43 mi	Huizhou	$601
70 km or 44 mi	Zhongshan	$461
86 km or 53 mi	Jiangmen	$804
88 km or 54 mi	Zhuhai	$653
93 km or 58 mi	Kowloon	$2432
95 km or 59 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
100 km or 62 mi	Macau	$1588
100 km or 62 mi	Qingyuan	$794
124 km or 77 mi	Heyuan	$764
132 km or 82 mi	Kaiping	$812
133 km or 83 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
165 km or 103 mi	Shanwei	$936
176 km or 109 mi	Yunfu	$823
196 km or 122 mi	Shaoguan	$818
226 km or 141 mi	Yangjiang	$877
239 km or 148 mi	Lianzhou	$755
249 km or 155 mi	Puning	$569
253 km or 157 mi	Wuzhou	$803
271 km or 168 mi	Hezhou	$758
273 km or 170 mi	Jieyang	$443
279 km or 173 mi	Meizhou	$655
302 km or 188 mi	Chaozhou	$451
303 km or 188 mi	Shantou	$581
315 km or 195 mi	Chenzhou	$724
323 km or 201 mi	Gaozhou	$761
329 km or 205 mi	Maoming	$756
332 km or 206 mi	Ganzhou	$761
372 km or 231 mi	Yulin	$771
401 km or 249 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
403 km or 250 mi	Longyan	$649
424 km or 263 mi	Guigang	$702
430 km or 267 mi	Guilin	$522
430 km or 267 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
437 km or 271 mi	Yongzhou	$609
444 km or 276 mi	Hengyang	$590
464 km or 288 mi	Liuzhou	$579
467 km or 290 mi	Laibin	$598