Brussels vs Dongguan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Brussels	Dongguan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2028	$662
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4874	$1882
🏠 One person rent	$1133	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$1958	$461
🍽️ Food expenses	$649	$234
🚐 Transport expenses	$97.4	$79.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3458	$752
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	96	69
😀 Quality of life	91	72
🏙️ Population	196K	10.5M

The cost of living in Brussels is 206% more expensive than in Dongguan. Cities ranked 1913th and 7341st ($2028 vs $662) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 78th in Belgium and China, respectively. Check Belgium vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Brussels compared to 1.1 months in Dongguan. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Dongguan ranked 20th in China, while ranked 165th and 3389th 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	$25.6	$2.78
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$77.4	$21
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.1	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.38	$1.27
☕ Cappuccino	$4.55	$2.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.18	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1090	$319
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$879	$184
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1983	$568
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1587	$341
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$155	$39.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$235	$62.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.3	$12.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.23%	3.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4704	$6823
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3801	$3488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.93	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$63.9	$21.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.7	$4.04
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.66	$1.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.03
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.86	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$3.48
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.7	$13.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$1.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$1.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.7	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$1.01
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.76	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.57	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.21	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.34	$0.87
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.2	$2.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$4.87
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.07	$6.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.49	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.32	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$61
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$6.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.9	$49.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.8	$7.22
👖 Brand Jeans	$102	$30
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$61.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1055	$445
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22658	$21416

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Cities near Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1854
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1876
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1889
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1931
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1758
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1847
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1858
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1870
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1732
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1845
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1816
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$2025
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1835
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1791
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1863
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1787
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1835
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1801
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1806
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1745
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1823
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1768
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1846
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1867
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1571
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1648
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1746
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1737
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1657
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1830
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1696
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1794
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1722
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1724
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1745
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1671
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1867
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1804
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1666
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1818

Cities near Dongguan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Guangzhou	$758
65 km or 40 mi	Shenzhen	$878
66 km or 41 mi	Foshan	$589
68 km or 43 mi	Huizhou	$608
70 km or 44 mi	Zhongshan	$518
86 km or 53 mi	Jiangmen	$829
88 km or 54 mi	Zhuhai	$662
93 km or 58 mi	Kowloon	$2414
95 km or 59 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
100 km or 62 mi	Macau	$1746
100 km or 62 mi	Qingyuan	$777
124 km or 77 mi	Heyuan	$766
132 km or 82 mi	Kaiping	$827
133 km or 83 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
165 km or 103 mi	Shanwei	$941
176 km or 109 mi	Yunfu	$816
196 km or 122 mi	Shaoguan	$818
226 km or 141 mi	Yangjiang	$892
239 km or 148 mi	Lianzhou	$765
249 km or 155 mi	Puning	$579
253 km or 157 mi	Wuzhou	$809
271 km or 168 mi	Hezhou	$766
273 km or 170 mi	Jieyang	$451
279 km or 173 mi	Meizhou	$669
302 km or 188 mi	Chaozhou	$454
303 km or 188 mi	Shantou	$589
315 km or 195 mi	Chenzhou	$750
323 km or 201 mi	Gaozhou	$780
329 km or 205 mi	Maoming	$773
332 km or 206 mi	Ganzhou	$897
372 km or 231 mi	Yulin	$726
401 km or 249 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
403 km or 250 mi	Longyan	$697
424 km or 263 mi	Guigang	$693
430 km or 267 mi	Guilin	$546
430 km or 267 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
437 km or 271 mi	Yongzhou	$634
444 km or 276 mi	Hengyang	$622
464 km or 288 mi	Liuzhou	$574
467 km or 290 mi	Laibin	$598