Brussels vs Foshan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brussels	Foshan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1816	$611
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4478	$1821
🏠 One person rent	$1024	$208
🏘️ Family rent	$1880	$440
🍽️ Food expenses	$567	$262
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.5	$67.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2931	$754
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	96	95
😀 Quality of life	89	70
🏙️ Population	196K	9.5M

The cost of living in Brussels is 197% more expensive than in Foshan. Cities ranked 2354th and 7543rd ($1816 vs $611) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 199th 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 1.2 months in Foshan. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Foshan ranked 13th in China, while ranked 190th and 2601st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Foshan

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	Brussels	Foshan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$3.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.1	$22
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$4.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.16	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$3.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$246
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$770	$129
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1932	$570
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1489	$310
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$42.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$65.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.7	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.61%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4675	$4361
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4207	$1806
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.62	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$11
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.8	$4.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.19	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$4.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$13.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.02
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.21	$1.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.6	$16.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$3.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$6.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.54	$5.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$1.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.78	$2.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$67.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$6.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$17
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.2	$3.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.5	$43
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$70.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$975	$411
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19505	$18096

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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 Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$774
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$804
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$461
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$656
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$794
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$812
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$653
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1588
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$823
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$916
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$601
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2432
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$877
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$764
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$803
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$818
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$755
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$758
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$936
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$761
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$756
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$771
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$724
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$569
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$655
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$443
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$702
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$761
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$451
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$581
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$522
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$598
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$579
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$609
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$590
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$650
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$642