Brussels vs Guangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brussels	Guangzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1816	$774
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4478	$2226
🏠 One person rent	$1024	$352
🏘️ Family rent	$1880	$830
🍽️ Food expenses	$567	$266
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.5	$79
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2931	$1294
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	96	97
😀 Quality of life	89	75
🏙️ Population	196K	18.7M

The cost of living in Brussels is 135% more expensive than in Guangzhou. Cities ranked 2354th and 6548th ($1816 vs $774) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 31st 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 1.7 months in Guangzhou. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Guangzhou ranked 6th in China, while ranked 190th and 1055th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Guangzhou

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	Brussels	Guangzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$3.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.1	$22.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$4.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.16	$0.95
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$3.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$465
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$770	$263
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1932	$1183
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1489	$655
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$37.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$58
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.7	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.61%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4675	$10125
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4207	$4029
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.62	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$19.2
🚕 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	$1.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$2.09
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.19	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$4.44
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$1.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.21	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.6	$20.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$3.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$5.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.54	$5.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$1.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.78	$2.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$6.72
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$27.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.2	$9.58
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.5	$39
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$70
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$975	$408
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19505	$14511

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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 Guangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Foshan	$611
51 km or 32 mi	Dongguan	$656
63 km or 39 mi	Jiangmen	$804
65 km or 41 mi	Qingyuan	$794
67 km or 42 mi	Zhongshan	$461
83 km or 52 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
100 km or 62 mi	Zhuhai	$653
102 km or 63 mi	Kaiping	$812
105 km or 65 mi	Shenzhen	$916
111 km or 69 mi	Macau	$1588
118 km or 73 mi	Huizhou	$601
127 km or 79 mi	Yunfu	$823
131 km or 81 mi	Kowloon	$2432
132 km or 82 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
162 km or 100 mi	Heyuan	$764
189 km or 117 mi	Shaoguan	$818
194 km or 121 mi	Yangjiang	$877
202 km or 126 mi	Wuzhou	$803
205 km or 127 mi	Lianzhou	$755
216 km or 134 mi	Shanwei	$936
225 km or 140 mi	Hezhou	$758
281 km or 175 mi	Gaozhou	$761
291 km or 181 mi	Maoming	$756
298 km or 185 mi	Chenzhou	$724
298 km or 185 mi	Puning	$569
319 km or 198 mi	Meizhou	$655
321 km or 199 mi	Jieyang	$443
323 km or 201 mi	Yulin	$771
345 km or 214 mi	Ganzhou	$761
349 km or 217 mi	Chaozhou	$451
352 km or 219 mi	Shantou	$581
364 km or 226 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
373 km or 232 mi	Guigang	$702
384 km or 239 mi	Guilin	$522
406 km or 252 mi	Yongzhou	$609
414 km or 257 mi	Liuzhou	$579
416 km or 259 mi	Laibin	$598
424 km or 264 mi	Hengyang	$590
440 km or 273 mi	Longyan	$649
460 km or 286 mi	Haikou	$650