Brussels vs Guangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Brussels	Guangzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1958	$763
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4780	$2294
🏠 One person rent	$1120	$333
🏘️ Family rent	$1989	$850
🍽️ Food expenses	$598	$279
🚐 Transport expenses	$91.6	$76.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3047	$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 157% more expensive than in Guangzhou. Cities ranked 1988th and 6602nd ($1958 vs $763) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 49th 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 173rd and 1036th 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	$20.8	$3.58
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76	$25.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.1	$4.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.51	$0.86
☕ Cappuccino	$4.14	$3.43
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.03	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1032	$457
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$881	$236
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2055	$1125
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1606	$688
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$151	$39.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$236	$61.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.71%	4.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4722	$10222
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4382	$4345
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.69	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$55.1	$15.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.1	$4.63
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$1.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$1.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.46	$1.65
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$15.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$4.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$2.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$1.41
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$0.88
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.18
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.59	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.86	$25.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.45	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$4.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.87	$5.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.03	$1.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.98	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.6	$26.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$7.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41.1	$28.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.5	$9.52
👖 Brand Jeans	$103	$35.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$117	$69.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1059	$439
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23380	$15919

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Cities near Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1752
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1633
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1734
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1712
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1657
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1691
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1715
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1738
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1675
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1799
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1723
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$1911
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1701
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1636
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1702
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1708
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1619
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1696
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1691
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1661
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1693
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1660
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1779
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1761
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1592
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1595
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1630
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1616
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1555
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1593
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1611
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1514
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1598
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1616
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1545
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1592
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1667
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1709
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1560
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1762

Cities near Guangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Foshan	$602
51 km or 32 mi	Dongguan	$678
63 km or 39 mi	Jiangmen	$830
65 km or 41 mi	Qingyuan	$808
67 km or 42 mi	Zhongshan	$491
83 km or 52 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
100 km or 62 mi	Zhuhai	$641
102 km or 63 mi	Kaiping	$824
105 km or 65 mi	Shenzhen	$958
111 km or 69 mi	Macau	$1590
118 km or 73 mi	Huizhou	$629
127 km or 79 mi	Yunfu	$839
131 km or 81 mi	Kowloon	$2427
132 km or 82 mi	Hong Kong	$2753
162 km or 100 mi	Heyuan	$801
189 km or 117 mi	Shaoguan	$852
194 km or 121 mi	Yangjiang	$895
202 km or 126 mi	Wuzhou	$819
205 km or 127 mi	Lianzhou	$783
216 km or 134 mi	Shanwei	$1014
225 km or 140 mi	Hezhou	$780
281 km or 175 mi	Gaozhou	$774
291 km or 181 mi	Maoming	$774
298 km or 185 mi	Chenzhou	$746
298 km or 185 mi	Puning	$726
319 km or 198 mi	Meizhou	$795
321 km or 199 mi	Jieyang	$691
323 km or 201 mi	Yulin	$794
345 km or 214 mi	Ganzhou	$813
349 km or 217 mi	Chaozhou	$592
352 km or 219 mi	Shantou	$605
364 km or 226 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
373 km or 232 mi	Guigang	$725
384 km or 239 mi	Guilin	$538
406 km or 252 mi	Yongzhou	$618
414 km or 257 mi	Liuzhou	$607
416 km or 259 mi	Laibin	$623
424 km or 264 mi	Hengyang	$611
440 km or 273 mi	Longyan	$713
460 km or 286 mi	Haikou	$671