Brussels vs Hangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brussels	Hangzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1816	$805
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4478	$2398
🏠 One person rent	$1024	$369
🏘️ Family rent	$1880	$751
🍽️ Food expenses	$567	$253
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.5	$84.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2931	$1212
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	96	91
😀 Quality of life	89	72
🏙️ Population	196K	11.9M

The cost of living in Brussels is 125% more expensive than in Hangzhou. Cities ranked 2354th and 6419th ($1816 vs $805) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 23rd 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 1.5 months in Hangzhou. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Hangzhou ranked 10th in China, while ranked 190th and 1916th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Hangzhou

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	Brussels	Hangzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$3.66
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.1	$23.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$4.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.16	$1.94
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$3.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$465
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$770	$282
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1932	$985
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1489	$603
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$36.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$56.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.7	$14.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.61%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4675	$8089
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4207	$4179
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.62	$0.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$18.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.8	$5.71
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$2.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.19	$1.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$17.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$3.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$2.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.21	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.6	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$0.85
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$3.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$5.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.54	$4.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.78	$1.67
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$38.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$6.93
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$70.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.2	$4.51
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.5	$51.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$69.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$975	$441
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19505	$31296

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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 Hangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Shaoxing	$716
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$670
79 km or 49 mi	Jiaxing	$573
102 km or 63 mi	Guangde	$650
105 km or 65 mi	Yiwu	$677
121 km or 75 mi	Ningguo	$642
125 km or 78 mi	Suzhou	$868
129 km or 80 mi	Yixing	$695
137 km or 85 mi	Jinhua	$587
139 km or 87 mi	Ningbo	$708
146 km or 90 mi	Liyang	$654
147 km or 91 mi	Wuxi	$670
148 km or 92 mi	Kunshan	$700
156 km or 97 mi	Xuancheng	$672
161 km or 100 mi	Shanghai	$1097
161 km or 100 mi	Taicang	$665
165 km or 102 mi	Changshu	$645
170 km or 106 mi	Pudong	$984
175 km or 109 mi	Changzhou	$702
182 km or 113 mi	Linhai	$661
185 km or 115 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
185 km or 115 mi	Jiangyin	$657
188 km or 117 mi	Zhoushan	$590
188 km or 117 mi	Huangshan	$642
191 km or 118 mi	Quzhou	$616
195 km or 121 mi	Jingjiang	$643
202 km or 125 mi	Lishui	$682
202 km or 126 mi	Danyang	$607
205 km or 127 mi	Nantong	$602
206 km or 128 mi	Haimen	$631
210 km or 131 mi	Wuhu	$691
213 km or 132 mi	Jurong	$621
214 km or 133 mi	Taixing	$636
224 km or 139 mi	Yangzhong	$603
224 km or 139 mi	Qidong	$701
228 km or 142 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
237 km or 147 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
238 km or 148 mi	Wenling	$671
240 km or 149 mi	Rugao	$644
240 km or 149 mi	Nanjing	$746