Brussels vs Hangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Brussels	Hangzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2028	$826
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4874	$2298
🏠 One person rent	$1133	$375
🏘️ Family rent	$1958	$641
🍽️ Food expenses	$649	$256
🚐 Transport expenses	$97.4	$90.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3458	$882
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	96	91
😀 Quality of life	91	72
🏙️ Population	196K	11.9M

The cost of living in Brussels is 146% more expensive than in Hangzhou. Cities ranked 1913th and 6563rd ($2028 vs $826) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 20th 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 Hangzhou. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Hangzhou ranked 13th in China, while ranked 165th and 2980th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Brussels vs Hangzhou infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/brussels/hangzhou.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Brussels vs Hangzhou infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/brussels/hangzhou" target="_blank">Brussels vs Hangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Brussels vs Hangzhou

Prices for goods and services in Brussels and Hangzhou are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Brussels	Hangzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.6	$3.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$77.4	$26.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.1	$4.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.38	$2.11
☕ Cappuccino	$4.55	$4.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.18	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1090	$483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$879	$283
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1983	$855
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1587	$498
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$155	$36.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$235	$55.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.3	$15.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.23%	3.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4704	$7830
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3801	$4289
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.93	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$63.9	$19.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.7	$6.17
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.66	$1.84
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.86	$1.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$15
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.7	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$2.16
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$1.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.7	$1.24
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$0.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$0.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.76	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.57	$1.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.21	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.34	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.2	$4.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$5.49
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.07	$4.37
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.49	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.32	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$50.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$7.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.9	$72.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.8	$4.64
👖 Brand Jeans	$102	$54.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$74.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1055	$411
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22658	$28925

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Hangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Shaoxing	$740
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$631
79 km or 49 mi	Jiaxing	$597
102 km or 63 mi	Guangde	$642
105 km or 65 mi	Yiwu	$672
121 km or 75 mi	Ningguo	$637
125 km or 78 mi	Suzhou	$771
129 km or 80 mi	Yixing	$674
137 km or 85 mi	Jinhua	$586
139 km or 87 mi	Ningbo	$713
146 km or 90 mi	Liyang	$639
147 km or 91 mi	Wuxi	$679
148 km or 92 mi	Kunshan	$696
156 km or 97 mi	Xuancheng	$659
161 km or 100 mi	Shanghai	$1128
161 km or 100 mi	Taicang	$673
165 km or 102 mi	Changshu	$632
170 km or 106 mi	Pudong	$1003
175 km or 109 mi	Changzhou	$601
182 km or 113 mi	Linhai	$666
185 km or 115 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
185 km or 115 mi	Jiangyin	$634
188 km or 117 mi	Zhoushan	$576
188 km or 117 mi	Huangshan	$620
191 km or 118 mi	Quzhou	$604
195 km or 121 mi	Jingjiang	$621
202 km or 125 mi	Lishui	$696
202 km or 126 mi	Danyang	$597
205 km or 127 mi	Nantong	$547
206 km or 128 mi	Haimen	$612
210 km or 131 mi	Wuhu	$672
213 km or 132 mi	Jurong	$618
214 km or 133 mi	Taixing	$622
224 km or 139 mi	Yangzhong	$597
224 km or 139 mi	Qidong	$696
228 km or 142 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
237 km or 147 mi	Ma'anshan	$656
238 km or 148 mi	Wenling	$677
240 km or 149 mi	Rugao	$630
240 km or 149 mi	Nanjing	$753