Brussels vs Maoming - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brussels	Maoming
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1816	$756
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4478	$2050
🏠 One person rent	$1024	$409
🏘️ Family rent	$1880	$794
🍽️ Food expenses	$567	$199
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.5	$68.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2931	$971
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	39 km
🎓 Higher education	96	29
😀 Quality of life	89	44
🏙️ Population	196K	6.17M

The cost of living in Brussels is 140% more expensive than in Maoming. Cities ranked 2354th and 6647th ($1816 vs $756) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 39th 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 1.3 months in Maoming. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Maoming ranked 136th in China, while ranked 190th and 6657th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Maoming

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	Brussels	Maoming
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$2.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.1	$13.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$3.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.16	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$477
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$770	$343
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1932	$967
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1489	$684
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$27.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$41.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.7	$11.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.61%	4.64%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4675	$6271
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4207	$3451
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.62	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.8	$2.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$1.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$0.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.19	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$4.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$5.52
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$0.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$0.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$0.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.21	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.6	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$3.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$6.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.54	$5.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.78	$2.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$30.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$6.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$31.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.2	$9.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.5	$45.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$68.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$975	$476
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19505	$17434

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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 Maoming

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Gaozhou	$761
74 km or 46 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
110 km or 68 mi	Yangjiang	$877
133 km or 83 mi	Yulin	$771
181 km or 113 mi	Yunfu	$823
189 km or 118 mi	Beihai	$642
193 km or 120 mi	Haikou	$650
199 km or 124 mi	Kaiping	$812
207 km or 128 mi	Wuzhou	$803
209 km or 130 mi	Guigang	$702
221 km or 137 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
240 km or 149 mi	Qinzhou	$592
245 km or 153 mi	Jiangmen	$804
269 km or 167 mi	Zhongshan	$461
271 km or 168 mi	Fangchenggang	$573
272 km or 169 mi	Foshan	$611
277 km or 172 mi	Macau	$1588
282 km or 175 mi	Zhuhai	$653
288 km or 179 mi	Laibin	$598
291 km or 181 mi	Guangzhou	$774
297 km or 185 mi	Nanning	$549
313 km or 194 mi	Hezhou	$758
314 km or 195 mi	Qingyuan	$794
329 km or 205 mi	Dongguan	$656
333 km or 207 mi	Liuzhou	$579
337 km or 210 mi	Shenzhen	$916
341 km or 212 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
344 km or 214 mi	Kowloon	$2432
376 km or 233 mi	Chongzuo	$564
378 km or 235 mi	Lianzhou	$755
383 km or 238 mi	Cam Pha	$569
394 km or 245 mi	Huizhou	$601
405 km or 252 mi	Ha Long	$582
406 km or 252 mi	Guilin	$522
407 km or 253 mi	Sanya	$763
443 km or 275 mi	Shaoguan	$818
444 km or 276 mi	Hechi	$575
451 km or 280 mi	Haiphong	$591
451 km or 281 mi	Heyuan	$764
471 km or 293 mi	Shanwei	$936