Brussels vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Brussels	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1958	$666
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4780	$1794
🏠 One person rent	$1120	$278
🏘️ Family rent	$1989	$393
🍽️ Food expenses	$598	$235
🚐 Transport expenses	$91.6	$74.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3047	$831
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	96	53
😀 Quality of life	89	50
🏙️ Population	196K	8.78M

The cost of living in Brussels is 194% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 1988th and 7155th ($1958 vs $666) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 142nd 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 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Quanzhou ranked 57th in China, while ranked 173rd and 6224th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Quanzhou

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	Brussels	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.8	$2.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76	$25
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.1	$5.38
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.51	$1.41
☕ Cappuccino	$4.14	$3.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.03	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1032	$193
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$881	$257
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2055	$425
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1606	$327
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$151	$23.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$236	$36.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$9.92
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.71%	3.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4722	$2834
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4382	$1563
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.69	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$55.1	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.1	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$1.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$0.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.46	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$2.44
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.59	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.86	$12.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.45	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$2.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$3.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.87	$5.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.03	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.98	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.6	$51.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41.1	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.5	$8.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$103	$43
👟 Brand Sneakers	$117	$89.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1059	$469
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23380	$22902

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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 Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$654
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$821
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$807
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$661
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$706
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$713
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$642
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$673
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$683
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$841
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$931
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$698
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$761
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$818
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$864
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$592
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$828
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$707
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$605
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$795
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$868
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$841
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$691
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1060
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1158
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$726
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$1028
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$745
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$643
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$801
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$719
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$813
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$716
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$634
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$776
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$636
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$618
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$1014