Brussels vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brussels	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1816	$736
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4478	$1915
🏠 One person rent	$1024	$371
🏘️ Family rent	$1880	$643
🍽️ Food expenses	$567	$224
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.5	$69.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2931	$707
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	96	24
😀 Quality of life	89	38
🏙️ Population	196K	7.82M

The cost of living in Brussels is 147% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 2354th and 6735th ($1816 vs $736) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 43rd 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 months in Shangqiu. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Shangqiu ranked 300th in China, while ranked 190th and 7140th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Shangqiu

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	Brussels	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$3.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.1	$19.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.16	$1.06
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$2.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$296
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$770	$335
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1932	$464
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1489	$609
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$34.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$52.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.7	$10.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.61%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4675	$3083
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4207	$1982
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.62	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$16.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.8	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$0.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.19	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$2.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.08
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.21	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.6	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$3.17
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$4.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.54	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$2.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.78	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$39.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$27
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.2	$4.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.5	$45.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$69.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$975	$371
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19505	$17921

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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 Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$600
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$1385
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$584
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$787
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$545
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$660
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$580
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$591
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$643
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$484
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$602
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$591
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$800
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$633
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$586
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$547
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$538
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$591
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$593
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$548
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$571
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$575
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$625
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$552
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$551
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$528
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$519
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$575
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$578
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$637
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$571
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$522
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$505
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$571
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$561
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$529