Brussels vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brussels	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1816	$671
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4478	$2065
🏠 One person rent	$1024	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$1880	$505
🍽️ Food expenses	$567	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.5	$88.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2931	$800
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	96	20
😀 Quality of life	89	41
🏙️ Population	196K	6.44M

The cost of living in Brussels is 170% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 2354th and 7052nd ($1816 vs $671) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 74th 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 Shangrao. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Shangrao ranked 210th in China, while ranked 190th and 6873rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Shangrao

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	Brussels	Shangrao
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.1	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.16	$0.69
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$2.05
🥤 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	$303
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$770	$199
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1932	$628
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1489	$401
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$27.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$42.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.7	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.61%	3.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4675	$4836
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4207	$2454
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.62	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$23.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.8	$5.02
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$2.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.19	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$19.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$2.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$1.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.88
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.21	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.6	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$3.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.54	$4.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.78	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$33.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$6.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$42.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.2	$5.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.5	$51
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$67.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$975	$436
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19505	$31722

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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 Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$598
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$601
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$603
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$616
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$621
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$642
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$585
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$587
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$682
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$630
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$506
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$677
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$637
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$555
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$603
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$648
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$611
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$642
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$726
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$681
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$632
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$576
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$613
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$672
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$805
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$669
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$600
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$650
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$564
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$716
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$661
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$691
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$600
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$671
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$670
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$645
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$679
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$625
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$590
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$621