Brussels vs Wuhan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brussels	Wuhan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1816	$656
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4478	$1683
🏠 One person rent	$1024	$271
🏘️ Family rent	$1880	$461
🍽️ Food expenses	$567	$217
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.5	$83.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2931	$886
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	96	98
😀 Quality of life	89	70
🏙️ Population	196K	12.3M

The cost of living in Brussels is 177% more expensive than in Wuhan. Cities ranked 2354th and 7163rd ($1816 vs $656) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 95th 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 1.4 months in Wuhan. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Wuhan ranked 12th in China, while ranked 190th and 2475th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Wuhan

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	Brussels	Wuhan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$3.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.1	$17.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$4.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.16	$1.63
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$314
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$770	$193
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1932	$598
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1489	$331
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$41.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$63.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.7	$13.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.61%	4.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4675	$3716
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4207	$2008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.62	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.8	$3.57
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.19	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$11.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$1.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.21	$0.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.6	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$2.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.54	$5.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.78	$1.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$37.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.2	$3.25
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.5	$71.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$87.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$975	$330
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19505	$8658

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Wuhan

Distance	City	Cost of living
45 km or 28 mi	Hanchuan	$619
52 km or 32 mi	Xiaogan	$651
58 km or 36 mi	Huanggang	$660
61 km or 38 mi	Ezhou	$638
79 km or 49 mi	Yingcheng	$600
83 km or 52 mi	Huangshi	$679
84 km or 52 mi	Xianning	$635
85 km or 53 mi	Daye	$645
88 km or 55 mi	Xiantao	$600
95 km or 59 mi	Anlu	$615
96 km or 60 mi	Macheng	$630
100 km or 62 mi	Chibi	$591
116 km or 72 mi	Honghu	$589
123 km or 76 mi	Jingshan	$584
123 km or 76 mi	Guangshui	$619
147 km or 91 mi	Wuxue	$613
148 km or 92 mi	Linxiang	$569
153 km or 95 mi	Suizhou	$621
172 km or 107 mi	Xinyang	$655
175 km or 109 mi	Zhongxiang	$577
176 km or 109 mi	Yueyang	$596
192 km or 119 mi	Jiujiang	$637
199 km or 124 mi	Jingzhou	$591
205 km or 127 mi	Jingmen	$588
205 km or 127 mi	Shishou	$549
218 km or 136 mi	Qianshan	$576
225 km or 140 mi	Zaoyang	$591
230 km or 143 mi	Yicheng	$577
240 km or 149 mi	Dangyang	$558
245 km or 153 mi	Songzi	$556
248 km or 154 mi	Lu'an	$664
255 km or 159 mi	Jinshi	$533
259 km or 161 mi	Tongcheng	$600
261 km or 162 mi	Xiangyang	$604
262 km or 163 mi	Nanchang	$506
263 km or 163 mi	Anqing	$555
267 km or 166 mi	Zhumadian	$637
273 km or 170 mi	Yidu	$561
288 km or 179 mi	Yichang	$602
292 km or 182 mi	Yiyang	$586