Brussels vs Yancheng - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Brussels	Yancheng
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2028	$913
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4874	$1672
🏠 One person rent	$1133	$537
🏘️ Family rent	$1958	$323
🍽️ Food expenses	$649	$222
🚐 Transport expenses	$97.4	$72.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3458	$863
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	96	21
😀 Quality of life	91	46
🏙️ Population	196K	6.71M

The cost of living in Brussels is 122% more expensive than in Yancheng. Cities ranked 1913th and 6158th ($2028 vs $913) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 12th in Belgium and China, respectively. Check Belgium vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Brussels compared to 0.9 months in Yancheng. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Yancheng ranked 242nd in China, while ranked 165th and 7008th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Yancheng

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	Brussels	Yancheng
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.6	$4.59
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$77.4	$25.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.1	$4.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.38	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$4.55	$5.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.18	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1090	$1103
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$879	$340
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1983	$394
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1587	$227
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$155	$32.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$235	$50
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.3	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.23%	3.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4704	$2529
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3801	$1915
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.93	$0.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$63.9	$16.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.7	$4.14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$2.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.66	$0.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$0.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.86	$1.12
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$6.69
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$2.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.7	$9.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$1.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.33
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$1.39
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.7	$0.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$0.85
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.76	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.57	$1.43
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.21	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.34	$0.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.2	$3.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$4.88
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.07	$7.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.49	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.32	$2.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$28.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$4.01
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.9	$45.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.8	$3.35
👖 Brand Jeans	$102	$46.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$91.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1055	$434
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22658	$18627

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Cities near Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1854
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1876
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1889
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1931
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1758
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1847
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1858
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1870
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1732
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1845
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1816
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$2025
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1835
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1791
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1863
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1787
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1835
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1801
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1806
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1745
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1823
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1768
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1846
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1867
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1571
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1648
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1746
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1737
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1657
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1830
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1696
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1794
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1722
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1724
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1745
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1671
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1867
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1804
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1666
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1818

Cities near Yancheng

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 36 mi	Xinghua	$663
62 km or 39 mi	Dongtai	$664
93 km or 58 mi	Gaoyou	$617
94 km or 58 mi	Huai'an	$654
101 km or 62 mi	Hai'an	$634
104 km or 64 mi	Taizhou	$651
119 km or 74 mi	Rugao	$630
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhou	$602
132 km or 82 mi	Tianchang	$610
132 km or 82 mi	Yangzhong	$597
136 km or 85 mi	Taixing	$622
146 km or 91 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
154 km or 96 mi	Yizheng	$590
155 km or 96 mi	Jingjiang	$621
160 km or 99 mi	Lianyungang	$537
164 km or 102 mi	Danyang	$597
166 km or 103 mi	Jiangyin	$634
172 km or 107 mi	Nantong	$547
173 km or 108 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
177 km or 110 mi	Changzhou	$601
181 km or 113 mi	Suqian	$602
184 km or 114 mi	Jurong	$618
193 km or 120 mi	Haimen	$612
197 km or 122 mi	Nanjing	$753
198 km or 123 mi	Xinyi	$564
202 km or 125 mi	Changshu	$632
204 km or 127 mi	Wuxi	$679
211 km or 131 mi	Mingguang	$583
223 km or 138 mi	Pizhou	$567
226 km or 141 mi	Qidong	$696
227 km or 141 mi	Yixing	$674
228 km or 142 mi	Liyang	$639
234 km or 145 mi	Rizhao	$558
234 km or 146 mi	Taicang	$673
237 km or 147 mi	Suzhou	$771
237 km or 147 mi	Kunshan	$696
248 km or 154 mi	Linyi	$546
250 km or 155 mi	Ma'anshan	$656
264 km or 164 mi	Bengbu	$509
275 km or 171 mi	Pudong	$1003