Brussels vs Yantai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brussels	Yantai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1816	$682
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4478	$1767
🏠 One person rent	$1024	$329
🏘️ Family rent	$1880	$473
🍽️ Food expenses	$567	$223
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.5	$56.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2931	$1049
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	96	49
😀 Quality of life	89	51
🏙️ Population	196K	7.1M

The cost of living in Brussels is 166% more expensive than in Yantai. Cities ranked 2354th and 6983rd ($1816 vs $682) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 66th 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 1.5 months in Yantai. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Yantai ranked 53rd in China, while ranked 190th and 6160th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Yantai

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	Brussels	Yantai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$2.89
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.1	$18.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.16	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$3.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$194
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$770	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1932	$368
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1489	$411
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$38.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$59.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.7	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.61%	4.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4675	$3344
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4207	$5975
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.62	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$8.96
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.8	$3.19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$1.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.19	$1.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$14.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$4.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.23
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.21	$0.87
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.6	$14.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$4.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.54	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.78	$2.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$22.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$4.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$24.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.2	$3.15
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.5	$72.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$75.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$975	$333
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19505	$23251

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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 Yantai

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Qixia	$622
59 km or 37 mi	Rushan	$609
68 km or 42 mi	Laiyang	$606
70 km or 43 mi	Haiyang	$605
74 km or 46 mi	Weihai	$610
77 km or 48 mi	Zhaoyuan	$600
88 km or 54 mi	Longkou	$605
88 km or 55 mi	Laixi	$594
111 km or 69 mi	Rongcheng	$596
120 km or 75 mi	Laizhou	$578
135 km or 84 mi	Pingdu	$569
162 km or 101 mi	Qingdao	$612
171 km or 106 mi	Dalian	$644
173 km or 107 mi	Jiaozhou	$574
176 km or 109 mi	Gaomi	$564
177 km or 110 mi	Changyi	$494
207 km or 128 mi	Weifang	$433
224 km or 139 mi	Anqiu	$514
227 km or 141 mi	Zhucheng	$561
232 km or 144 mi	Shouguang	$531
247 km or 154 mi	Dongying	$689
256 km or 159 mi	Wafangdian	$585
259 km or 161 mi	Qingzhou	$543
275 km or 171 mi	Rizhao	$566
287 km or 179 mi	Binzhou	$815
293 km or 182 mi	Zibo	$504
294 km or 183 mi	Zhuanghe	$543
318 km or 197 mi	Qinhuangdao	$664
318 km or 198 mi	Zouping	$553
343 km or 213 mi	Luanzhou	$635
347 km or 215 mi	Gaizhou	$517
348 km or 216 mi	Laiwu	$575
352 km or 219 mi	Xintai	$578
358 km or 223 mi	Binhai	$665
359 km or 223 mi	Laoling	$638
361 km or 224 mi	Xingcheng	$574
362 km or 225 mi	Huanghua	$655
364 km or 226 mi	Lianyungang	$536
366 km or 227 mi	Qian'an	$642
366 km or 227 mi	Tangshan	$702