Brussels vs Yantai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Brussels	Yantai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1958	$740
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4780	$1909
🏠 One person rent	$1120	$368
🏘️ Family rent	$1989	$494
🍽️ Food expenses	$598	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$91.6	$63.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3047	$1155
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	96	49
😀 Quality of life	89	52
🏙️ Population	196K	7.1M

The cost of living in Brussels is 165% more expensive than in Yantai. Cities ranked 1988th and 6718th ($1958 vs $740) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 59th 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 1.6 months in Yantai. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Yantai ranked 49th in China, while ranked 173rd and 6113th 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	$20.8	$3.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76	$18.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.1	$4.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.51	$1.77
☕ Cappuccino	$4.14	$3.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.03	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1032	$345
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$881	$305
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2055	$377
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1606	$425
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$151	$43.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$236	$67.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$11.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.71%	4.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4722	$3928
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4382	$7710
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.69	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$55.1	$9.94
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.1	$3.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$1.21
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$0.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.46	$1.37
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$4.27
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$1.35
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$1.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.59	$0.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.86	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.45	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$4.51
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.87	$3.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.03	$0.89
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.98	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.6	$23.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$4.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41.1	$25.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.5	$3.25
👖 Brand Jeans	$103	$84.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$117	$83.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1059	$562
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23380	$24056

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Cities near Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1752
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1633
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1734
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1712
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1657
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1691
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1715
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1738
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1675
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1799
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1723
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$1911
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1701
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1636
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1702
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1708
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1619
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1696
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1691
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1661
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1693
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1660
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1779
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1761
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1592
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1595
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1630
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1616
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1555
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1593
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1611
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1514
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1598
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1616
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1545
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1592
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1667
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1709
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1560
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1762

Cities near Yantai

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Qixia	$674
59 km or 37 mi	Rushan	$663
68 km or 42 mi	Laiyang	$656
70 km or 43 mi	Haiyang	$653
74 km or 46 mi	Weihai	$674
77 km or 48 mi	Zhaoyuan	$649
88 km or 54 mi	Longkou	$655
88 km or 55 mi	Laixi	$645
111 km or 69 mi	Rongcheng	$657
120 km or 75 mi	Laizhou	$623
135 km or 84 mi	Pingdu	$618
162 km or 101 mi	Qingdao	$681
171 km or 106 mi	Dalian	$761
173 km or 107 mi	Jiaozhou	$640
176 km or 109 mi	Gaomi	$608
177 km or 110 mi	Changyi	$536
207 km or 128 mi	Weifang	$501
224 km or 139 mi	Anqiu	$558
227 km or 141 mi	Zhucheng	$605
232 km or 144 mi	Shouguang	$579
247 km or 154 mi	Dongying	$748
256 km or 159 mi	Wafangdian	$667
259 km or 161 mi	Qingzhou	$578
275 km or 171 mi	Rizhao	$610
287 km or 179 mi	Binzhou	$869
293 km or 182 mi	Zibo	$526
294 km or 183 mi	Zhuanghe	$605
318 km or 197 mi	Qinhuangdao	$720
318 km or 198 mi	Zouping	$581
343 km or 213 mi	Luanzhou	$677
347 km or 215 mi	Gaizhou	$565
348 km or 216 mi	Laiwu	$602
352 km or 219 mi	Xintai	$608
358 km or 223 mi	Binhai	$700
359 km or 223 mi	Laoling	$668
361 km or 224 mi	Xingcheng	$627
362 km or 225 mi	Huanghua	$693
364 km or 226 mi	Lianyungang	$588
366 km or 227 mi	Qian'an	$684
366 km or 227 mi	Tangshan	$742