Antwerp vs Arlington - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Antwerp	Arlington
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1818	$1856
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4384	$4502
🏠 One person rent	$909	$1114
🏘️ Family rent	$1498	$1920
🍽️ Food expenses	$627	$516
🚐 Transport expenses	$143	$92.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2918	$3964
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	87	90
😀 Quality of life	91	77
🏙️ Population	529K	394K

The cost of living in Antwerp is 2% less expensive than in Arlington. Cities ranked 2669th and 2476th ($1818 vs $1856) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 1871st in Belgium and the United States, respectively. Check Belgium vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Antwerp compared to 2.1 months in Arlington. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Arlington ranked 405th in the United States, while ranked 196th and 1375th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Arlington

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	Antwerp	Arlington
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.4	$15.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$107	$49.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.2	$9.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.6	$4.77
☕ Cappuccino	$4.14	$4.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.47	$2.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$866	$1284
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$702	$860
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1473	$2314
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1205	$1533
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$122	$111
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$173
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.1	$57.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.94%	6.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4402	$2215
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3153	$2107
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.25	$5.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.2	$39.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.9	$17
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$0.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.46	$2.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$3.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.76	$2.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.8	$9.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$10.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.9	$14.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$4.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$3.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$3.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$2.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$2.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$1.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$1.87
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.18	$12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$1.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.9	$7.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.9	$9.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$4.07
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.06	$4.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.65	$2.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39	$39.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$11.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$103
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$12.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$49.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$81
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$646	$1210
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21567	$23378

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Cities near Antwerp

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Mortsel	$1696
11 km or 6.6 mi	Beveren	$1804
15 km or 9.3 mi	Lier	$1737
19 km or 12 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1671
23 km or 14 mi	Mechelen	$1835
26 km or 16 mi	Zemst	$1791
28 km or 17 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1830
30 km or 19 mi	Herentals	$1512
31 km or 19 mi	Dendermonde	$1571
32 km or 20 mi	Lokeren	$1745
32 km or 20 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$2224
32 km or 20 mi	Hoogstraten	$1701
32 km or 20 mi	Vilvoorde	$1732
35 km or 22 mi	Roosendaal	$2175
39 km or 24 mi	Schaerbeek	$1854
39 km or 24 mi	Turnhout	$1639
39 km or 24 mi	Herent	$1823
40 km or 25 mi	Aarschot	$1794
41 km or 25 mi	Aalst	$1846
41 km or 25 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1758
41 km or 26 mi	Brussels	$2028
42 km or 26 mi	Geel	$1729
42 km or 26 mi	Etten-Leur	$2057
43 km or 27 mi	Anderlecht	$1889
43 km or 27 mi	Leuven	$1867
44 km or 27 mi	Dilbeek	$1858
45 km or 28 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1876
45 km or 28 mi	Forest	$1931
45 km or 28 mi	Tervuren	$1845
46 km or 29 mi	Scherpenheuvel-Zichem	$1742
46 km or 29 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1847
48 km or 30 mi	Goes	$2374
49 km or 30 mi	Breda	$2087
49 km or 31 mi	Overijse	$1816
49 km or 31 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1870
50 km or 31 mi	Ninove	$1768
51 km or 32 mi	Ghent	$1811
52 km or 33 mi	Diest	$1726
55 km or 34 mi	Halle	$1835
56 km or 35 mi	Waterloo	$2025

Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2130
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2302
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2133
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2139
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2135
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2140
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2138
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$2133
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2140
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2217
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2183
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2179
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2136
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2133
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2184
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2108
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2143
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2200
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2190
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2144
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2162
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2447
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2145
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2223
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2222
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2287
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2145
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2199
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2038
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2187
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2185
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2250
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2315
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2246
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2176
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2199
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2497
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2268
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2216
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2369