Antwerp vs Baltimore - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antwerp	Baltimore
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1640	$2287
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3817	$5428
🏠 One person rent	$832	$1367
🏘️ Family rent	$1320	$2370
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$617
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2545	$4207
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	87	97
😀 Quality of life	89	90
🏙️ Population	529K	586K

The cost of living in Antwerp is 28% less expensive than in Baltimore. Cities ranked 2896th and 1182nd ($1640 vs $2287) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 1076th 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 1.8 months in Baltimore. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Baltimore ranked 24th in the United States, while ranked 203rd and 131st among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Antwerp vs Baltimore infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/antwerp/baltimore.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Antwerp vs Baltimore infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/antwerp/baltimore" target="_blank">Antwerp vs Baltimore - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Antwerp vs Baltimore

Prices for goods and services in Antwerp and Baltimore are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Antwerp	Baltimore
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$16.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.2	$70.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$6.37
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$5.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$2.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$794	$1496
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$1104
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1346	$2801
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1030	$1959
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$104
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$161
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$80.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.38%	6.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4167	$2120
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3351	$1975
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$2.58
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.6	$84.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.1	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$3.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$4.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$4.29
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$10.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$5.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$7.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$5.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$2.74
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$2.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$1.83
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.76	$2.65
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.83	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$2.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$11.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$8.05
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.37	$4.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$3.76
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.39	$2.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$59.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$14.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$156
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$48.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$87.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$1264
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12170	$22681

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Antwerp

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Mortsel	$1530
11 km or 6.6 mi	Beveren	$1613
15 km or 9.3 mi	Lier	$1523
19 km or 12 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1514
23 km or 14 mi	Mechelen	$1541
26 km or 16 mi	Zemst	$1556
28 km or 17 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1488
30 km or 19 mi	Herentals	$1318
31 km or 19 mi	Dendermonde	$1446
32 km or 20 mi	Lokeren	$1475
32 km or 20 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$1917
32 km or 20 mi	Hoogstraten	$1492
32 km or 20 mi	Vilvoorde	$1539
35 km or 22 mi	Roosendaal	$1890
39 km or 24 mi	Schaerbeek	$1651
39 km or 24 mi	Turnhout	$1421
39 km or 24 mi	Herent	$1599
40 km or 25 mi	Aarschot	$1362
41 km or 25 mi	Aalst	$1663
41 km or 25 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1580
41 km or 26 mi	Brussels	$1816
42 km or 26 mi	Geel	$1542
42 km or 26 mi	Etten-Leur	$1805
43 km or 27 mi	Anderlecht	$1667
43 km or 27 mi	Leuven	$1683
44 km or 27 mi	Dilbeek	$1642
45 km or 28 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1663
45 km or 28 mi	Forest	$1692
45 km or 28 mi	Tervuren	$1685
46 km or 29 mi	Scherpenheuvel-Zichem	$1486
46 km or 29 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1647
48 km or 30 mi	Goes	$2001
49 km or 30 mi	Breda	$1739
49 km or 31 mi	Overijse	$1618
49 km or 31 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1660
50 km or 31 mi	Ninove	$1560
51 km or 32 mi	Ghent	$1559
52 km or 33 mi	Diest	$1515
55 km or 34 mi	Halle	$1626
56 km or 35 mi	Waterloo	$1788

Cities near Baltimore

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Catonsville	$2500
21 km or 13 mi	Owings Mills	$2584
23 km or 14 mi	Columbia	$2760
30 km or 19 mi	Laurel	$2299
31 km or 19 mi	Edgewood	$2909
32 km or 20 mi	Eldersburg	$2499
35 km or 22 mi	Bel Air South	$2727
36 km or 22 mi	Annapolis	$2961
37 km or 23 mi	Bel Air North	$2640
37 km or 23 mi	Bowie	$2566
40 km or 25 mi	Greenbelt	$2471
42 km or 26 mi	College Park	$2548
47 km or 29 mi	Silver Spring	$2273
52 km or 32 mi	Rockville	$2596
54 km or 34 mi	Bethesda	$2777
55 km or 34 mi	Gaithersburg	$2425
57 km or 35 mi	Washington	$3149
57 km or 36 mi	Georgetown	$2893
58 km or 36 mi	Germantown	$2791
65 km or 41 mi	Alexandria	$2856
66 km or 41 mi	Bailey's Crossroads	$2543
66 km or 41 mi	Hanover	$2210
71 km or 44 mi	Frederick	$2389
73 km or 45 mi	Reston	$2617
74 km or 46 mi	Springfield	$2309
75 km or 47 mi	Waldorf	$2498
75 km or 47 mi	Herndon	$2513
76 km or 47 mi	York	$1979
77 km or 48 mi	Fairfax	$2786
80 km or 50 mi	Ashburn	$2696
84 km or 52 mi	Leesburg	$2197
86 km or 54 mi	Newark	$2085
87 km or 54 mi	Centreville	$3174
88 km or 55 mi	Lancaster	$2033
91 km or 56 mi	Woodbridge	$2601
91 km or 57 mi	Marumsco	$2539
95 km or 59 mi	Dover	$2250
95 km or 59 mi	Manassas	$2640
98 km or 61 mi	Waynesboro	$2217
103 km or 64 mi	Hagerstown	$2149