Antwerp vs Baltimore - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Antwerp	Baltimore
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1818	$2323
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4384	$5331
🏠 One person rent	$909	$1411
🏘️ Family rent	$1498	$2342
🍽️ Food expenses	$627	$620
🚐 Transport expenses	$143	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2918	$3970
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	87	97
😀 Quality of life	91	92
🏙️ Population	529K	586K

The cost of living in Antwerp is 22% less expensive than in Baltimore. Cities ranked 2669th and 1219th ($1818 vs $2323) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 1063rd 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 1.7 months in Baltimore. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Baltimore ranked 35th in the United States, while ranked 196th and 128th 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	$20.4	$17.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$107	$75.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.2	$10.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.6	$6.15
☕ Cappuccino	$4.14	$5.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.47	$2.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$866	$1652
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$702	$1117
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1473	$2831
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1205	$1910
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$122	$114
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$175
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.1	$73
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.94%	6.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4402	$2256
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3153	$1977
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.25	$2.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.2	$85.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.9	$15.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$0.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.46	$3.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$3.82
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.76	$4.66
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.8	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$9.47
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.9	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$5.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$7.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$4.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$2.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$2.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$1.81
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$2.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.18	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$3.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.9	$12.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.9	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$4.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.06	$3.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.65	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39	$56.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$14.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$122
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$20.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$52.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$96.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$646	$1287
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21567	$19353

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	$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 Baltimore

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Catonsville	$2450
21 km or 13 mi	Owings Mills	$2581
23 km or 14 mi	Columbia	$2788
30 km or 19 mi	Laurel	$2338
31 km or 19 mi	Edgewood	$3069
32 km or 20 mi	Eldersburg	$2494
35 km or 22 mi	Bel Air South	$2824
36 km or 22 mi	Annapolis	$2940
37 km or 23 mi	Bel Air North	$2699
37 km or 23 mi	Bowie	$2495
40 km or 25 mi	Greenbelt	$2482
42 km or 26 mi	College Park	$2563
47 km or 29 mi	Silver Spring	$2287
52 km or 32 mi	Rockville	$2612
54 km or 34 mi	Bethesda	$2710
55 km or 34 mi	Gaithersburg	$2522
57 km or 35 mi	Washington	$3328
57 km or 36 mi	Georgetown	$3054
58 km or 36 mi	Germantown	$2601
65 km or 41 mi	Alexandria	$2919
66 km or 41 mi	Bailey's Crossroads	$2576
66 km or 41 mi	Hanover	$2255
71 km or 44 mi	Frederick	$2339
73 km or 45 mi	Reston	$2697
74 km or 46 mi	Springfield	$2355
75 km or 47 mi	Waldorf	$2509
75 km or 47 mi	Herndon	$2773
76 km or 47 mi	York	$1949
77 km or 48 mi	Fairfax	$2791
80 km or 50 mi	Ashburn	$2755
84 km or 52 mi	Leesburg	$2288
86 km or 54 mi	Newark	$2121
87 km or 54 mi	Centreville	$3275
88 km or 55 mi	Lancaster	$2050
91 km or 56 mi	Woodbridge	$2582
91 km or 57 mi	Marumsco	$2506
95 km or 59 mi	Dover	$2256
95 km or 59 mi	Manassas	$2693
98 km or 61 mi	Waynesboro	$1935
103 km or 64 mi	Hagerstown	$2066