Antwerp vs Bangui - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Antwerp	Bangui
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1818	$526
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4384	$1246
🏠 One person rent	$909	$225
🏘️ Family rent	$1498	$376
🍽️ Food expenses	$627	$206
🚐 Transport expenses	$143	$44.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2918	$105
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	87	7
😀 Quality of life	91	8
🏙️ Population	529K	889K

The cost of living in Antwerp is 246% more expensive than in Bangui. Cities ranked 2669th and 8489th ($1818 vs $526) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 1st in Belgium and the Central African Republic, respectively. Check Belgium vs the Central African Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Antwerp compared to 0.2 months in Bangui. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Bangui ranked 1st in the Central African Republic, while ranked 196th and 9279th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Bangui

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	Antwerp	Bangui
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.4	$3.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$107	$20
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.2	$4.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.6	$1.84
☕ Cappuccino	$4.14	$1.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.47	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$866	$221
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$702	$145
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1473	$398
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1205	$264
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$122	$38.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$57.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.1	$27.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.94%	12.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4402	$1543
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3153	$933
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.25	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.2	$12.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.9	$5.84
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.46	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.76	$1.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.8	$7.18
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$4.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.9	$6.82
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$0.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$1.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.18	$7.66
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$1.48
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.9	$2.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.9	$3.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$2.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.06	$1.5
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.65	$1.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39	$24.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$4.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$14.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$3.11
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$26.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$62.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$646	$81
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21567	$3018

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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 Bangui

Distance	City	Cost of living
183 km or 114 mi	Gemena	$808
308 km or 192 mi	Berberati	$494
449 km or 279 mi	Bria	$496
480 km or 298 mi	Mbandaka	$836
496 km or 308 mi	Bumba	$858
532 km or 330 mi	Sarh	$506
641 km or 398 mi	Ngaoundere	$571
745 km or 463 mi	Bongor	$505
783 km or 487 mi	Yaounde	$671
790 km or 491 mi	Garoua	$621
833 km or 518 mi	Maroua	$596
837 km or 520 mi	Gamboma	$536
852 km or 529 mi	Kisangani	$957
878 km or 545 mi	Mubi	$644
911 km or 566 mi	Bafoussam	$793
943 km or 586 mi	N'Djamena	$543
946 km or 588 mi	Bamenda	$698
983 km or 611 mi	Douala	$1363
1011 km or 628 mi	Kumba	$849
1018 km or 632 mi	Bata	$1241
1020 km or 634 mi	Isiro	$879
1021 km or 634 mi	Maiduguri	$618
1027 km or 638 mi	Brazzaville	$595
1033 km or 642 mi	Kinshasa	$1148
1035 km or 643 mi	Buea	$665
1037 km or 644 mi	Limbe	$755
1046 km or 650 mi	Kikwit	$928
1058 km or 657 mi	Kinkala	$538
1081 km or 672 mi	Abeche	$506
1088 km or 676 mi	Malabo	$1413
1093 km or 679 mi	Yambio	$508
1095 km or 680 mi	Bol	$505
1095 km or 681 mi	Damaturu	$555
1100 km or 683 mi	Madingou	$536
1101 km or 684 mi	Nyala	$960
1104 km or 686 mi	Libreville	$708
1105 km or 687 mi	Wau	$520
1116 km or 693 mi	Kayes	$536
1136 km or 706 mi	Calabar	$397
1146 km or 712 mi	Mbanza-Ngungu	$864