Antwerp vs Barcelona - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antwerp	Barcelona
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1640	$1841
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3817	$4103
🏠 One person rent	$832	$1100
🏘️ Family rent	$1320	$1762
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$452
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2545	$2025
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	87	98
😀 Quality of life	89	87
🏙️ Population	529K	1.7M

The cost of living in Antwerp is 11% less expensive than in Barcelona. Cities ranked 2896th and 2276th ($1640 vs $1841) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 4th in Belgium and Spain, respectively. Check Belgium vs Spain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Antwerp compared to 1.1 months in Barcelona. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Barcelona ranked 2nd in Spain, while ranked 203rd and 270th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Barcelona

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	Antwerp	Barcelona
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$15
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.2	$56.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$12.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$4.49
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$2.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$2.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$794	$1176
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$912
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1346	$2073
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1030	$1446
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$101
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$157
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$33.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.38%	3.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4167	$5914
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3351	$4127
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$2.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.6	$26.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.1	$19.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$1.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$1.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$3.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$15.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$8.93
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$2.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.71
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.76	$2.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.83	$7.88
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$6.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$6.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.37	$2.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$2.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.39	$2.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$54.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$9.64
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$58.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$24
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$80
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$97.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$635
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12170	$13290

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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 Barcelona

Distance	City	Cost of living
7 km or 4.4 mi	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	$1567
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Badalona	$1747
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Cornella de Llobregat	$1434
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sant Boi de Llobregat	$1389
13 km or 8 mi	Ripollet	$1454
17 km or 11 mi	Rubi	$1393
19 km or 12 mi	Sabadell	$1431
24 km or 15 mi	Terrassa	$1361
27 km or 17 mi	Granollers	$1415
28 km or 18 mi	Mataro	$1428
42 km or 26 mi	Vilanova i la Geltru	$1269
48 km or 30 mi	Manresa	$1089
61 km or 38 mi	Vic	$1076
65 km or 40 mi	Lloret de Mar	$1237
83 km or 52 mi	Tarragona	$1217
85 km or 53 mi	Girona	$1539
117 km or 73 mi	Figueres	$1338
131 km or 81 mi	Lleida	$1235
136 km or 85 mi	Andorra la Vella	$1601
141 km or 88 mi	Ordino	$1592
158 km or 98 mi	Perpignan	$1197
176 km or 109 mi	Vinaros	$1275
206 km or 128 mi	Palma de Mallorca	$1696
208 km or 129 mi	Ciutadella de Menorca	$1435
212 km or 131 mi	Narbonne	$1093
230 km or 143 mi	Huesca	$1071
234 km or 145 mi	Beziers	$1233
242 km or 150 mi	Mahon	$1470
245 km or 152 mi	Castellon de la Plana	$1100
247 km or 154 mi	Castres	$1391
250 km or 156 mi	Villarreal	$1131
253 km or 157 mi	Borriana	$1150
254 km or 158 mi	Toulouse	$1499
257 km or 159 mi	Zaragoza	$1101
269 km or 167 mi	Tarbes	$1369
281 km or 174 mi	Sagunto	$1220
282 km or 175 mi	Ibiza	$2528
284 km or 177 mi	Montpellier	$1472
299 km or 186 mi	Pau	$1296
303 km or 189 mi	Valencia	$1522