Antwerp vs Beijing - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Antwerp	Beijing
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1818	$1029
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4384	$2645
🏠 One person rent	$909	$589
🏘️ Family rent	$1498	$1040
🍽️ Food expenses	$627	$246
🚐 Transport expenses	$143	$98
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2918	$658
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	87	100
😀 Quality of life	91	73
🏙️ Population	529K	21.9M

The cost of living in Antwerp is 77% more expensive than in Beijing. Cities ranked 2669th and 5355th ($1818 vs $1029) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 6th in Belgium and China, respectively. Check Belgium vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Antwerp compared to 0.6 months in Beijing. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Beijing ranked 11th in China, while ranked 196th and 2546th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Beijing

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	Antwerp	Beijing
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.4	$4.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$107	$27.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.2	$5.16
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.6	$1.12
☕ Cappuccino	$4.14	$2.82
🥤 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	$850
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$702	$469
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1473	$1549
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1205	$839
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$122	$30.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$46.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.1	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.94%	3.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4402	$14720
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3153	$6180
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.25	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.2	$31.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.9	$4.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$1.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.46	$1.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.76	$1.84
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.8	$14.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$3.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.9	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$2.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.76
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$1.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$0.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$0.88
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.18	$8.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$0.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.9	$4.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.9	$4.55
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$3.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.06	$1.7
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.65	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39	$59.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$8.35
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$8.03
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$61.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$78.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$646	$713
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21567	$22823

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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 Beijing

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Langfang	$707
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuozhou	$724
58 km or 36 mi	Sanhe	$750
78 km or 49 mi	Gaobeidian	$634
87 km or 54 mi	Bazhou	$634
109 km or 68 mi	Tianjin	$646
135 km or 84 mi	Renqiu	$565
137 km or 85 mi	Zunhua	$660
139 km or 87 mi	Baoding	$456
151 km or 94 mi	Binhai	$641
155 km or 97 mi	Tangshan	$688
163 km or 101 mi	Zhangjiakou	$652
164 km or 102 mi	Hejian	$558
176 km or 110 mi	Chengde	$694
182 km or 113 mi	Cangzhou	$638
189 km or 117 mi	Huanghua	$619
189 km or 118 mi	Anguo	$533
196 km or 122 mi	Dingzhou	$574
197 km or 122 mi	Qian'an	$616
198 km or 123 mi	Luanzhou	$614
204 km or 127 mi	Botou	$564
224 km or 139 mi	Shenzhou	$505
228 km or 142 mi	Xinle	$535
229 km or 142 mi	Pingquan	$615
239 km or 148 mi	Jinzhou	$527
241 km or 150 mi	Xinji	$523
249 km or 155 mi	Gaocheng	$527
249 km or 155 mi	Hengshui	$454
252 km or 156 mi	Laoling	$580
263 km or 164 mi	Shijiazhuang	$505
265 km or 165 mi	Datong	$748
272 km or 169 mi	Jizhou	$499
273 km or 169 mi	Qinhuangdao	$558
273 km or 170 mi	Dezhou	$480
281 km or 175 mi	Fengzhen	$642
282 km or 175 mi	Huairen	$654
294 km or 183 mi	Lingyuan	$601
296 km or 184 mi	Nangong	$550
302 km or 187 mi	Ulanqab	$629
314 km or 195 mi	Binzhou	$741