Antwerp vs Birmingham - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antwerp	Birmingham
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1640	$1951
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3817	$4641
🏠 One person rent	$832	$1137
🏘️ Family rent	$1320	$1834
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$481
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$175
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2545	$3011
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	87	96
😀 Quality of life	89	94
🏙️ Population	529K	1.14M

The cost of living in Antwerp is 16% less expensive than in Birmingham. Cities ranked 2896th and 1973rd ($1640 vs $1951) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 86th in Belgium and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Belgium vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Antwerp compared to 1.5 months in Birmingham. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Birmingham ranked 4th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 203rd and 35th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Birmingham

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	Antwerp	Birmingham
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$16.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.2	$61.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$8.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$6.15
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$4.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$2.15
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$794	$1083
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$872
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1346	$2013
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1030	$1380
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$187
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$292
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$35.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.38%	5.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4167	$4882
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3351	$3808
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.6	$78.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.1	$18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$1.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$1.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$2.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$4.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$9.56
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$7.49
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$2.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.76	$3.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.83	$10.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$2.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$18.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.37	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$2.99
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.39	$2.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$30.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$82.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$92.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$1512
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12170	$18058

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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 Birmingham

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Smethwick	$1819
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	West Bromwich	$1824
11 km or 6.6 mi	Halesowen	$1766
12 km or 7.2 mi	Solihull	$1740
12 km or 7.6 mi	Walsall	$1717
14 km or 8.7 mi	Dudley	$1745
14 km or 8.7 mi	Aldridge	$1743
15 km or 9.6 mi	Willenhall	$1732
17 km or 10 mi	Stourbridge	$1731
19 km or 12 mi	Wolverhampton	$1718
19 km or 12 mi	Bromsgrove	$1728
20 km or 12 mi	Redditch	$1608
22 km or 14 mi	Tamworth	$1737
25 km or 15 mi	Cannock	$1736
26 km or 16 mi	Kidderminster	$1744
27 km or 17 mi	Coventry	$1903
30 km or 19 mi	Nuneaton	$1452
31 km or 19 mi	Warwick	$1679
32 km or 20 mi	Leamington Spa	$2009
35 km or 22 mi	Stratford-upon-Avon	$1798
37 km or 23 mi	Hinckley	$1663
39 km or 24 mi	Worcester	$1569
39 km or 24 mi	Stafford	$1750
40 km or 25 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1633
43 km or 27 mi	Telford	$1450
45 km or 28 mi	Rugby	$1600
55 km or 34 mi	Leicester	$1805
57 km or 35 mi	Derby	$1727
57 km or 35 mi	Loughborough	$1759
60 km or 37 mi	Banbury	$1693
61 km or 38 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
63 km or 39 mi	Shrewsbury	$1591
63 km or 39 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
66 km or 41 mi	Cheltenham	$1739
66 km or 41 mi	Market Harborough	$1790
70 km or 44 mi	Leek	$1686
72 km or 45 mi	Gloucester	$1623
73 km or 45 mi	Hereford	$1814
73 km or 46 mi	Nottingham	$1820
73 km or 46 mi	Northampton	$1748