Antwerp vs Bratislava - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antwerp	Bratislava
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1640	$1275
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3817	$3042
🏠 One person rent	$832	$705
🏘️ Family rent	$1320	$1188
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$86.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2545	$1458
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	87	66
😀 Quality of life	89	80
🏙️ Population	529K	476K

The cost of living in Antwerp is 29% more expensive than in Bratislava. Cities ranked 2896th and 4275th ($1640 vs $1275) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 1st in Belgium and Slovakia, respectively. Check Belgium vs Slovakia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Antwerp compared to 1.1 months in Bratislava. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Bratislava ranked 1st in Slovakia, while ranked 203rd and 568th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Bratislava

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	Antwerp	Bratislava
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$8.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.2	$44.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$8.61
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$2.47
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$2.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$1.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$794	$691
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$530
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1346	$1238
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1030	$908
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$127
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$198
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$16.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.38%	4.37%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4167	$5323
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3351	$3848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$1.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.6	$36
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.1	$15.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$1.63
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$1.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$3.63
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$13.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$7.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.82
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$2.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$3.92
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.76	$1.92
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.83	$5.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$5.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.37	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$1.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.39	$2.53
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$39.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$11
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$33.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$15.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$72.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$85.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$586
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12170	$13266

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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 Bratislava

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.3 km or 0.8 mi	Petrzalka	$1202
33 km or 20 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$794
44 km or 27 mi	Trnava	$1181
55 km or 34 mi	Vienna	$1844
62 km or 38 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1582
62 km or 38 mi	Modling	$1719
64 km or 40 mi	Gyor	$784
65 km or 40 mi	Sopron	$919
67 km or 42 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1627
70 km or 44 mi	Breclav	$943
72 km or 45 mi	Piestany	$935
74 km or 46 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1586
75 km or 46 mi	Nitra	$1039
78 km or 49 mi	Hodonin	$1098
81 km or 50 mi	Nove Zamky	$1019
87 km or 54 mi	Komarno	$1045
106 km or 66 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1381
108 km or 67 mi	Szombathely	$701
108 km or 67 mi	Trencin	$1118
111 km or 69 mi	Levice	$987
111 km or 69 mi	Sankt Polten	$1559
111 km or 69 mi	Znojmo	$1087
114 km or 71 mi	Tatabanya	$794
115 km or 71 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1553
123 km or 76 mi	Brno	$1329
128 km or 79 mi	Zlin	$1169
130 km or 81 mi	Kromeriz	$1107
131 km or 81 mi	Veszprem	$786
131 km or 82 mi	Prievidza	$892
143 km or 89 mi	Szekesfehervar	$762
146 km or 91 mi	Povazska Bystrica	$1085
146 km or 91 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$750
148 km or 92 mi	Prostejov	$1075
148 km or 92 mi	Vsetin	$1104
148 km or 92 mi	Prerov	$983
149 km or 93 mi	Trebic	$1120
156 km or 97 mi	Vac	$827
157 km or 98 mi	Zvolen	$1237
157 km or 98 mi	Kapfenberg	$1323
159 km or 99 mi	Erd	$790