Antwerp vs Brussels - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antwerp	Brussels
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1640	$1816
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3817	$4478
🏠 One person rent	$832	$1024
🏘️ Family rent	$1320	$1880
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$567
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$85.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2545	$2931
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	87	96
😀 Quality of life	89	89
🏙️ Population	529K	196K

The cost of living in Antwerp is 10% less expensive than in Brussels. Cities ranked 2896th and 2354th ($1640 vs $1816) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 1st in Belgium.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Antwerp compared to 1.6 months in Brussels. Ranked 2nd vs 1st best cities to live in Belgium, and 203rd vs 190th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Brussels

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	Antwerp	Brussels
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$18.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.2	$76.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$12.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$5.16
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$4.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$2.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$794	$973
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$770
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1346	$1932
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1030	$1489
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$161
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$250
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$52.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.38%	3.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4167	$4675
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3351	$4207
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$2.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.6	$53.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.1	$23.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$2.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$2.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$4.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$12.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$17.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.53
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$2.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$3.08
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$2.11
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$2.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.81
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.76	$3.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.83	$8.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$2.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$10.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$9.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.37	$4.54
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$1.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.39	$2.78
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$34.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$38.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$24.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$94.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$975
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12170	$19505

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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 Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1651
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1663
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1667
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1692
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1580
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1647
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1642
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1660
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1539
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1685
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1618
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$1788
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1626
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1556
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1615
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1594
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1541
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1607
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1585
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1536
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1599
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1560
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1663
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1683
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1446
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1492
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1537
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1523
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1461
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1488
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1530
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1362
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1509
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1520
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1475
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1514
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1578
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1613
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1488
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1640