Antwerp vs Budapest - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antwerp	Budapest
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1640	$1109
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3817	$2730
🏠 One person rent	$832	$553
🏘️ Family rent	$1320	$965
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$342
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2545	$1229
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	87	92
😀 Quality of life	89	79
🏙️ Population	529K	1.69M

The cost of living in Antwerp is 48% more expensive than in Budapest. Cities ranked 2896th and 4777th ($1640 vs $1109) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 1st in Belgium and Hungary, respectively. Check Belgium vs Hungary comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Antwerp compared to 1.1 months in Budapest. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Budapest ranked 1st in Hungary, while ranked 203rd and 618th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Budapest

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	Antwerp	Budapest
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$9.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.2	$45
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$7.53
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$2.55
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$2.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$1.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$794	$574
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$426
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1346	$1044
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1030	$769
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$79.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$18.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.38%	6.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4167	$4106
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3351	$2694
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$1.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.6	$23.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.1	$11.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$1.13
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$2.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$5.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.73
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.88
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$2.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.13
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.15
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.76	$1.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.83	$5.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$5.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$9.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.37	$3.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$2.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.39	$2.73
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$51
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$7.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$49.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$12.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$71.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$82.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$374
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12170	$11151

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Budapest

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Budafok-Teteny	$901
16 km or 9.8 mi	Erd	$790
16 km or 10 mi	Dunakeszi	$939
17 km or 11 mi	Szigetszentmiklos	$843
27 km or 17 mi	Godollo	$924
32 km or 20 mi	Vac	$827
49 km or 31 mi	Tatabanya	$794
58 km or 36 mi	Szekesfehervar	$762
58 km or 36 mi	Dunaujvaros	$684
67 km or 42 mi	Cegled	$855
74 km or 46 mi	Komarno	$1045
82 km or 51 mi	Kecskemet	$781
84 km or 52 mi	Nove Zamky	$1019
86 km or 53 mi	Salgotarjan	$823
86 km or 53 mi	Levice	$987
93 km or 58 mi	Szolnok	$666
96 km or 59 mi	Veszprem	$786
104 km or 65 mi	Lucenec	$922
107 km or 67 mi	Gyor	$784
109 km or 68 mi	Eger	$784
115 km or 72 mi	Nitra	$1039
121 km or 75 mi	Zvolen	$1237
123 km or 76 mi	Ozd	$802
130 km or 81 mi	Szekszard	$747
138 km or 86 mi	Banska Bystrica	$1080
139 km or 86 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$794
145 km or 90 mi	Prievidza	$892
146 km or 91 mi	Trnava	$1181
146 km or 91 mi	Miskolc	$676
146 km or 91 mi	Baja	$692
150 km or 93 mi	Piestany	$935
153 km or 95 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$681
158 km or 98 mi	Kaposvar	$750
160 km or 99 mi	Petrzalka	$1202
161 km or 100 mi	Bratislava	$1275
163 km or 101 mi	Subotica	$768
163 km or 101 mi	Szeged	$766
170 km or 106 mi	Pecs	$848
172 km or 107 mi	Trencin	$1118
174 km or 108 mi	Martin	$1039