Antwerp vs Calgary - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antwerp	Calgary
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1640	$2077
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3817	$4598
🏠 One person rent	$832	$1226
🏘️ Family rent	$1320	$1942
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$561
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2545	$3168
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	87	53
😀 Quality of life	89	90
🏙️ Population	529K	1.31M

The cost of living in Antwerp is 21% less expensive than in Calgary. Cities ranked 2896th and 1646th ($1640 vs $2077) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 23rd in Belgium and Canada, respectively. Check Belgium vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Antwerp compared to 1.5 months in Calgary. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Calgary ranked 8th in Canada, while ranked 203rd and 153rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Calgary

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	Antwerp	Calgary
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$15.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.2	$60.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$9.97
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$5.29
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$4.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$2.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$794	$1222
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$991
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1346	$2053
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1030	$1592
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$131
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$200
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$57.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.38%	6.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4167	$3283
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3351	$3066
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$2.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.6	$80.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.1	$14.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$2.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$3.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$14.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$4.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$3.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$4.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$2.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$2.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$1.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.76	$2.37
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.83	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$2.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$8.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.37	$5.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.39	$2.21
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$49.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$11.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$61.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$22.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$56.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$82.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$841
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12170	$16603

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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 Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1743
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1676
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1614
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1656
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1487
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1588
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1769
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2568
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1886
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2299
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2284
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1638
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2174
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1770
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$2007
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2163
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2054
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2327
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1786
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1792
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1612
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1778
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1884
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1632
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$2009
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1761
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1360
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2248
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1446
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1883
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2023
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$1968
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2616
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$1969
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$2021
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2050
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2490
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2466
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2181
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1871