Antwerp vs Castries - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Antwerp	Castries
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1650	$1108
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3930	$2674
🏠 One person rent	$841	$458
🏘️ Family rent	$1379	$820
🍽️ Food expenses	$543	$471
🚐 Transport expenses	$139	$73.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2547	$1226
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	1 km
🎓 Higher education	87	3
😀 Quality of life	89	40
🏙️ Population	529K	70K

The cost of living in Antwerp is 49% more expensive than in Castries. Cities ranked 2878th and 4701st ($1650 vs $1108) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 2nd in Belgium and Saint Lucia, respectively. Check Belgium vs Saint Lucia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Antwerp compared to 1.1 months in Castries. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Castries ranked 1st in Saint Lucia, while ranked 161st and 7227th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Castries

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	Antwerp	Castries
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.8	$7.43
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$78	$47
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$8.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$1.93
☕ Cappuccino	$3.72	$3.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.93	$2.22
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$789	$603
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$635	$276
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1372	$871
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1076	$613
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$124	$75.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$192	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$41.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.24%	8.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3955	$1525
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2889	$1166
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.72	$1.11
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.9	$35.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.9	$34
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.94	$1.5
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$2.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.25	$1.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.53	$3.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$9.82
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$10.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$8.62
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$8.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.67
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.23	$6.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.77	$4.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$3.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$0.7
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.79	$2.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.09	$11.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$2.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.74	$4.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$6.98
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.42	$5.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.92	$2.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.48	$4.13
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.9	$39.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$7.33
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.2	$47.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.3	$6.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$100	$68.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.6	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$606	$189
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17510	$1840

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Cities near Antwerp

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Mortsel	$1539
11 km or 6.6 mi	Beveren	$1631
15 km or 9.3 mi	Lier	$1533
19 km or 12 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1413
23 km or 14 mi	Mechelen	$1544
26 km or 16 mi	Zemst	$1567
28 km or 17 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1517
30 km or 19 mi	Herentals	$1413
31 km or 19 mi	Dendermonde	$1469
32 km or 20 mi	Lokeren	$1511
32 km or 20 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$1854
32 km or 20 mi	Hoogstraten	$1498
32 km or 20 mi	Vilvoorde	$1599
35 km or 22 mi	Roosendaal	$1832
39 km or 24 mi	Schaerbeek	$1682
39 km or 24 mi	Turnhout	$1376
39 km or 24 mi	Herent	$1575
40 km or 25 mi	Aarschot	$1426
41 km or 25 mi	Aalst	$1678
41 km or 25 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1593
41 km or 26 mi	Brussels	$1869
42 km or 26 mi	Geel	$1593
42 km or 26 mi	Etten-Leur	$1741
43 km or 27 mi	Anderlecht	$1659
43 km or 27 mi	Leuven	$1618
44 km or 27 mi	Dilbeek	$1644
45 km or 28 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1524
45 km or 28 mi	Forest	$1652
45 km or 28 mi	Tervuren	$1743
46 km or 29 mi	Scherpenheuvel-Zichem	$1514
46 km or 29 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1619
48 km or 30 mi	Goes	$1981
49 km or 30 mi	Breda	$1822
49 km or 31 mi	Overijse	$1648
49 km or 31 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1669
50 km or 31 mi	Ninove	$1581
51 km or 32 mi	Ghent	$1585
52 km or 33 mi	Diest	$1528
55 km or 34 mi	Halle	$1640
56 km or 35 mi	Waterloo	$1825

Cities near Castries

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Vieux Fort	$1191
66 km or 41 mi	Fort-de-France	$1571
83 km or 51 mi	Georgetown	$993
98 km or 61 mi	Kingstown	$1008
149 km or 93 mi	Roseau	$834
172 km or 107 mi	Holetown	$1294
180 km or 112 mi	Bridgetown	$1353
181 km or 112 mi	Portsmouth	$1168
222 km or 138 mi	Grenville	$1069
234 km or 146 mi	St. George's	$1069
234 km or 146 mi	Basse-Terre	$1576
249 km or 155 mi	Sainte-Anne	$1570
250 km or 156 mi	Petit-Bourg	$1570
257 km or 160 mi	Les Abymes	$1561
259 km or 161 mi	Baie-Mahault	$1579
260 km or 162 mi	Le Moule	$1575
316 km or 196 mi	Scarborough	$1099
348 km or 216 mi	All Saints	$1074
357 km or 222 mi	St. John's	$1076
377 km or 234 mi	Port of Spain	$1218
378 km or 235 mi	San Juan	$1217
392 km or 244 mi	Chaguanas	$1053
410 km or 255 mi	Basseterre	$1212
415 km or 258 mi	Cayon	$1214
418 km or 260 mi	San Fernando	$898
445 km or 277 mi	Carupano	$710
456 km or 283 mi	La Asuncion	$666
461 km or 286 mi	Porlamar	$654
497 km or 309 mi	Philipsburg	$1857
526 km or 327 mi	Cumana	$686
532 km or 330 mi	Maturin	$838
563 km or 350 mi	Tucupita	$748
577 km or 358 mi	Saint Croix	$2446
578 km or 359 mi	Puerto la Cruz	$732
586 km or 364 mi	Lecheria	$769
590 km or 367 mi	Barcelona	$719
626 km or 389 mi	Road Town	$2309
635 km or 395 mi	Anaco	$608
640 km or 398 mi	Cantaura	$637
641 km or 399 mi	Charlotte Amalie	$2185