Antwerp vs Chennai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antwerp	Chennai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1640	$430
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3817	$1140
🏠 One person rent	$832	$152
🏘️ Family rent	$1320	$346
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$163
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$65.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2545	$848
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	16 km
🎓 Higher education	87	78
😀 Quality of life	89	66
🏙️ Population	529K	6.6M

The cost of living in Antwerp is 281% more expensive than in Chennai. Cities ranked 2896th and 8897th ($1640 vs $430) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 17th in Belgium and India, respectively. Check Belgium vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Antwerp compared to 2 months in Chennai. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Chennai ranked 4th in India, while ranked 203rd and 4021st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Chennai

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	Antwerp	Chennai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$1.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.2	$11.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$4.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$2.05
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$1.98
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$794	$170
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$102
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1346	$470
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1030	$254
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$25.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$39
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$10.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.38%	9.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4167	$1935
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3351	$767
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.6	$11.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.1	$3.84
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$0.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.75
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$0.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$7.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$3.47
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$6.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.69
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$0.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.76	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.83	$8.67
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$1.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$0.82
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.37	$3.54
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$1.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.39	$0.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$18.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$2.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$31.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$2.73
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$26.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$48.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$80.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12170	$1573

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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 Chennai

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Tirupati	$315
124 km or 77 mi	Vellore	$258
125 km or 78 mi	Chittoor	$354
138 km or 85 mi	Pondicherry	$360
153 km or 95 mi	Nellore	$514
159 km or 99 mi	Cuddalore	$306
198 km or 123 mi	Madanapalle	$346
219 km or 136 mi	Kadapa	$367
260 km or 162 mi	Proddatur	$355
269 km or 167 mi	Ongole	$338
279 km or 173 mi	Salem	$304
282 km or 175 mi	Thanjavur	$302
290 km or 180 mi	Bangalore	$533
304 km or 189 mi	Chirala	$311
305 km or 189 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$314
312 km or 194 mi	Hindupur	$375
328 km or 204 mi	Nandyal	$359
338 km or 210 mi	Anantapur	$304
339 km or 211 mi	Erode	$295
344 km or 214 mi	Tumkur	$351
353 km or 219 mi	Tenali	$292
354 km or 220 mi	Machilipatnam	$316
357 km or 222 mi	Guntur	$280
361 km or 224 mi	Tiruppur	$300
383 km or 238 mi	Vijayawada	$354
388 km or 241 mi	Kurnool	$349
396 km or 246 mi	Dindigul	$316
402 km or 250 mi	Mysore	$311
411 km or 256 mi	Eluru	$304
423 km or 263 mi	Madurai	$310
428 km or 266 mi	Coimbatore	$339
428 km or 266 mi	Adoni	$366
453 km or 282 mi	Nalgonda	$298
462 km or 287 mi	Rajahmundry	$330
463 km or 288 mi	Khammam	$272
474 km or 294 mi	Mahbubnagar	$357
476 km or 296 mi	Kakinada	$307
482 km or 300 mi	Hospet	$272
494 km or 307 mi	Davanagere	$292
509 km or 317 mi	Malappuram	$306