Antwerp vs Cologne - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antwerp	Cologne
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1640	$1744
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3817	$4212
🏠 One person rent	$832	$947
🏘️ Family rent	$1320	$1673
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$491
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$174
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2545	$3148
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	87	92
😀 Quality of life	89	96
🏙️ Population	529K	1.09M

The cost of living in Antwerp is 6% less expensive than in Cologne. Cities ranked 2896th and 2551st ($1640 vs $1744) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 24th in Belgium and Germany, respectively. Check Belgium vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Antwerp compared to 1.8 months in Cologne. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Cologne ranked 2nd in Germany, while ranked 203rd and 12th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Cologne

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	Antwerp	Cologne
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$13.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.2	$61.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$4.67
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$3.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$3.1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$794	$963
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$743
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1346	$1902
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1030	$1332
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$120
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$186
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$40.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.38%	4.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4167	$6163
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3351	$5539
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$3.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.6	$56.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.1	$22.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$1.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$1.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$2.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$3.95
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$13.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$20.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$2.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$4.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.76	$2.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.83	$6.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$8.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.37	$2.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$1.75
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.39	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$32.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$49.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$94.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$103
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$773
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12170	$15595

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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 Cologne

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Hurth	$1578
10 km or 6.4 mi	Leverkusen	$1822
10 km or 6.4 mi	Frechen	$1569
13 km or 7.9 mi	Bruhl	$1559
13 km or 7.9 mi	Pulheim	$1572
14 km or 8.4 mi	Wesseling	$1554
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bergisch Gladbach	$1586
15 km or 9.3 mi	Niederkassel	$1551
16 km or 10 mi	Rosrath	$1536
18 km or 11 mi	Monheim am Rhein	$1576
19 km or 12 mi	Dormagen	$1561
19 km or 12 mi	Erftstadt	$1534
19 km or 12 mi	Langenfeld	$1577
20 km or 12 mi	Troisdorf	$1544
20 km or 12 mi	Leichlingen	$1559
20 km or 12 mi	Kerpen	$1529
21 km or 13 mi	Bornheim	$1554
21 km or 13 mi	Lohmar	$1523
22 km or 14 mi	Bergheim	$1518
23 km or 15 mi	Siegburg	$1522
24 km or 15 mi	Overath	$1497
25 km or 16 mi	Sankt Augustin	$1542
25 km or 16 mi	Bonn	$1677
26 km or 16 mi	Hilden	$1522
26 km or 16 mi	Solingen	$1580
27 km or 17 mi	Elsdorf	$1502
28 km or 17 mi	Wermelskirchen	$1497
28 km or 17 mi	Haan	$1517
28 km or 18 mi	Bedburg	$1504
29 km or 18 mi	Hennef	$1494
31 km or 19 mi	Grevenbroich	$1499
31 km or 19 mi	Remscheid	$1494
31 km or 20 mi	Erkrath	$1516
33 km or 20 mi	Konigswinter	$1446
34 km or 21 mi	Euskirchen	$1503
34 km or 21 mi	Neuss	$1495
34 km or 21 mi	Mettmann	$1479
35 km or 21 mi	Zulpich	$1490
35 km or 21 mi	Meckenheim	$1500
35 km or 22 mi	Dusseldorf	$1772