Antwerp vs Columbus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Antwerp	Columbus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1650	$2202
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3930	$5415
🏠 One person rent	$841	$1315
🏘️ Family rent	$1379	$2574
🍽️ Food expenses	$543	$608
🚐 Transport expenses	$139	$120
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2547	$3975
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	87	72
😀 Quality of life	89	87
🏙️ Population	529K	906K

The cost of living in Antwerp is 25% less expensive than in Columbus. Cities ranked 2878th and 1282nd ($1650 vs $2202) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 1143rd in Belgium and the United States, respectively. Check Belgium vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Antwerp compared to 1.8 months in Columbus. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Columbus ranked 47th in the United States, while ranked 161st and 202nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Columbus

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	Antwerp	Columbus
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.8	$18.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$78	$69.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$5.03
☕ Cappuccino	$3.72	$4.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.93	$2.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$789	$1415
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$635	$1025
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1372	$2997
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1076	$2104
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$124	$142
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$192	$221
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$70.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.24%	6.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3955	$3125
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2889	$3122
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.72	$1.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.9	$64.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.9	$13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.94	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$0.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.25	$2.76
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$2.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.53	$2.58
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$11.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$4.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$2.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.23	$4.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.77	$4.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$3.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$3.58
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$1.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.79	$2.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.09	$15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$1.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.74	$9.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.42	$3.72
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.92	$4.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.48	$2.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.9	$43
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$12.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.2	$116
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.3	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$100	$64.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.6	$88.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$606	$1244
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17510	$10456

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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 Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2116
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2107
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$2030
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2125
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$2046
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2124
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1805
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$2032
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$1985
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1935
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$2010
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1905
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1787
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1849
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1900
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1853
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1767
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1642
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1747
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1761
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1823
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1787
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1798
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1844
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1558
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1791
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1721
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$2055
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1919
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1803
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1587
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1857
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1486
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$1886
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1768
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1844
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1819
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1491
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1659
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1861