Antwerp vs Columbus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antwerp	Columbus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1640	$2145
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3817	$5059
🏠 One person rent	$832	$1248
🏘️ Family rent	$1320	$2171
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$632
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2545	$4018
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	87	73
😀 Quality of life	89	88
🏙️ Population	529K	906K

The cost of living in Antwerp is 24% less expensive than in Columbus. Cities ranked 2896th and 1476th ($1640 vs $2145) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 1323rd 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 1.6 months in Antwerp compared to 1.9 months in Columbus. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Columbus ranked 59th in the United States, while ranked 203rd and 249th 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	$18.3	$18.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.2	$66.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$5.69
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$4.78
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$2.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$794	$1314
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$972
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1346	$2378
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1030	$1757
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$149
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$232
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$57.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.38%	6.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4167	$3095
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3351	$2954
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$2.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.6	$60.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.1	$15.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$0.86
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$0.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$2.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$3.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$3.4
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$13.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$5.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$5.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$4.95
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$3.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$3.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$1.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.76	$3.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.83	$18.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$2.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$9.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$9.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.37	$3.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$4.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.39	$2.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$42.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$11.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$85.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$61
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$89.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$1236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12170	$15423

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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 Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2084
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2062
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$1986
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2085
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$1994
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2095
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1798
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$1983
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$1851
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1903
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$1968
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1881
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1897
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1764
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1871
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1825
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1870
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1798
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1862
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1852
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1832
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1865
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1890
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1897
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1674
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1902
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1783
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$1973
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1914
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1870
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1681
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1834
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1427
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$1923
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1481
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1853
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1839
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1428
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1683
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1858