Antwerp vs Dongguan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antwerp	Dongguan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1640	$656
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3817	$1973
🏠 One person rent	$832	$250
🏘️ Family rent	$1320	$527
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$84
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2545	$742
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	87	69
😀 Quality of life	89	69
🏙️ Population	529K	10.5M

The cost of living in Antwerp is 150% more expensive than in Dongguan. Cities ranked 2896th and 7169th ($1640 vs $656) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 97th in Belgium and China, respectively. Check Belgium vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Antwerp compared to 1.1 months in Dongguan. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Dongguan ranked 16th in China, while ranked 203rd and 2941st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Dongguan

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	Antwerp	Dongguan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$2.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.2	$21.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$4.24
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$0.9
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$2.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$794	$319
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$171
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1346	$659
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1030	$406
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$37.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$57.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.38%	4.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4167	$5615
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3351	$3422
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.6	$24.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.1	$4.16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$1.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$4.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$11.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.76
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.76	$1.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.83	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$4.79
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.37	$6.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$1.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.39	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$62.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$6.94
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$48.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$7.17
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$39.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$65.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$489
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12170	$20945

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Dongguan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Guangzhou	$774
65 km or 40 mi	Shenzhen	$916
66 km or 41 mi	Foshan	$611
68 km or 43 mi	Huizhou	$601
70 km or 44 mi	Zhongshan	$461
86 km or 53 mi	Jiangmen	$804
88 km or 54 mi	Zhuhai	$653
93 km or 58 mi	Kowloon	$2432
95 km or 59 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
100 km or 62 mi	Macau	$1588
100 km or 62 mi	Qingyuan	$794
124 km or 77 mi	Heyuan	$764
132 km or 82 mi	Kaiping	$812
133 km or 83 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
165 km or 103 mi	Shanwei	$936
176 km or 109 mi	Yunfu	$823
196 km or 122 mi	Shaoguan	$818
226 km or 141 mi	Yangjiang	$877
239 km or 148 mi	Lianzhou	$755
249 km or 155 mi	Puning	$569
253 km or 157 mi	Wuzhou	$803
271 km or 168 mi	Hezhou	$758
273 km or 170 mi	Jieyang	$443
279 km or 173 mi	Meizhou	$655
302 km or 188 mi	Chaozhou	$451
303 km or 188 mi	Shantou	$581
315 km or 195 mi	Chenzhou	$724
323 km or 201 mi	Gaozhou	$761
329 km or 205 mi	Maoming	$756
332 km or 206 mi	Ganzhou	$761
372 km or 231 mi	Yulin	$771
401 km or 249 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
403 km or 250 mi	Longyan	$649
424 km or 263 mi	Guigang	$702
430 km or 267 mi	Guilin	$522
430 km or 267 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
437 km or 271 mi	Yongzhou	$609
444 km or 276 mi	Hengyang	$590
464 km or 288 mi	Liuzhou	$579
467 km or 290 mi	Laibin	$598