Antwerp vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Antwerp	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1650	$1406
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3930	$3498
🏠 One person rent	$841	$696
🏘️ Family rent	$1379	$1355
🍽️ Food expenses	$543	$446
🚐 Transport expenses	$139	$146
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2547	$2906
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	87	65
😀 Quality of life	89	88
🏙️ Population	529K	555K

The cost of living in Antwerp is 17% more expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 2878th and 3786th ($1650 vs $1406) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 426th in Belgium and Germany, respectively. Check Belgium vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Antwerp compared to 2.1 months in Dresden. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Dresden ranked 31st in Germany, while ranked 161st and 190th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Dresden

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	Antwerp	Dresden
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.8	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$78	$53.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$9.84
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$4.32
☕ Cappuccino	$3.72	$3.3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.93	$2.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$789	$660
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$635	$422
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1372	$1317
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1076	$955
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$124	$183
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$192	$284
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$43.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.24%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3955	$4611
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2889	$4133
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.72	$3.25
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.9	$71.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.9	$21.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.94	$1.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.25	$1.41
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$2.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.53	$3.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$14.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$2.61
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.23	$2.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.77	$2.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.91
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.79	$1.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.09	$5.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.74	$7.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$9.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.42	$2.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.92	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.48	$1.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.9	$30
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$10.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.2	$49.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.3	$15.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$100	$81.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.6	$89.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$606	$330
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17510	$10601

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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 Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1347
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1351
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1329
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1344
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1296
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1165
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1269
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1027
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1230
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$1102
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$918
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1344
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1293
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1384
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1323
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1130
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1134
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1038
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1063
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1127
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1166
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1348
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1204
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1269
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1271
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1311
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1096
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1310
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1288
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1253
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$961
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1046
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1322
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1371
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1069
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1188
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1036
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1146
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$969
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1303