Antwerp vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Antwerp	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1762	$1462
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4106	$3582
🏠 One person rent	$893	$729
🏘️ Family rent	$1430	$1362
🍽️ Food expenses	$583	$467
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$142
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2721	$3112
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	87	65
😀 Quality of life	89	89
🏙️ Population	529K	563K

The cost of living in Antwerp is 21% more expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 2671st and 3857th ($1762 vs $1462) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 506th 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 30th in Germany, while ranked 176th and 203rd 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	$19.6	$12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$93.9	$54.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.64	$4.46
☕ Cappuccino	$3.87	$3.54
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.26	$3.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$840	$710
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$683	$466
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1437	$1354
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1117	$981
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$171
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$197	$263
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.6	$43.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.43%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4562	$5042
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3518	$3939
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.81	$3.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$68	$59.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.6	$22.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.91	$1.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.43	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.54	$1.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$2.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$3.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$12.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.6	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$2.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$2.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$3.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$1.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.63	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.17	$6.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.2	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.36	$8.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$9.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.58	$2.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.98	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.54	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$32.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.2	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.1	$52.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$15.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$106	$70
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$619	$297
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13064	$12328

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Cities near Antwerp

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Mortsel	$1611
11 km or 6.6 mi	Beveren	$1709
15 km or 9.3 mi	Lier	$1616
19 km or 12 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1592
23 km or 14 mi	Mechelen	$1619
26 km or 16 mi	Zemst	$1636
28 km or 17 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1593
30 km or 19 mi	Herentals	$1442
31 km or 19 mi	Dendermonde	$1592
32 km or 20 mi	Lokeren	$1545
32 km or 20 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$1951
32 km or 20 mi	Hoogstraten	$1559
32 km or 20 mi	Vilvoorde	$1675
35 km or 22 mi	Roosendaal	$1920
39 km or 24 mi	Schaerbeek	$1752
39 km or 24 mi	Turnhout	$1421
39 km or 24 mi	Herent	$1693
40 km or 25 mi	Aarschot	$1514
41 km or 25 mi	Aalst	$1779
41 km or 25 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1657
41 km or 26 mi	Brussels	$1958
42 km or 26 mi	Geel	$1602
42 km or 26 mi	Etten-Leur	$1813
43 km or 27 mi	Anderlecht	$1734
43 km or 27 mi	Leuven	$1761
44 km or 27 mi	Dilbeek	$1715
45 km or 28 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1633
45 km or 28 mi	Forest	$1712
45 km or 28 mi	Tervuren	$1799
46 km or 29 mi	Scherpenheuvel-Zichem	$1587
46 km or 29 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1691
48 km or 30 mi	Goes	$2046
49 km or 30 mi	Breda	$1750
49 km or 31 mi	Overijse	$1723
49 km or 31 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1738
50 km or 31 mi	Ninove	$1660
51 km or 32 mi	Ghent	$1645
52 km or 33 mi	Diest	$1611
55 km or 34 mi	Halle	$1701
56 km or 35 mi	Waterloo	$1911

Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1404
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1413
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1386
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1393
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1354
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1215
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1330
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1107
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1306
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$929
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$978
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1377
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1362
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1390
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1369
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$957
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1228
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1103
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1130
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1051
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1261
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1349
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1347
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1345
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1353
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1210
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1364
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1261
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1273
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1095
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1106
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1406
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1449
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1191
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1244
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1035
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1216
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1024
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1387