Antwerp vs Fortaleza - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Antwerp	Fortaleza
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1818	$758
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4384	$1752
🏠 One person rent	$909	$328
🏘️ Family rent	$1498	$471
🍽️ Food expenses	$627	$244
🚐 Transport expenses	$143	$92.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2918	$340
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	87	42
😀 Quality of life	91	61
🏙️ Population	529K	2.43M

The cost of living in Antwerp is 140% more expensive than in Fortaleza. Cities ranked 2669th and 6833rd ($1818 vs $758) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 25th in Belgium and Brazil, respectively. Check Belgium vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Antwerp compared to 0.4 months in Fortaleza. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Fortaleza ranked 16th in Brazil, while ranked 196th and 5841st among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Antwerp vs Fortaleza infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/antwerp/fortaleza.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Antwerp vs Fortaleza infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/antwerp/fortaleza" target="_blank">Antwerp vs Fortaleza - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Antwerp vs Fortaleza

Prices for goods and services in Antwerp and Fortaleza are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Antwerp	Fortaleza
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.4	$5.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$107	$28.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.2	$6.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.6	$1.96
☕ Cappuccino	$4.14	$2.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.47	$1.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$866	$344
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$702	$224
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1473	$430
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1205	$337
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$122	$64.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$99.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.1	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.94%	11.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4402	$1344
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3153	$743
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.25	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.2	$31.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.9	$7.26
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.46	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.76	$1.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.8	$7.16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$3.61
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.9	$8.15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$2.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.15
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$0.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$1.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$1.01
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$1.85
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.18	$7.16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$1.24
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.9	$2.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.9	$4.89
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$2.54
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.06	$1.4
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.65	$0.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39	$21.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$6.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$45.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$11.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$53.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$89.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$646	$230
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21567	$2167

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Antwerp

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Mortsel	$1696
11 km or 6.6 mi	Beveren	$1804
15 km or 9.3 mi	Lier	$1737
19 km or 12 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1671
23 km or 14 mi	Mechelen	$1835
26 km or 16 mi	Zemst	$1791
28 km or 17 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1830
30 km or 19 mi	Herentals	$1512
31 km or 19 mi	Dendermonde	$1571
32 km or 20 mi	Lokeren	$1745
32 km or 20 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$2224
32 km or 20 mi	Hoogstraten	$1701
32 km or 20 mi	Vilvoorde	$1732
35 km or 22 mi	Roosendaal	$2175
39 km or 24 mi	Schaerbeek	$1854
39 km or 24 mi	Turnhout	$1639
39 km or 24 mi	Herent	$1823
40 km or 25 mi	Aarschot	$1794
41 km or 25 mi	Aalst	$1846
41 km or 25 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1758
41 km or 26 mi	Brussels	$2028
42 km or 26 mi	Geel	$1729
42 km or 26 mi	Etten-Leur	$2057
43 km or 27 mi	Anderlecht	$1889
43 km or 27 mi	Leuven	$1867
44 km or 27 mi	Dilbeek	$1858
45 km or 28 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1876
45 km or 28 mi	Forest	$1931
45 km or 28 mi	Tervuren	$1845
46 km or 29 mi	Scherpenheuvel-Zichem	$1742
46 km or 29 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1847
48 km or 30 mi	Goes	$2374
49 km or 30 mi	Breda	$2087
49 km or 31 mi	Overijse	$1816
49 km or 31 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1870
50 km or 31 mi	Ninove	$1768
51 km or 32 mi	Ghent	$1811
52 km or 33 mi	Diest	$1726
55 km or 34 mi	Halle	$1835
56 km or 35 mi	Waterloo	$2025

Cities near Fortaleza

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.9 mi	Caucaia	$713
112 km or 69 mi	Caninde	$637
120 km or 74 mi	Itapipoca	$510
125 km or 78 mi	Aracati	$639
148 km or 92 mi	Russas	$630
148 km or 92 mi	Quixada	$644
190 km or 118 mi	Sobral	$656
200 km or 124 mi	Acarau	$772
209 km or 130 mi	Mossoro	$538
273 km or 169 mi	Camocim	$690
288 km or 179 mi	Crateus	$613
300 km or 186 mi	Ico	$590
305 km or 189 mi	Iguatu	$591
342 km or 213 mi	Caico	$623
366 km or 227 mi	Piripiri	$617
372 km or 231 mi	Parnaiba	$662
392 km or 243 mi	Patos	$563
397 km or 247 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$576
402 km or 250 mi	Crato	$571
434 km or 269 mi	Natal	$583
487 km or 303 mi	Salgueiro	$562
487 km or 303 mi	Campina Grande	$566
495 km or 307 mi	Picos	$572
498 km or 309 mi	Teresina	$572
501 km or 312 mi	Timon	$554
536 km or 333 mi	Chapadinha	$618
546 km or 340 mi	Arcoverde	$580
550 km or 342 mi	Caxias	$568
554 km or 344 mi	Joao Pessoa	$726
578 km or 359 mi	Goiana	$575
580 km or 360 mi	Caruaru	$545
584 km or 363 mi	Carpina	$579
600 km or 373 mi	Codo	$596
602 km or 374 mi	Floriano	$566
617 km or 383 mi	Garanhuns	$631
618 km or 384 mi	Camaragibe	$559
619 km or 384 mi	Paulista	$416
622 km or 387 mi	Coroata	$624
623 km or 387 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$699
626 km or 389 mi	Olinda	$561