Antwerp vs Foshan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antwerp	Foshan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1640	$611
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3817	$1821
🏠 One person rent	$832	$208
🏘️ Family rent	$1320	$440
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$262
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$67.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2545	$754
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	87	95
😀 Quality of life	89	70
🏙️ Population	529K	9.5M

The cost of living in Antwerp is 169% more expensive than in Foshan. Cities ranked 2896th and 7543rd ($1640 vs $611) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 199th 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 1.2 months in Foshan. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Foshan ranked 13th in China, while ranked 203rd and 2601st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Foshan

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	Antwerp	Foshan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$3.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.2	$22
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$4.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$3.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$794	$246
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$129
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1346	$570
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1030	$310
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$42.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$65.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.38%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4167	$4361
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3351	$1806
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.6	$11
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.1	$4.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$4.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$13.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.02
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.76	$1.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.83	$16.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$3.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$6.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.37	$5.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$1.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.39	$2.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$67.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$6.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$17
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$3.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$43
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$70.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$411
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12170	$18096

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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 Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$774
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$804
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$461
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$656
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$794
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$812
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$653
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1588
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$823
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$916
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$601
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2432
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$877
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$764
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$803
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$818
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$755
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$758
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$936
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$761
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$756
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$771
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$724
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$569
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$655
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$443
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$702
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$761
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$451
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$581
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$522
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$598
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$579
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$609
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$590
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$650
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$642