Antwerp vs Hanover - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antwerp	Hanover
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1640	$1726
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3817	$4209
🏠 One person rent	$832	$892
🏘️ Family rent	$1320	$1501
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$517
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$158
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2545	$2695
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	87	82
😀 Quality of life	89	91
🏙️ Population	529K	548K

The cost of living in Antwerp is 5% less expensive than in Hanover. Cities ranked 2896th and 2608th ($1640 vs $1726) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 35th in Belgium and Germany, respectively. Check Belgium vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Antwerp compared to 1.6 months in Hanover. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Hanover ranked 16th in Germany, while ranked 203rd and 93rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Hanover

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	Antwerp	Hanover
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$15.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.2	$73.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$4.69
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$3.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$2.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$794	$815
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$616
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1346	$1546
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1030	$1063
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$188
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$293
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$48.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.38%	3.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4167	$4316
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3351	$2823
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$3.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.6	$52.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.1	$30
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$1.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$2.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$3.24
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$13.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$16.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.79
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$2.08
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$4.71
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.61
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.76	$1.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.83	$5.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$0.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$8.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$9.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.37	$2.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$1.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.39	$2.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$31.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$101
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$17.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$89.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$406
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12170	$26877

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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 Hanover

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Langenhagen	$1599
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Ronnenberg	$1595
9 km or 5.6 mi	Laatzen	$1585
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Seelze	$1590
11 km or 6.7 mi	Garbsen	$1587
16 km or 9.6 mi	Burgwedel	$1552
16 km or 10 mi	Lehrte	$1551
17 km or 10 mi	Sehnde	$1544
20 km or 13 mi	Burgdorf	$1532
20 km or 13 mi	Barsinghausen	$1564
21 km or 13 mi	Wunstorf	$1558
22 km or 14 mi	Springe	$1559
24 km or 15 mi	Neustadt am Rubenberge	$1552
29 km or 18 mi	Hildesheim	$1560
34 km or 21 mi	Peine	$1466
36 km or 23 mi	Celle	$1458
37 km or 23 mi	Stadthagen	$1530
40 km or 25 mi	Hamelin	$1549
47 km or 29 mi	Nienburg	$1498
49 km or 30 mi	Salzgitter	$1460
49 km or 31 mi	Rinteln	$1512
52 km or 33 mi	Petershagen	$1407
54 km or 34 mi	Braunschweig	$1371
56 km or 35 mi	Walsrode	$1482
56 km or 35 mi	Gifhorn	$1411
57 km or 35 mi	Minden	$1371
58 km or 36 mi	Porta Westfalica	$1401
59 km or 37 mi	Wolfenbuttel	$1417
63 km or 39 mi	Einbeck	$1517
64 km or 40 mi	Holzminden	$1515
67 km or 41 mi	Bad Oeynhausen	$1418
68 km or 42 mi	Soltau	$1469
69 km or 43 mi	Lemgo	$1431
70 km or 43 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1468
70 km or 44 mi	Goslar	$1558
71 km or 44 mi	Wolfsburg	$1352
72 km or 45 mi	Hoxter	$1442
73 km or 46 mi	Lohne	$1423
74 km or 46 mi	Bad Salzuflen	$1420
75 km or 47 mi	Espelkamp	$1421