Antwerp vs Hefei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antwerp	Hefei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1640	$625
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3817	$1708
🏠 One person rent	$832	$205
🏘️ Family rent	$1320	$435
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$231
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2545	$991
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	87	93
😀 Quality of life	89	66
🏙️ Population	529K	9.37M

The cost of living in Antwerp is 162% more expensive than in Hefei. Cities ranked 2896th and 7405th ($1640 vs $625) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 160th 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 1.6 months in Hefei. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Hefei ranked 31st in China, while ranked 203rd and 3963rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Hefei

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	Antwerp	Hefei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.2	$13.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$4.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$2.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$794	$205
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$156
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1346	$481
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1030	$358
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$25.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$39.1
🌐 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	$3736
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3351	$2103
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.6	$40.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.1	$3.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$1.86
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$7.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$4.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$9.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$0.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.76	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.83	$20.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$8.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.37	$4.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$0.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.39	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$83.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$28
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$6.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$57.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$60.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$237
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12170	$8278

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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 Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$621
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$608
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$664
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$600
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$632
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$691
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$505
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$587
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$611
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$746
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$576
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$555
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$672
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$621
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$633
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$592
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$613
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$602
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$620
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$642
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$654
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$607
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$630
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$621
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$650
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$591
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$603
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$600
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$695
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$620
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$668
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$702
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$644
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$642
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$636
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$484
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$665