Antwerp vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Antwerp	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1818	$458
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4384	$1016
🏠 One person rent	$909	$195
🏘️ Family rent	$1498	$267
🍽️ Food expenses	$627	$153
🚐 Transport expenses	$143	$76.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2918	$104
😷 Air quality	Good	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	87	30
😀 Quality of life	91	33
🏙️ Population	529K	4.27M

The cost of living in Antwerp is 297% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 2669th and 8842nd ($1818 vs $458) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 3rd in Belgium and Afghanistan, respectively. Check Belgium vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Antwerp compared to 0.2 months in Kabul. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 196th and 8609th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Kabul

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	Antwerp	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.4	$2.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$107	$11.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.2	$4.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.6	$2.4
☕ Cappuccino	$4.14	$1.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.47	$0.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$866	$93.7
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$702	$62.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1473	$172
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1205	$111
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$122	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$48.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.1	$95.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.94%	12.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4402	$505
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3153	$260
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.25	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.2	$10.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.9	$7.78
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.46	$0.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.76	$1.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.8	$4.11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$3.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.9	$6.13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$0.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$0.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$0.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.18	$1.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$0.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.9	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.9	$3.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$3.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.06	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.65	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39	$10.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$2.23
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$15.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$3.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$18
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$34.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$646	$19.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21567	$1486

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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 Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$401
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$354
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$396
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$393
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$334
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$364
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$428
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$354
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$351
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$344
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$443
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$432
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$376
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$680
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$712
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$277
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$436
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$294
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$372
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$265
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$351
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$363
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$333
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$320
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$340
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$291
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$403
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$303
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$302
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$362
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$311
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$316
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$439