Antwerp vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antwerp	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1640	$474
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3817	$1052
🏠 One person rent	$832	$203
🏘️ Family rent	$1320	$302
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$158
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$81.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2545	$218
😷 Air quality	Good	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	87	30
😀 Quality of life	89	14
🏙️ Population	529K	4.27M

The cost of living in Antwerp is 246% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 2896th and 8769th ($1640 vs $474) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th 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 0.5 months in Kabul. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 203rd and 9071st 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	$18.3	$2.38
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.2	$9.34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$4.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$3.11
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$1.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$794	$140
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$90
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1346	$312
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1030	$141
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$66.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$59.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.38%	18.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4167	$404
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3351	$202
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.6	$18.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.1	$7.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$0.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$1.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$4.36
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$3.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$5.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$0.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$0.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.76	$0.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.83	$8.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$2.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$2.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.37	$3.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$1.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.39	$1.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$12.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$2.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$13.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$2.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$16.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$34.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$17.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12170	$1356

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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 Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$386
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$303
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$389
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$366
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$346
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$379
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$394
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$366
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$364
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$382
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$442
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$414
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$458
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$605
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$354
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$468
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$292
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$389
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$273
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$342
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$380
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$306
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$373
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$354
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$266
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$392
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$305
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$308
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$361
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$281
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$321
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$476