Antwerp vs Kaohsiung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antwerp	Kaohsiung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1640	$956
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3817	$2684
🏠 One person rent	$832	$361
🏘️ Family rent	$1320	$819
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$96.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2545	$1264
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	87	80
😀 Quality of life	89	83
🏙️ Population	529K	2.73M

The cost of living in Antwerp is 71% more expensive than in Kaohsiung. Cities ranked 2896th and 5750th ($1640 vs $956) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 4th in Belgium and Taiwan, respectively. Check Belgium vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Antwerp compared to 1.3 months in Kaohsiung. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Kaohsiung ranked 4th in Taiwan, while ranked 203rd and 417th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Kaohsiung

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	Antwerp	Kaohsiung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$3.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.2	$30.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$4.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$1.53
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$794	$363
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$234
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1346	$876
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1030	$623
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$78.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$22.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.38%	2.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4167	$4370
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3351	$2797
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.6	$28.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.1	$8.72
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$3.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$1.97
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$3.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$9.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$5.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$2.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$3.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$2.24
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.76	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.83	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.37	$4.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$2.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.39	$2.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$33.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$9.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$50.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$8.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$83
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$80.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$378
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12170	$10905

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Kaohsiung

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Tainan	$814
88 km or 55 mi	Taitung	$788
97 km or 60 mi	Chiayi	$747
124 km or 77 mi	Douliu	$770
150 km or 93 mi	Nantou	$796
163 km or 101 mi	Changhua	$813
175 km or 108 mi	Taichung	$894
224 km or 139 mi	Miaoli	$728
253 km or 157 mi	Hsinchu	$897
257 km or 160 mi	Zhubei	$821
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
280 km or 174 mi	Yilan	$731
285 km or 177 mi	Kinmen	$823
291 km or 181 mi	New Taipei	$1073
298 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
301 km or 187 mi	Jinjiang	$627
307 km or 191 mi	Xiamen	$688
309 km or 192 mi	Quanzhou	$644
315 km or 196 mi	Keelung	$967
340 km or 211 mi	Putian	$625
341 km or 212 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
379 km or 235 mi	Shantou	$581
393 km or 244 mi	Chaozhou	$451
398 km or 247 mi	Fuzhou	$669
416 km or 258 mi	Jieyang	$443
430 km or 267 mi	Puning	$569
432 km or 268 mi	Longyan	$649
437 km or 271 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
457 km or 284 mi	Ningde	$648
466 km or 289 mi	Meizhou	$655
487 km or 302 mi	Sanming	$603
497 km or 309 mi	Nanping	$630
510 km or 317 mi	Shanwei	$936
562 km or 349 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
575 km or 357 mi	Rui'an	$681
575 km or 357 mi	Tuguegarao	$431
587 km or 365 mi	Heyuan	$764
600 km or 373 mi	Wenzhou	$726
605 km or 376 mi	Huizhou	$601
616 km or 382 mi	Wuyishan	$601