Antwerp vs Kawaguchi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Antwerp	Kawaguchi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1818	$1025
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4384	$2558
🏠 One person rent	$909	$479
🏘️ Family rent	$1498	$810
🍽️ Food expenses	$627	$294
🚐 Transport expenses	$143	$151
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2918	$2002
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	87	100
😀 Quality of life	91	81
🏙️ Population	529K	594K

The cost of living in Antwerp is 77% more expensive than in Kawaguchi. Cities ranked 2669th and 5371st ($1818 vs $1025) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 306th in Belgium and Japan, respectively. Check Belgium vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Antwerp compared to 2 months in Kawaguchi. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Kawaguchi ranked 21st in Japan, while ranked 196th and 694th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Kawaguchi

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	Antwerp	Kawaguchi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.4	$3.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$107	$33.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.2	$3.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.6	$2.43
☕ Cappuccino	$4.14	$3.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.47	$0.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$866	$504
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$702	$333
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1473	$901
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1205	$590
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$122	$83.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$129
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.1	$28.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.94%	1.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4402	$6408
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3153	$3676
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.25	$2.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.2	$73.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.9	$25.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.46	$1.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.03
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.76	$1.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.8	$9.02
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$3.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.9	$16.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$3.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$2.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$3.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$1.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$2.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.18	$5.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$1.43
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.9	$3.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.9	$10.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$3.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.06	$1.44
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.65	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39	$58.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$12.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$34
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$18.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$42.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$56.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$646	$316
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21567	$15648

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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 Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$961
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$945
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1047
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1037
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1002
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1078
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1035
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1020
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$972
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1698
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1005
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1031
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1033
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1055
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1028
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1024
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$975
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1039
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1110
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$997
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1025
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1049
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1038
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1094
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$961
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1125
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1041
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1055
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$994
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1004
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1116
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1061
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$990
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1115
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1066
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1068
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1040
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$998
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1007
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1066