Antwerp vs Kolkata - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antwerp	Kolkata
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1640	$404
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3817	$1011
🏠 One person rent	$832	$135
🏘️ Family rent	$1320	$258
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$178
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$51.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2545	$432
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	87	75
😀 Quality of life	89	58
🏙️ Population	529K	4.5M

The cost of living in Antwerp is 306% more expensive than in Kolkata. Cities ranked 2896th and 8948th ($1640 vs $404) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 24th in Belgium and India, respectively. Check Belgium vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Antwerp compared to 1.1 months in Kolkata. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Kolkata ranked 12th in India, while ranked 203rd and 5509th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Kolkata

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	Antwerp	Kolkata
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$3.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.2	$14.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$2.05
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$2.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$0.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$794	$165
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$86.6
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1346	$341
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1030	$180
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$39.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$6.58
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.38%	9.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4167	$1157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3351	$528
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.6	$6.24
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.1	$3.38
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$0.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$0.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$0.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$5.41
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$3.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$6.85
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$0.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$0.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.58
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.76	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.83	$10.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$1.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$3.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$1.79
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.37	$3.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$1.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.39	$0.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$15.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$3.72
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$8.93
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$2.94
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$26.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$47.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$41.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12170	$1469

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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 Kolkata

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.1 km or 3.8 mi	Howrah	$332
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	Bidhannagar	$355
10 km or 6.2 mi	South Dumdum	$345
11 km or 7.1 mi	Baranagar	$333
12 km or 7.5 mi	Bally	$331
14 km or 8.9 mi	Uttarpara	$327
15 km or 9.1 mi	Kamarhati	$336
15 km or 9.3 mi	North Dumdum	$337
16 km or 9.9 mi	Rajpur Sonarpur	$354
17 km or 10 mi	Panihati	$338
20 km or 13 mi	Rajarhat	$347
21 km or 13 mi	Madhyamgram	$334
23 km or 14 mi	Serampore	$330
23 km or 15 mi	Barrackpore	$329
25 km or 15 mi	Uluberia	$341
36 km or 22 mi	Barasat	$350
36 km or 23 mi	Maheshtala	$360
37 km or 23 mi	Chandannagar	$327
37 km or 23 mi	Bhatpara	$337
40 km or 25 mi	Hugli-Chuchura	$327
41 km or 25 mi	Naihati	$328
64 km or 40 mi	Haldia	$394
79 km or 49 mi	Shantipur	$294
93 km or 58 mi	Bardhaman	$314
97 km or 60 mi	Krishnanagar	$281
104 km or 65 mi	Midnapore	$292
107 km or 66 mi	Kharagpur	$283
114 km or 71 mi	Jessore	$289
128 km or 80 mi	Khulna	$303
153 km or 95 mi	Durgapur	$292
174 km or 108 mi	Berhampore	$304
189 km or 118 mi	Asansol	$299
202 km or 125 mi	Kulti	$300
205 km or 127 mi	Rajshahi	$274
209 km or 130 mi	Barisal	$287
223 km or 139 mi	Jamshedpur	$361
239 km or 149 mi	Dhanbad	$293
248 km or 154 mi	Dhaka	$430
251 km or 156 mi	Narayanganj	$309
274 km or 170 mi	Malda	$308