Antwerp vs Leipzig - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Antwerp	Leipzig
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1650	$1371
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3930	$3423
🏠 One person rent	$841	$641
🏘️ Family rent	$1379	$1212
🍽️ Food expenses	$543	$462
🚐 Transport expenses	$139	$156
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2547	$2399
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	87	72
😀 Quality of life	89	91
🏙️ Population	529K	625K

The cost of living in Antwerp is 20% more expensive than in Leipzig. Cities ranked 2878th and 3960th ($1650 vs $1371) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 531st in Belgium and Germany, respectively. Check Belgium vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Antwerp compared to 1.8 months in Leipzig. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Leipzig ranked 17th in Germany, while ranked 161st and 106th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Leipzig

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	Antwerp	Leipzig
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.8	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$78	$51.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$9.36
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$4.28
☕ Cappuccino	$3.72	$3.81
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.93	$2.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$789	$630
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$635	$426
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1372	$1202
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1076	$909
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$124	$131
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$192	$202
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$42.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.24%	3.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3955	$5428
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2889	$3298
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.72	$3.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.9	$62.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.9	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.94	$1.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.25	$1.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$2.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.53	$3.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$13.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$13.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$16.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$2.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.23	$2.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.77	$3.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$0.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.79	$1.87
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.09	$5.95
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.74	$8.27
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$10.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.42	$2.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.92	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.48	$1.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.9	$28.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.2	$35.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.3	$19.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$100	$74.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.6	$84.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$606	$393
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17510	$10639

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Cities near Antwerp

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Mortsel	$1539
11 km or 6.6 mi	Beveren	$1631
15 km or 9.3 mi	Lier	$1533
19 km or 12 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1413
23 km or 14 mi	Mechelen	$1544
26 km or 16 mi	Zemst	$1567
28 km or 17 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1517
30 km or 19 mi	Herentals	$1413
31 km or 19 mi	Dendermonde	$1469
32 km or 20 mi	Lokeren	$1511
32 km or 20 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$1854
32 km or 20 mi	Hoogstraten	$1498
32 km or 20 mi	Vilvoorde	$1599
35 km or 22 mi	Roosendaal	$1832
39 km or 24 mi	Schaerbeek	$1682
39 km or 24 mi	Turnhout	$1376
39 km or 24 mi	Herent	$1575
40 km or 25 mi	Aarschot	$1426
41 km or 25 mi	Aalst	$1678
41 km or 25 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1593
41 km or 26 mi	Brussels	$1869
42 km or 26 mi	Geel	$1593
42 km or 26 mi	Etten-Leur	$1741
43 km or 27 mi	Anderlecht	$1659
43 km or 27 mi	Leuven	$1618
44 km or 27 mi	Dilbeek	$1644
45 km or 28 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1524
45 km or 28 mi	Forest	$1652
45 km or 28 mi	Tervuren	$1743
46 km or 29 mi	Scherpenheuvel-Zichem	$1514
46 km or 29 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1619
48 km or 30 mi	Goes	$1981
49 km or 30 mi	Breda	$1822
49 km or 31 mi	Overijse	$1648
49 km or 31 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1669
50 km or 31 mi	Ninove	$1581
51 km or 32 mi	Ghent	$1585
52 km or 33 mi	Diest	$1528
55 km or 34 mi	Halle	$1640
56 km or 35 mi	Waterloo	$1825

Cities near Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1322
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1303
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1269
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1267
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1264
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1263
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1242
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1270
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1260
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1253
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1262
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1271
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1249
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1214
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1230
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1253
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1096
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1166
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1255
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1258
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1269
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1069
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1134
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1193
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$961
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1216
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1135
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1263
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1252
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1260
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1296
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1250
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1099
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1165
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1248
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1278
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1329
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1295
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1351
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1204