Antwerp vs Liverpool - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antwerp	Liverpool
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1640	$1774
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3817	$4525
🏠 One person rent	$832	$954
🏘️ Family rent	$1320	$1757
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$547
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2545	$2907
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	87	84
😀 Quality of life	89	90
🏙️ Population	529K	513K

The cost of living in Antwerp is 8% less expensive than in Liverpool. Cities ranked 2896th and 2461st ($1640 vs $1774) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 143rd in Belgium and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Belgium vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Antwerp compared to 1.6 months in Liverpool. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Liverpool ranked 23rd in the United Kingdom, while ranked 203rd and 132nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Liverpool

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	Antwerp	Liverpool
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$20.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.2	$82.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$9.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$6.34
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$4.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$794	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$645
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1346	$2233
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1030	$1201
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$204
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$310
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$39.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.38%	5.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4167	$3350
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3351	$2471
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$2.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.6	$89.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.1	$14.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$1.48
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$2.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$3.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$7.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$8.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.44
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$2.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$3.38
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.93
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.76	$2.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.83	$10.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$2.58
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$18.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$13.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.37	$4.46
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$3.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.39	$1.58
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$14.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$76.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$11.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$85.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$1465
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12170	$15161

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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 Liverpool

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.7 km or 2.3 mi	Bootle	$1706
3.9 km or 2.4 mi	Birkenhead	$1697
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Wallasey	$1563
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Bebington	$1710
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Crosby	$1681
16 km or 10 mi	Formby	$1682
17 km or 10 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1774
17 km or 11 mi	St Helens	$1497
19 km or 12 mi	Widnes	$1753
21 km or 13 mi	Runcorn	$1762
25 km or 16 mi	Chester	$1897
26 km or 16 mi	Southport	$1675
27 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$1962
28 km or 18 mi	Wigan	$1574
34 km or 21 mi	Rhyl	$1615
36 km or 22 mi	Chorley	$1675
36 km or 23 mi	Lytham St Annes	$1640
41 km or 26 mi	Wrexham	$1556
42 km or 26 mi	Bolton	$1806
43 km or 27 mi	Altrincham	$1788
43 km or 27 mi	Preston	$1456
45 km or 28 mi	Blackpool	$1482
45 km or 28 mi	Sale	$1845
46 km or 29 mi	Stretford	$1874
47 km or 29 mi	Salford	$1948
50 km or 31 mi	Blackburn	$1686
50 km or 31 mi	Bury	$1806
51 km or 32 mi	Manchester	$2071
51 km or 32 mi	Crewe	$1486
56 km or 35 mi	Droylsden	$1800
60 km or 37 mi	Rochdale	$1672
60 km or 37 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1720
60 km or 37 mi	Oldham	$1602
61 km or 38 mi	Macclesfield	$1720
65 km or 40 mi	Burnley	$1376
68 km or 43 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
71 km or 44 mi	Lancaster	$1629
71 km or 44 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
73 km or 45 mi	Morecambe	$1714
73 km or 46 mi	Leek	$1686