Antwerp vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antwerp	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1640	$1821
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3817	$4500
🏠 One person rent	$832	$1051
🏘️ Family rent	$1320	$1950
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$69.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2545	$3986
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	87	60
😀 Quality of life	89	87
🏙️ Population	529K	246K

The cost of living in Antwerp is 10% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 2896th and 2336th ($1640 vs $1821) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 1917th in Belgium and the United States, respectively. Check Belgium vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Antwerp compared to 2.2 months in Louisville. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Louisville ranked 78th in the United States, while ranked 203rd and 299th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Louisville

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	Antwerp	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.2	$65.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$794	$1023
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$833
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1346	$1823
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1030	$1673
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$121
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$188
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$58.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.38%	6.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4167	$3405
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3351	$3066
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.6	$48.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.1	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$0.57
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$2.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$3.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$3.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$4.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$4.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$5.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$2.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$2.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$1.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.76	$1.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.83	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$3.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$8.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$6.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.37	$5.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$3.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.39	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$23.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$48.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$88.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$1240
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12170	$13378

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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 Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1731
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1863
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1903
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1874
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1851
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1865
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1777
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1664
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1874
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1875
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1862
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1845
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2147
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1940
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2145
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1779
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2001
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1636
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1848
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2490
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1925
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$2010
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1751
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1914
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2100
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1895
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1839
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1432
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1847
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1953
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1880
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2189
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1824
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1853
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2023
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1427
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1751
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1834
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1872
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1974