Antwerp vs Manchester - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antwerp	Manchester
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1640	$2071
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3817	$5081
🏠 One person rent	$832	$1241
🏘️ Family rent	$1320	$2185
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$510
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2545	$2923
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	87	91
😀 Quality of life	89	92
🏙️ Population	529K	548K

The cost of living in Antwerp is 21% less expensive than in Manchester. Cities ranked 2896th and 1662nd ($1640 vs $2071) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 46th 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 1.4 months in Manchester. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Manchester ranked 13th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 203rd and 85th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Manchester

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	Antwerp	Manchester
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$16.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.2	$73.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$9.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$6.16
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$4.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$2.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$794	$1351
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$936
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1346	$2179
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1030	$1788
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$186
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$283
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$35.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.38%	5.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4167	$5330
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3351	$3723
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$2.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.6	$110
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.1	$24.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$1.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$1.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$3.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$10.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$8.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$3.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$3.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.92
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.76	$2.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.83	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$2.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$16.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$7.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.37	$4.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$2.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.39	$1.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$43.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$11.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$84.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$13.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$86.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$88
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$1818
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12170	$19551

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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 Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1948
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1800
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1874
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1845
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1720
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1602
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1788
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1806
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1672
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1806
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1720
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$1962
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1574
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1675
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1497
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1753
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1686
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1762
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1376
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1680
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1793
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1737
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1686
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1486
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1456
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1693
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1598
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1707
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1774
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1680
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1706
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1401
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1774
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1764
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1897
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1710
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1697
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1681