Antwerp vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Antwerp	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1834	$1475
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4433	$3516
🏠 One person rent	$929	$792
🏘️ Family rent	$1527	$1397
🍽️ Food expenses	$618	$447
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3013	$1122
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	87	93
😀 Quality of life	90	73
🏙️ Population	529K	9.21M

The cost of living in Antwerp is 24% more expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 2660th and 4074th ($1834 vs $1475) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 21st and 4th in Belgium and Mexico, respectively. Check Belgium vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Antwerp compared to 0.8 months in Mexico City. Antwerp ranked 3rd best city to live in Belgium vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 190th and 2482nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Mexico City

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	Antwerp	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.7	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$91	$44
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.7	$10.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.5	$3.62
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$4.18
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.72	$1.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$891	$1061
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$711	$634
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$1959
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1217	$1139
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$40.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$201	$60.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.3	$33.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.57%	11.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4523	$3972
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3139	$2110
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.49	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56.4	$24.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.3	$6.69
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2	$1.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$1.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.4	$2.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.98	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.3	$11.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$9.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23.6	$15.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$2.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$2.16
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$2.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$2.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$1.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$0.92
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.03	$2.43
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.13	$15.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.91	$2.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.5	$5.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.9	$7.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.64	$5.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.05	$2.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.65	$2.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.2	$63.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.3	$6.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.1	$58.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.8	$19.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$69.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$867	$492
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20056	$13182

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Cities near Antwerp

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Mortsel	$1688
11 km or 6.6 mi	Beveren	$1829
15 km or 9.3 mi	Lier	$1743
19 km or 12 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1799
23 km or 14 mi	Mechelen	$1848
26 km or 16 mi	Zemst	$1833
28 km or 17 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1757
30 km or 19 mi	Herentals	$1476
31 km or 19 mi	Dendermonde	$1769
32 km or 20 mi	Lokeren	$1742
32 km or 20 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$2143
32 km or 20 mi	Hoogstraten	$1740
32 km or 20 mi	Vilvoorde	$1844
35 km or 22 mi	Roosendaal	$2087
39 km or 24 mi	Schaerbeek	$1896
39 km or 24 mi	Turnhout	$1739
39 km or 24 mi	Herent	$1845
40 km or 25 mi	Aarschot	$1799
41 km or 25 mi	Aalst	$1881
41 km or 25 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1837
41 km or 26 mi	Brussels	$2030
42 km or 26 mi	Geel	$1738
42 km or 26 mi	Etten-Leur	$1970
43 km or 27 mi	Anderlecht	$1926
43 km or 27 mi	Leuven	$1895
44 km or 27 mi	Dilbeek	$1861
45 km or 28 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1895
45 km or 28 mi	Forest	$1969
45 km or 28 mi	Tervuren	$1874
46 km or 29 mi	Scherpenheuvel-Zichem	$1763
46 km or 29 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1870
48 km or 30 mi	Goes	$2460
49 km or 30 mi	Breda	$2112
49 km or 31 mi	Overijse	$1832
49 km or 31 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1866
50 km or 31 mi	Ninove	$1799
51 km or 32 mi	Ghent	$1817
52 km or 33 mi	Diest	$1759
55 km or 34 mi	Halle	$1843
56 km or 35 mi	Waterloo	$1993

Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$977
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$1003
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$959
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$1000
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$832
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$940
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$1050
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$878
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$981
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$914
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$1013
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$932
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$994
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$874
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$897
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$1034
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$763
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$971
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$976
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$1051
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$973
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$980
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1047
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$1255
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$960
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$755
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$924
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$817
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$916
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$935
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$905
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$952
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$961
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$852
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$673
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1472
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$974
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$962
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$920
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$1005