Antwerp vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Antwerp	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1818	$1331
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4384	$3182
🏠 One person rent	$909	$721
🏘️ Family rent	$1498	$1296
🍽️ Food expenses	$627	$410
🚐 Transport expenses	$143	$93.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2918	$892
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	87	92
😀 Quality of life	91	72
🏙️ Population	529K	9.21M

The cost of living in Antwerp is 37% more expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 2669th and 4418th ($1818 vs $1331) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 5th 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 0.7 months in Mexico City. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 196th and 3317th 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	$20.4	$12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$107	$41.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.2	$8.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.6	$3.22
☕ Cappuccino	$4.14	$4.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.47	$1.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$866	$988
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$702	$578
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1473	$1819
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1205	$1067
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$122	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$47.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.1	$30
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.94%	11.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4402	$3569
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3153	$2491
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.25	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.2	$22.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.9	$5.33
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$1.34
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.46	$2.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.76	$2.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.8	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$7.93
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.9	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$2.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$1.95
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$2.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$2.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$0.81
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$2.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.18	$12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.9	$4.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.9	$8.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.06	$2.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.65	$1.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39	$53.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$5.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$44.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$15.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$57.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$98.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$646	$427
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21567	$11015

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Cities near Antwerp

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Mortsel	$1696
11 km or 6.6 mi	Beveren	$1804
15 km or 9.3 mi	Lier	$1737
19 km or 12 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1671
23 km or 14 mi	Mechelen	$1835
26 km or 16 mi	Zemst	$1791
28 km or 17 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1830
30 km or 19 mi	Herentals	$1512
31 km or 19 mi	Dendermonde	$1571
32 km or 20 mi	Lokeren	$1745
32 km or 20 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$2224
32 km or 20 mi	Hoogstraten	$1701
32 km or 20 mi	Vilvoorde	$1732
35 km or 22 mi	Roosendaal	$2175
39 km or 24 mi	Schaerbeek	$1854
39 km or 24 mi	Turnhout	$1639
39 km or 24 mi	Herent	$1823
40 km or 25 mi	Aarschot	$1794
41 km or 25 mi	Aalst	$1846
41 km or 25 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1758
41 km or 26 mi	Brussels	$2028
42 km or 26 mi	Geel	$1729
42 km or 26 mi	Etten-Leur	$2057
43 km or 27 mi	Anderlecht	$1889
43 km or 27 mi	Leuven	$1867
44 km or 27 mi	Dilbeek	$1858
45 km or 28 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1876
45 km or 28 mi	Forest	$1931
45 km or 28 mi	Tervuren	$1845
46 km or 29 mi	Scherpenheuvel-Zichem	$1742
46 km or 29 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1847
48 km or 30 mi	Goes	$2374
49 km or 30 mi	Breda	$2087
49 km or 31 mi	Overijse	$1816
49 km or 31 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1870
50 km or 31 mi	Ninove	$1768
51 km or 32 mi	Ghent	$1811
52 km or 33 mi	Diest	$1726
55 km or 34 mi	Halle	$1835
56 km or 35 mi	Waterloo	$2025

Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$908
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$932
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$898
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$942
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$777
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$869
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$962
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$818
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$904
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$851
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$938
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$868
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$926
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$819
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$842
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$977
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$717
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$914
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$905
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$998
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$912
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$936
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$981
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$1184
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$875
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$724
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$860
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$764
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$858
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$873
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$846
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$875
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$894
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$784
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$643
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1491
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$893
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$896
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$860
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$1030