Antwerp vs Milwaukee - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antwerp	Milwaukee
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1640	$2054
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3817	$4880
🏠 One person rent	$832	$1211
🏘️ Family rent	$1320	$1862
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$555
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$118
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2545	$3539
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	87	82
😀 Quality of life	89	88
🏙️ Population	529K	577K

The cost of living in Antwerp is 20% less expensive than in Milwaukee. Cities ranked 2896th and 1702nd ($1640 vs $2054) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 1506th 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 1.7 months in Milwaukee. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Milwaukee ranked 55th in the United States, while ranked 203rd and 240th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Milwaukee

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	Antwerp	Milwaukee
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$13.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.2	$54
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$9.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$4.32
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$5.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$3.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$794	$1311
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$979
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1346	$2332
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1030	$1469
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$104
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$159
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$61.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.38%	6.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4167	$1890
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3351	$1701
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$1.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.6	$73.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.1	$16.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$4.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$3.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$12.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$4.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$5.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$4.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$1.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.76	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.83	$15.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$2.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$10.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$9.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.37	$4.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$3.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.39	$1.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$50.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$163
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$42
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$77.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$1813
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12170	$24191

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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 Milwaukee

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	West Allis	$2001
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Wauwatosa	$1987
10 km or 6.4 mi	Greenfield	$1982
13 km or 8.3 mi	Brookfield	$2019
15 km or 9.4 mi	New Berlin	$1942
17 km or 11 mi	South Milwaukee	$2019
17 km or 11 mi	Menomonee Falls	$1986
17 km or 11 mi	Franklin	$1976
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Creek	$2001
19 km or 12 mi	Mequon	$1998
22 km or 14 mi	Muskego	$1932
23 km or 14 mi	Waukesha	$1760
27 km or 17 mi	Caledonia	$1991
37 km or 23 mi	Mount Pleasant	$2017
38 km or 24 mi	Racine	$2023
46 km or 28 mi	West Bend	$1963
53 km or 33 mi	Kenosha	$1968
57 km or 36 mi	Pleasant Prairie	$2017
64 km or 40 mi	Watertown	$1960
67 km or 42 mi	Zion	$2320
74 km or 46 mi	Fort Atkinson	$1847
76 km or 47 mi	Round Lake Beach	$2313
76 km or 47 mi	Gurnee	$2321
77 km or 48 mi	Waukegan	$2312
78 km or 49 mi	Grayslake	$2298
80 km or 50 mi	Sheboygan	$1817
81 km or 51 mi	North Chicago	$2332
84 km or 52 mi	McHenry	$2327
85 km or 53 mi	Libertyville	$2391
87 km or 54 mi	Mundelein	$2078
90 km or 56 mi	Fond du Lac	$1850
91 km or 57 mi	Woodstock	$2179
91 km or 57 mi	Vernon Hills	$2294
96 km or 60 mi	Janesville	$1789
97 km or 60 mi	Crystal Lake	$2484
97 km or 60 mi	Highland Park	$2345
98 km or 61 mi	Buffalo Grove	$2311
101 km or 63 mi	Lake in the Hills	$2461
102 km or 63 mi	Wheeling	$2371
103 km or 64 mi	Northbrook	$2378