Antwerp vs Minneapolis - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Antwerp	Minneapolis
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1818	$2380
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4384	$5756
🏠 One person rent	$909	$1413
🏘️ Family rent	$1498	$2434
🍽️ Food expenses	$627	$698
🚐 Transport expenses	$143	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2918	$4476
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	87	84
😀 Quality of life	91	90
🏙️ Population	529K	430K

The cost of living in Antwerp is 24% less expensive than in Minneapolis. Cities ranked 2669th and 1095th ($1818 vs $2380) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 963rd 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 1.9 months in Minneapolis. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Minneapolis ranked 62nd in the United States, while ranked 196th and 215th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Antwerp vs Minneapolis infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/antwerp/minneapolis.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Antwerp vs Minneapolis infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/antwerp/minneapolis" target="_blank">Antwerp vs Minneapolis - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Antwerp vs Minneapolis

Prices for goods and services in Antwerp and Minneapolis are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Antwerp	Minneapolis
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.4	$19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$107	$80.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.2	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.6	$5.96
☕ Cappuccino	$4.14	$5.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.47	$2.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$866	$1597
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$702	$1151
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1473	$2639
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1205	$2101
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$122	$104
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$158
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.1	$68.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.94%	6.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4402	$3686
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3153	$2479
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.25	$2.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.2	$74.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.9	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$0.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.46	$3.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$6.03
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.76	$4.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.8	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$14.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.9	$18.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$5.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$7.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$4.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$4.11
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$3.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$1.66
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$2.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.18	$16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$2.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.9	$12.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.9	$8.49
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$5.49
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.06	$3.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.65	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$16.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$54.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$91.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$646	$1787
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21567	$26604

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Minneapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
7 km or 4.4 mi	Golden Valley	$2285
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	St. Louis Park	$2277
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Crystal	$2306
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Roseville	$2221
10 km or 6.2 mi	Richfield	$2270
10 km or 6.4 mi	Brooklyn Center	$2328
11 km or 6.6 mi	New Hope	$2305
11 km or 6.8 mi	New Brighton	$2302
12 km or 7.2 mi	Fridley	$2330
12 km or 7.3 mi	Edina	$2290
14 km or 8.8 mi	Brooklyn Park	$2335
14 km or 9 mi	Saint Paul	$2054
14 km or 9 mi	Shoreview	$2289
15 km or 9.3 mi	Plymouth	$2307
15 km or 9.6 mi	Coon Rapids	$2283
17 km or 10 mi	Bloomington	$2271
18 km or 11 mi	Maple Grove	$2329
20 km or 12 mi	Minnetonka	$2317
20 km or 12 mi	Eagan	$2236
20 km or 12 mi	Blaine	$2528
21 km or 13 mi	South St. Paul	$2160
21 km or 13 mi	Eden Prairie	$2398
22 km or 14 mi	Maplewood	$2183
23 km or 14 mi	Savage	$2286
23 km or 14 mi	Inver Grove Heights	$2201
23 km or 15 mi	White Bear Lake	$2252
24 km or 15 mi	Burnsville	$2312
24 km or 15 mi	Oakdale	$2219
24 km or 15 mi	Lino Lakes	$2320
25 km or 15 mi	Chanhassen	$2353
25 km or 16 mi	Champlin	$2478
27 km or 17 mi	Woodbury	$2296
28 km or 17 mi	Andover	$2386
28 km or 17 mi	Apple Valley	$2147
29 km or 18 mi	Shakopee	$2317
29 km or 18 mi	Rosemount	$2202
31 km or 19 mi	Cottage Grove	$2227
32 km or 20 mi	Prior Lake	$2258
34 km or 21 mi	Chaska	$2299
34 km or 21 mi	Ramsey	$2678