Antwerp vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antwerp	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1640	$1857
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3817	$4312
🏠 One person rent	$832	$940
🏘️ Family rent	$1320	$1577
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$575
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$187
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2545	$2742
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	87	100
😀 Quality of life	89	93
🏙️ Population	529K	1.8M

The cost of living in Antwerp is 12% less expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 2896th and 2225th ($1640 vs $1857) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 51st in Belgium and Canada, respectively. Check Belgium vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Antwerp compared to 1.5 months in Montreal. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Montreal ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 203rd and 51st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Montreal

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	Antwerp	Montreal
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$15.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.2	$64.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$6.26
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$3.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$2.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$794	$1030
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$807
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1346	$1828
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1030	$1371
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$47.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$73.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$40.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.38%	6.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4167	$6524
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3351	$4131
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$2.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.6	$73.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.1	$17.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$2.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$2.76
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$2.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$3.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$12.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$14.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$3.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$4.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$4.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$2.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$2.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$1.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.76	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.83	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$2.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$11.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.37	$4.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$4.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.39	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$34.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$126
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$16.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$59.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$94.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$639
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12170	$5725

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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 Montreal

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.3 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1790
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Westmount	$1773
4.4 km or 2.8 mi	Longueuil	$1835
6.4 km or 4 mi	Mount Royal	$1792
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1803
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Brossard	$2004
11 km or 7 mi	La Prairie	$1889
13 km or 8.3 mi	Boucherville	$1804
14 km or 8.9 mi	Candiac	$1852
16 km or 9.8 mi	Saint-Constant	$1824
16 km or 10 mi	Dorval	$1810
17 km or 10 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1836
17 km or 10 mi	Laval	$1900
20 km or 12 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1800
20 km or 12 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1814
20 km or 13 mi	Chateauguay	$1841
21 km or 13 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1819
22 km or 14 mi	Varennes	$1764
22 km or 14 mi	Terrebonne	$1776
23 km or 14 mi	Chambly	$1829
24 km or 15 mi	Boisbriand	$1732
25 km or 15 mi	Kirkland	$1807
26 km or 16 mi	Repentigny	$1743
26 km or 16 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1753
27 km or 17 mi	Mascouche	$1735
27 km or 17 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1768
29 km or 18 mi	Beloeil	$1742
31 km or 19 mi	Blainville	$1761
31 km or 20 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1769
38 km or 23 mi	L'Assomption	$1651
39 km or 24 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1830
41 km or 26 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1690
44 km or 27 mi	Mirabel	$1762
46 km or 28 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1733
49 km or 31 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1562
53 km or 33 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1894
57 km or 35 mi	Joliette	$1433
66 km or 41 mi	Granby	$1106
68 km or 42 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1532
91 km or 56 mi	Plattsburgh	$1692