Antwerp vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antwerp	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1640	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3817	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$832	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$1320	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2545	$1546
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	87	96
😀 Quality of life	89	74
🏙️ Population	529K	13.1M

The cost of living in Antwerp is 32% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 2896th and 4359th ($1640 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 1st in Belgium and Russia, respectively. Check Belgium vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Antwerp compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 203rd and 1187th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Moscow

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	Antwerp	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.2	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$794	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1346	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1030	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.38%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4167	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3351	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.6	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.1	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.76	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.83	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.37	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.39	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12170	$12252

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592