Antwerp vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Antwerp	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1762	$2332
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4106	$5652
🏠 One person rent	$893	$1380
🏘️ Family rent	$1430	$2574
🍽️ Food expenses	$583	$569
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$219
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2721	$3717
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	87	91
😀 Quality of life	89	94
🏙️ Population	529K	1.51M

The cost of living in Antwerp is 24% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 2671st and 1056th ($1762 vs $2332) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 1st in Belgium and Germany, respectively. Check Belgium vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Antwerp compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 176th and 54th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Munich

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	Antwerp	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.6	$17.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$93.9	$77.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$12.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.64	$5.12
☕ Cappuccino	$3.87	$4.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.26	$4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$840	$1433
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$683	$1107
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1437	$2772
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1117	$2147
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$197	$258
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.6	$43.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.43%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4562	$12629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3518	$9154
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.81	$4.13
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$68	$56.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.6	$26.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.91	$2.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.43	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.54	$2.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$3.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$3.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.6	$20.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$3.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$3.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$1.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.63	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$2.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.17	$7.51
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.2	$1.2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.36	$9.36
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$9.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.58	$3.54
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.98	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.54	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$56.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.2	$14.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.1	$78.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$23
👖 Brand Jeans	$106	$101
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$619	$1009
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13064	$19483

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Cities near Antwerp

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Mortsel	$1611
11 km or 6.6 mi	Beveren	$1709
15 km or 9.3 mi	Lier	$1616
19 km or 12 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1592
23 km or 14 mi	Mechelen	$1619
26 km or 16 mi	Zemst	$1636
28 km or 17 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1593
30 km or 19 mi	Herentals	$1442
31 km or 19 mi	Dendermonde	$1592
32 km or 20 mi	Lokeren	$1545
32 km or 20 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$1951
32 km or 20 mi	Hoogstraten	$1559
32 km or 20 mi	Vilvoorde	$1675
35 km or 22 mi	Roosendaal	$1920
39 km or 24 mi	Schaerbeek	$1752
39 km or 24 mi	Turnhout	$1421
39 km or 24 mi	Herent	$1693
40 km or 25 mi	Aarschot	$1514
41 km or 25 mi	Aalst	$1779
41 km or 25 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1657
41 km or 26 mi	Brussels	$1958
42 km or 26 mi	Geel	$1602
42 km or 26 mi	Etten-Leur	$1813
43 km or 27 mi	Anderlecht	$1734
43 km or 27 mi	Leuven	$1761
44 km or 27 mi	Dilbeek	$1715
45 km or 28 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1633
45 km or 28 mi	Forest	$1712
45 km or 28 mi	Tervuren	$1799
46 km or 29 mi	Scherpenheuvel-Zichem	$1587
46 km or 29 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1691
48 km or 30 mi	Goes	$2046
49 km or 30 mi	Breda	$1750
49 km or 31 mi	Overijse	$1723
49 km or 31 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1738
50 km or 31 mi	Ninove	$1660
51 km or 32 mi	Ghent	$1645
52 km or 33 mi	Diest	$1611
55 km or 34 mi	Halle	$1701
56 km or 35 mi	Waterloo	$1911

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1886
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1838
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1869
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1837
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1817
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1805
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1782
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1686
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1777
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1688
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1643
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1871
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1664
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1650
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1224
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1655
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1717
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1714
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1646
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1657
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1614
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1652
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1536
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1618
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1589
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1751
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1606
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2024
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1630
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1619
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1783
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1651
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1612
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1740
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1665
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1607
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1606
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1668
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1778
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1668