Antwerp vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Antwerp	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1857	$2499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4482	$5815
🏠 One person rent	$927	$1483
🏘️ Family rent	$1528	$2594
🍽️ Food expenses	$638	$601
🚐 Transport expenses	$150	$248
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3003	$4507
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	87	90
😀 Quality of life	90	94
🏙️ Population	529K	1.51M

The cost of living in Antwerp is 26% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 2628th and 889th ($1857 vs $2499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 21st and 1st in Belgium and Germany, respectively. Check Belgium vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Antwerp compared to 1.8 months in Munich. Antwerp ranked 3rd best city to live in Belgium vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 218th and 38th 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	$20.6	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$106	$85.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.2	$14.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.59	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$4.24	$5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.68	$3.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$890	$1499
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$711	$1182
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1494	$2689
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1226	$2147
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$194	$295
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.6	$43.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.27%	3.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4499	$12913
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3099	$8949
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.6	$4.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$55.9	$70.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.6	$29.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.01	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$2.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.99	$4.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.4	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$3.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$4.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$2.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.14	$2.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.59	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.9	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.5	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.9	$9.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$3.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.12	$2.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.71	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.2	$55.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.5	$16.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.1	$81.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.6	$21.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$113	$94.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$749	$1039
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20480	$16629

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Cities near Antwerp

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Mortsel	$1734
11 km or 6.6 mi	Beveren	$1849
15 km or 9.3 mi	Lier	$1772
19 km or 12 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1727
23 km or 14 mi	Mechelen	$1877
26 km or 16 mi	Zemst	$1854
28 km or 17 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1815
30 km or 19 mi	Herentals	$1523
31 km or 19 mi	Dendermonde	$1706
32 km or 20 mi	Lokeren	$1734
32 km or 20 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$2295
32 km or 20 mi	Hoogstraten	$1770
32 km or 20 mi	Vilvoorde	$1866
35 km or 22 mi	Roosendaal	$2264
39 km or 24 mi	Schaerbeek	$1920
39 km or 24 mi	Turnhout	$1730
39 km or 24 mi	Herent	$1864
40 km or 25 mi	Aarschot	$1830
41 km or 25 mi	Aalst	$1890
41 km or 25 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1853
41 km or 26 mi	Brussels	$2065
42 km or 26 mi	Geel	$1756
42 km or 26 mi	Etten-Leur	$2110
43 km or 27 mi	Anderlecht	$1939
43 km or 27 mi	Leuven	$1920
44 km or 27 mi	Dilbeek	$1900
45 km or 28 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1932
45 km or 28 mi	Forest	$1993
45 km or 28 mi	Tervuren	$1894
46 km or 29 mi	Scherpenheuvel-Zichem	$1786
46 km or 29 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1906
48 km or 30 mi	Goes	$2471
49 km or 30 mi	Breda	$2206
49 km or 31 mi	Overijse	$1860
49 km or 31 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1917
50 km or 31 mi	Ninove	$1809
51 km or 32 mi	Ghent	$1846
52 km or 33 mi	Diest	$1787
55 km or 34 mi	Halle	$1886
56 km or 35 mi	Waterloo	$2050

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2008
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1954
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1994
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1967
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1943
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1925
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1918
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1771
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1877
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1806
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1790
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1890
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1827
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1864
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1316
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1853
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1840
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1983
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1881
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1785
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1707
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1877
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1819
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1707
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1766
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1867
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1635
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2117
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1638
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1735
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1904
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1726
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1696
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1724
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1759
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1698
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1693
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1699
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2009
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1748