Antwerp vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Antwerp	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1818	$1135
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4384	$2924
🏠 One person rent	$909	$510
🏘️ Family rent	$1498	$885
🍽️ Food expenses	$627	$385
🚐 Transport expenses	$143	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2918	$1378
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	87	94
😀 Quality of life	91	87
🏙️ Population	529K	4.04M

The cost of living in Antwerp is 60% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 2669th and 4867th ($1818 vs $1135) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 2nd in Belgium and Taiwan, respectively. Check Belgium vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Antwerp compared to 1.2 months in New Taipei. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs New Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 196th and 387th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs New Taipei

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	Antwerp	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.4	$4.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$107	$32.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.2	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.6	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$4.14	$2.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.47	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$866	$520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$702	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1473	$947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1205	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$122	$72.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$112
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.1	$25.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.94%	2.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4402	$14096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3153	$6224
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.25	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.2	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.9	$9.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.46	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.76	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.8	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$7.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.9	$22.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$4.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$2.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$2.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$3.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$1.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.18	$9.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$1.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.9	$4.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.9	$10.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.06	$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.65	$2.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$38.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$59.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$646	$571
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21567	$17207

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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 New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1313
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$942
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1030
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$802
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$868
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$993
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$695
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$1006
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$914
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$894
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$894
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$914
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$628
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$634
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$854
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$894
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$628
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$621
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$615
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$700
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$901
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$753
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$707
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$671
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$677
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$616
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$696
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$666
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$697
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$600
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$586
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$672
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$604
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$650
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$589