Antwerp vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Antwerp	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1762	$1060
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4106	$2992
🏠 One person rent	$893	$464
🏘️ Family rent	$1430	$1087
🍽️ Food expenses	$583	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2721	$1661
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	87	95
😀 Quality of life	89	87
🏙️ Population	529K	4.04M

The cost of living in Antwerp is 66% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 2671st and 5212th ($1762 vs $1060) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 2nd in Belgium and Taiwan, respectively. Check Belgium vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Antwerp compared to 1.6 months in New Taipei. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 176th and 279th 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	$19.6	$4.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$93.9	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.64	$2.49
☕ Cappuccino	$3.87	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.26	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$840	$483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$683	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1437	$1333
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1117	$890
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$197	$83.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.6	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.43%	1.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4562	$9578
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3518	$4941
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.81	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$68	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.6	$8.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.91	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.43	$2.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.54	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$8.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.6	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$4.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$2.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$2.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.63	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.17	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.2	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.36	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$9.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.58	$7.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.98	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.54	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$29.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.2	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.1	$36.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$106	$67.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$86.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$619	$504
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13064	$13786

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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 New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1158
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$868
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1028
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$745
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$828
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$864
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$698
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$931
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$841
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$818
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$761
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$707
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$706
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$661
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$801
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$841
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$683
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$666
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$654
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$719
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$821
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$776
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$807
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$673
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$712
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$642
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$719
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$702
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$643
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$731
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$708
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$633
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$592
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$716
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$605