Antwerp vs Ningbo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antwerp	Ningbo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1640	$708
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3817	$2004
🏠 One person rent	$832	$301
🏘️ Family rent	$1320	$591
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$274
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$70.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2545	$725
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	87	60
😀 Quality of life	89	53
🏙️ Population	529K	9.4M

The cost of living in Antwerp is 132% more expensive than in Ningbo. Cities ranked 2896th and 6849th ($1640 vs $708) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 51st in Belgium and China, respectively. Check Belgium vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Antwerp compared to 1 months in Ningbo. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Ningbo ranked 48th in China, while ranked 203rd and 6084th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Ningbo

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	Antwerp	Ningbo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$3.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.2	$19.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$4.76
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$1.56
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$3.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$794	$342
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1346	$752
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1030	$463
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$36.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$56.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$13.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.38%	4.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4167	$5147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3351	$3264
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.6	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.1	$4.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$1.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$2.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$19.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$4.73
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.76	$1.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.83	$9.23
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$0.88
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$4.06
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$12.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.37	$3.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$2.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.39	$2.07
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$23.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$7.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$14.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$4.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$44.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$62.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$595
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12170	$12465

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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 Ningbo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zhoushan	$590
94 km or 58 mi	Shaoxing	$716
120 km or 75 mi	Linhai	$661
124 km or 77 mi	Jiaxing	$573
139 km or 87 mi	Hangzhou	$805
144 km or 89 mi	Shanghai	$1097
150 km or 93 mi	Pudong	$984
156 km or 97 mi	Yiwu	$677
167 km or 104 mi	Wenling	$671
177 km or 110 mi	Kunshan	$700
178 km or 111 mi	Huzhou	$670
180 km or 112 mi	Taicang	$665
182 km or 113 mi	Suzhou	$868
203 km or 126 mi	Jinhua	$587
212 km or 132 mi	Changshu	$645
216 km or 134 mi	Qidong	$701
224 km or 139 mi	Wuxi	$670
224 km or 139 mi	Lishui	$682
226 km or 140 mi	Wenzhou	$726
227 km or 141 mi	Haimen	$631
234 km or 146 mi	Yixing	$695
234 km or 146 mi	Guangde	$650
242 km or 150 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
243 km or 151 mi	Nantong	$602
249 km or 155 mi	Rui'an	$681
257 km or 160 mi	Jiangyin	$657
260 km or 162 mi	Ningguo	$642
262 km or 163 mi	Liyang	$654
263 km or 163 mi	Changzhou	$702
267 km or 166 mi	Jingjiang	$643
278 km or 173 mi	Quzhou	$616
294 km or 182 mi	Xuancheng	$672
294 km or 183 mi	Taixing	$636
294 km or 183 mi	Rugao	$644
302 km or 187 mi	Danyang	$607
310 km or 193 mi	Yangzhong	$603
313 km or 194 mi	Huangshan	$642
313 km or 195 mi	Hai'an	$643
325 km or 202 mi	Jurong	$621
327 km or 203 mi	Zhenjiang	$522