Antwerp vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Antwerp	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1818	$1778
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4384	$4184
🏠 One person rent	$909	$1098
🏘️ Family rent	$1498	$1897
🍽️ Food expenses	$627	$426
🚐 Transport expenses	$143	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2918	$2284
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	87	93
😀 Quality of life	91	89
🏙️ Population	529K	1.4M

The cost of living in Antwerp is 2% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 2669th and 2821st ($1818 vs $1778) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 2nd in Belgium and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Belgium vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Antwerp compared to 1.3 months in Prague. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 196th and 277th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Prague

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	Antwerp	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.4	$9.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$107	$46
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.2	$9.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.6	$2.73
☕ Cappuccino	$4.14	$3.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.47	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$866	$1073
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$702	$830
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1473	$1910
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1205	$1487
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$122	$196
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$303
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.1	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.94%	4.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4402	$10023
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3153	$7034
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.25	$1.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.2	$26.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.9	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.46	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$2.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.76	$4.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.8	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$10
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.9	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$2.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$1.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$1.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.18	$7.36
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$1.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.9	$7.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.9	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$4.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.06	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.65	$4.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39	$69.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$646	$994
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21567	$15329

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1601
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1580
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1564
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1337
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1187
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1104
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1196
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1915
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1211
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1063
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1028
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$986
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1074
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1182
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1489
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1125
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1317
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1209
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1195
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1152
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1427
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1195
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1223
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1216
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1212
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1257
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1473
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1236
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1117
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1103
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1490
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1555
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$953
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1301
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1432
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1308
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1485
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1428
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1284