Antwerp vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Antwerp	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1762	$1641
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4106	$3833
🏠 One person rent	$893	$1005
🏘️ Family rent	$1430	$1751
🍽️ Food expenses	$583	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2721	$1865
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	87	92
😀 Quality of life	89	86
🏙️ Population	529K	1.38M

The cost of living in Antwerp is 7% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 2671st and 3084th ($1762 vs $1641) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th 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 1.5 months in Antwerp compared to 1.1 months in Prague. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 176th and 292nd 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	$19.6	$9.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$93.9	$45.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$8.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.64	$2.51
☕ Cappuccino	$3.87	$3.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.26	$1.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$840	$1012
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$683	$756
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1437	$1872
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1117	$1359
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$175
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$197	$267
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.6	$22.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.43%	5.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4562	$7685
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3518	$5446
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.81	$1.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$68	$24.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.6	$13.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.91	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.43	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.54	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$2.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$8.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.6	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$3.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.63	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.17	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.2	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.36	$6.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.58	$3.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.98	$2.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.54	$3.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$64.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.2	$11.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.1	$54.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$18.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$106	$89.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$619	$723
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13064	$12545

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1474
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1468
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1451
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1244
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1216
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1196
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1103
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1150
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1130
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$978
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$957
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$929
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1198
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1107
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1362
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1051
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1185
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1186
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1106
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1035
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1353
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1122
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1176
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1163
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1668
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1142
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1393
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1159
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1024
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1016
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1404
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1462
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1195
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1215
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1377
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1237
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1413
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1364
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1141