Antwerp vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antwerp	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1640	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3817	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$832	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$1320	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2545	$1829
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	87	93
😀 Quality of life	89	87
🏙️ Population	529K	1.38M

The cost of living in Antwerp is 8% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 2896th and 3363rd ($1640 vs $1513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th 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 1.2 months in Prague. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 203rd and 285th 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	$18.3	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.2	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$794	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1346	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1030	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.38%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4167	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3351	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.6	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.1	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.76	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.83	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.37	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.39	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12170	$12277

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1371
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1370
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1356
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1216
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1092
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1166
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1092
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1795
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1081
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$971
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$942
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$880
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1163
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1048
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1314
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1033
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1135
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1159
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1030
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$950
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1352
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1088
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1150
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1112
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1092
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1107
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1352
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1121
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$979
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$974
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1347
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1402
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1059
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1202
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1420
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1351
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1362
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1120