Antwerp vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antwerp	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1640	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3817	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$832	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$1320	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2545	$893
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	87	54
😀 Quality of life	89	66
🏙️ Population	529K	8.78M

The cost of living in Antwerp is 155% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 2896th and 7256th ($1640 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 118th 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 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 203rd and 4015th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Quanzhou

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	Antwerp	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.2	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$794	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1346	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1030	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.38%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4167	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3351	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.6	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.1	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.76	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.83	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.37	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.39	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12170	$20567

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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 Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$627
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$823
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$688
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$625
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$669
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$649
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$603
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$630
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$648
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$813
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$894
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$728
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$770
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$796
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$897
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$451
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$821
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$747
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$581
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$655
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$814
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$443
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1073
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$569
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$967
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$731
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$601
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$788
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$681
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$761
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$671
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$598
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$726
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$603
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$585
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$936