Antwerp vs Santo Domingo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antwerp	Santo Domingo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1640	$928
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3817	$2508
🏠 One person rent	$832	$352
🏘️ Family rent	$1320	$806
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$337
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$153
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2545	$574
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	87	44
😀 Quality of life	89	58
🏙️ Population	529K	1.13M

The cost of living in Antwerp is 77% more expensive than in Santo Domingo. Cities ranked 2896th and 5898th ($1640 vs $928) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 3rd in Belgium and the Dominican Republic, respectively. Check Belgium vs the Dominican Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Antwerp compared to 0.6 months in Santo Domingo. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Santo Domingo ranked 1st in the Dominican Republic, while ranked 203rd and 5536th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Santo Domingo

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	Antwerp	Santo Domingo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$8.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.2	$38.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$6.83
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$2.54
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$3.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$794	$473
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$222
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1346	$1119
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1030	$596
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$45.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$70.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.38%	12.45%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4167	$1524
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3351	$1100
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.6	$66.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.1	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$1.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$2.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$7.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$3.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$0.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$2.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.76	$1.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.83	$12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$2.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$5.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$5.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.37	$4.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.39	$2.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$33.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$51.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$85.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$255
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12170	$7607

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Santo Domingo

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	San Cristobal	$812
30 km or 19 mi	Boca Chica	$784
51 km or 31 mi	Bani	$695
62 km or 39 mi	San Pedro de Macoris	$707
70 km or 44 mi	Cotui	$645
74 km or 46 mi	Bonao	$545
89 km or 55 mi	Azua	$750
96 km or 59 mi	El Seibo	$733
98 km or 61 mi	La Romana	$656
99 km or 61 mi	San Francisco de Macoris	$510
100 km or 62 mi	Samana	$692
101 km or 62 mi	Nagua	$773
106 km or 66 mi	Jarabacoa	$724
107 km or 66 mi	La Vega	$561
126 km or 78 mi	Higuey	$735
131 km or 81 mi	Barahona	$707
138 km or 85 mi	Santiago de los Caballeros	$784
146 km or 90 mi	San Juan de la Maguana	$645
152 km or 94 mi	Cabarete	$774
156 km or 97 mi	Sosua	$961
161 km or 100 mi	Punta Cana	$1138
169 km or 105 mi	Puerto Plata	$751
174 km or 108 mi	Mao	$724
190 km or 118 mi	Sabaneta	$715
213 km or 132 mi	Cerca-la-Source	$505
252 km or 157 mi	Petion-Ville	$521
254 km or 158 mi	Delmas	$520
258 km or 160 mi	Port-au-Prince	$542
264 km or 164 mi	Carrefour	$527
281 km or 174 mi	Cap-Haitien	$511
286 km or 177 mi	Aguada	$1314
289 km or 180 mi	Aguadilla	$1221
292 km or 182 mi	Mayaguez	$1264
293 km or 182 mi	Cabo Rojo	$1145
298 km or 185 mi	Isabela	$1429
304 km or 189 mi	Saint-Marc	$508
304 km or 189 mi	San German	$1546
307 km or 191 mi	San Sebastian	$1538
312 km or 194 mi	Quebradillas	$1457
313 km or 194 mi	Gonaives	$521