Antwerp vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antwerp	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1640	$736
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3817	$1915
🏠 One person rent	$832	$371
🏘️ Family rent	$1320	$643
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$224
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$69.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2545	$707
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	87	24
😀 Quality of life	89	38
🏙️ Population	529K	7.82M

The cost of living in Antwerp is 123% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 2896th and 6735th ($1640 vs $736) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 43rd 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 months in Shangqiu. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Shangqiu ranked 300th in China, while ranked 203rd and 7140th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Shangqiu

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	Antwerp	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$3.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.2	$19.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$1.06
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$2.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$794	$296
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$335
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1346	$464
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1030	$609
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$34.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$52.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$10.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.38%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4167	$3083
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3351	$1982
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.6	$16.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.1	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$1.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$2.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.08
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.76	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.83	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$3.17
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$4.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.37	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$2.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.39	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$39.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$27
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$4.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$45.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$69.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$371
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12170	$17921

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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 Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$600
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$1385
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$584
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$787
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$545
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$660
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$580
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$591
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$643
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$484
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$602
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$591
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$800
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$633
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$586
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$547
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$538
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$591
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$593
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$548
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$571
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$575
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$625
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$552
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$551
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$528
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$519
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$575
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$578
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$637
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$571
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$522
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$505
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$571
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$561
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$529