Antwerp vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Antwerp	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1818	$650
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4384	$1953
🏠 One person rent	$909	$238
🏘️ Family rent	$1498	$414
🍽️ Food expenses	$627	$241
🚐 Transport expenses	$143	$85
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2918	$767
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	87	20
😀 Quality of life	91	46
🏙️ Population	529K	6.44M

The cost of living in Antwerp is 180% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 2669th and 7433rd ($1818 vs $650) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 94th 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 1.2 months in Shangrao. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Shangrao ranked 207th in China, while ranked 196th and 6933rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Shangrao

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	Antwerp	Shangrao
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.4	$3.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$107	$28
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.2	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.6	$0.7
☕ Cappuccino	$4.14	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.47	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$866	$270
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$702	$174
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1473	$491
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1205	$320
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$122	$26.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$41.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.1	$18
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.94%	3.67%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4402	$4322
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3153	$2245
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.25	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.2	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.9	$5.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.46	$1.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.76	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.8	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$3.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.9	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$2.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$1.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$0.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$0.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.18	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.9	$4.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.9	$5.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.06	$1.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.65	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39	$32.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$6.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$43.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$5.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$54.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$73.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$646	$415
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21567	$28686

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Cities near Antwerp

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Mortsel	$1696
11 km or 6.6 mi	Beveren	$1804
15 km or 9.3 mi	Lier	$1737
19 km or 12 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1671
23 km or 14 mi	Mechelen	$1835
26 km or 16 mi	Zemst	$1791
28 km or 17 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1830
30 km or 19 mi	Herentals	$1512
31 km or 19 mi	Dendermonde	$1571
32 km or 20 mi	Lokeren	$1745
32 km or 20 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$2224
32 km or 20 mi	Hoogstraten	$1701
32 km or 20 mi	Vilvoorde	$1732
35 km or 22 mi	Roosendaal	$2175
39 km or 24 mi	Schaerbeek	$1854
39 km or 24 mi	Turnhout	$1639
39 km or 24 mi	Herent	$1823
40 km or 25 mi	Aarschot	$1794
41 km or 25 mi	Aalst	$1846
41 km or 25 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1758
41 km or 26 mi	Brussels	$2028
42 km or 26 mi	Geel	$1729
42 km or 26 mi	Etten-Leur	$2057
43 km or 27 mi	Anderlecht	$1889
43 km or 27 mi	Leuven	$1867
44 km or 27 mi	Dilbeek	$1858
45 km or 28 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1876
45 km or 28 mi	Forest	$1931
45 km or 28 mi	Tervuren	$1845
46 km or 29 mi	Scherpenheuvel-Zichem	$1742
46 km or 29 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1847
48 km or 30 mi	Goes	$2374
49 km or 30 mi	Breda	$2087
49 km or 31 mi	Overijse	$1816
49 km or 31 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1870
50 km or 31 mi	Ninove	$1768
51 km or 32 mi	Ghent	$1811
52 km or 33 mi	Diest	$1726
55 km or 34 mi	Halle	$1835
56 km or 35 mi	Waterloo	$2025

Cities near Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$578
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$600
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$586
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$604
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$436
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$620
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$589
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$586
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$696
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$671
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$526
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$672
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$604
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$532
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$616
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$628
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$617
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$637
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$753
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$700
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$629
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$567
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$598
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$659
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$826
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$628
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$592
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$642
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$593
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$740
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$666
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$672
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$660
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$677
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$631
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$638
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$671
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$634
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$618
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$620