Antwerp vs Shaoyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antwerp	Shaoyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1640	$592
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3817	$1661
🏠 One person rent	$832	$209
🏘️ Family rent	$1320	$411
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$74.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2545	$709
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	87	24
😀 Quality of life	89	39
🏙️ Population	529K	6.56M

The cost of living in Antwerp is 177% more expensive than in Shaoyang. Cities ranked 2896th and 7740th ($1640 vs $592) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 263rd 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 Shaoyang. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Shaoyang ranked 266th in China, while ranked 203rd and 7044th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Shaoyang

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	Antwerp	Shaoyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$2.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.2	$20.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$4.68
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$2.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$794	$225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$151
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1346	$521
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1030	$307
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$47.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.38%	3.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4167	$3334
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3351	$2970
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.6	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.1	$3.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$1.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$13.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.77
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.76	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.83	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$2.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$4.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.37	$5.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.39	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$32.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$5.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$5.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$70.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$81.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$340
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12170	$11393

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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 Shaoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Lengshuijiang	$536
54 km or 34 mi	Lianyuan	$553
76 km or 47 mi	Loudi	$579
89 km or 55 mi	Yongzhou	$609
117 km or 73 mi	Hengyang	$590
151 km or 94 mi	Hongjiang	$543
153 km or 95 mi	Huaihua	$579
158 km or 98 mi	Xiangtan	$582
160 km or 99 mi	Ningxiang	$570
171 km or 107 mi	Yiyang	$586
178 km or 111 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
182 km or 113 mi	Changsha	$577
201 km or 125 mi	Changde	$480
205 km or 127 mi	Liling	$563
209 km or 130 mi	Jishou	$539
223 km or 138 mi	Chenzhou	$724
231 km or 143 mi	Zhangjiajie	$552
232 km or 144 mi	Tongren	$573
239 km or 148 mi	Pingxiang	$577
250 km or 155 mi	Guilin	$522
269 km or 167 mi	Jinshi	$533
286 km or 178 mi	Yueyang	$596
287 km or 179 mi	Lianzhou	$755
290 km or 180 mi	Shishou	$549
294 km or 183 mi	Yichun	$590
314 km or 195 mi	Hezhou	$758
315 km or 196 mi	Linxiang	$569
328 km or 204 mi	Songzi	$556
344 km or 214 mi	Shaoguan	$818
346 km or 215 mi	Xinyu	$564
346 km or 215 mi	Honghu	$589
347 km or 216 mi	Ji'an	$600
350 km or 217 mi	Yidu	$561
351 km or 218 mi	Jingzhou	$591
362 km or 225 mi	Chibi	$591
378 km or 235 mi	Ganzhou	$761
385 km or 239 mi	Liuzhou	$579
386 km or 240 mi	Yichang	$602
391 km or 243 mi	Enshi	$575
397 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$600