Antwerp vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Antwerp	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1818	$553
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4384	$1428
🏠 One person rent	$909	$241
🏘️ Family rent	$1498	$419
🍽️ Food expenses	$627	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$143	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2918	$235
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	87	49
😀 Quality of life	91	56
🏙️ Population	529K	1.57M

The cost of living in Antwerp is 228% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 2669th and 8247th ($1818 vs $553) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 41st in Belgium and Iran, respectively. Check Belgium vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Antwerp compared to 0.4 months in Shiraz. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 196th and 6229th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Shiraz

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	Antwerp	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.4	$4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$107	$13.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.2	$3.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.6	$0.71
☕ Cappuccino	$4.14	$0.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.47	$1.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$866	$256
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$702	$186
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1473	$470
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1205	$339
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$122	$22.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$34.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.1	$19.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.94%	22.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4402	$1161
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3153	$731
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.25	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.2	$2.34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.9	$1.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$0.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.46	$0.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.76	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.8	$3.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$3.23
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.9	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$0.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$7.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.18	$0.69
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.9	$2.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.9	$4.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$5.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.06	$6.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.65	$3.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39	$16
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$92.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$29.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$26.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$72
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$646	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21567	$2133

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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 Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$530
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$503
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$529
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$477
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$463
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$530
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$453
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$483
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$470
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$534
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$545
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$352
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$501
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$476
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$459
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$488
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$484
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$873
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$730
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$517
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$930
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$549
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$571
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1237
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1008
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1230
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1201
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$908
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$761
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$530
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1770
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$889
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$719