Antwerp vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antwerp	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1640	$868
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3817	$2829
🏠 One person rent	$832	$312
🏘️ Family rent	$1320	$768
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$326
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2545	$1146
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	87	70
😀 Quality of life	89	68
🏙️ Population	529K	12.7M

The cost of living in Antwerp is 89% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 2896th and 6198th ($1640 vs $868) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 18th 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 1.3 months in Suzhou. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Suzhou ranked 26th in China, while ranked 203rd and 3351st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Suzhou

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	Antwerp	Suzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$4.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.2	$41.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$5.55
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$4.13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$4.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$1.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$794	$386
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$200
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1346	$1199
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1030	$526
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$59.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$93.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$14.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.38%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4167	$6107
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3351	$3223
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.6	$41.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.1	$4.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$2.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$2.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$2.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$20.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$4.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.76	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.83	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$4.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$8.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.37	$4.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.39	$1.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$77.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$6.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$75.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$8.03
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$66.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$79.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$1457
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12170	$17431

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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 Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$700
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$645
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$670
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$665
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$573
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$670
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$657
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$695
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$602
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1097
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$702
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$631
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$643
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$984
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$654
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$636
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$701
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$644
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$650
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$805
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$607
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$603
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$643
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$716
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$644
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$621
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$620
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$642
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$592
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$665
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$672
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$708
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$746
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$665
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$621
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$590
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$691
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$613