Antwerp vs Taichung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antwerp	Taichung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1640	$894
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3817	$2706
🏠 One person rent	$832	$308
🏘️ Family rent	$1320	$820
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$351
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2545	$1355
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	87	84
😀 Quality of life	89	81
🏙️ Population	529K	3.03M

The cost of living in Antwerp is 83% more expensive than in Taichung. Cities ranked 2896th and 6071st ($1640 vs $894) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 6th in Belgium and Taiwan, respectively. Check Belgium vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Antwerp compared to 1.5 months in Taichung. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Taichung ranked 7th in Taiwan, while ranked 203rd and 521st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Taichung

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	Antwerp	Taichung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$4.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.2	$24.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$4.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$2.43
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$794	$306
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$237
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1346	$1000
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1030	$676
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$39.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$61.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$17.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.38%	2.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4167	$5817
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3351	$3737
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$0.7
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.6	$33.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.1	$12.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$3.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$6.63
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$4.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$2.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.76	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.83	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$1.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$3.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.37	$6.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$1.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.39	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$31.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$9.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$38.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$13.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$90.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$91.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12170	$18658

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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 Taichung

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Changhua	$813
26 km or 16 mi	Nantou	$796
49 km or 31 mi	Miaoli	$728
51 km or 32 mi	Douliu	$770
78 km or 48 mi	Chiayi	$747
79 km or 49 mi	Hsinchu	$897
84 km or 52 mi	Zhubei	$821
96 km or 59 mi	Taoyuan	$875
124 km or 77 mi	New Taipei	$1073
129 km or 80 mi	Yilan	$731
133 km or 82 mi	Taipei	$1181
139 km or 86 mi	Tainan	$814
154 km or 96 mi	Keelung	$967
162 km or 101 mi	Taitung	$788
175 km or 108 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
220 km or 137 mi	Putian	$625
224 km or 139 mi	Jinjiang	$627
227 km or 141 mi	Quanzhou	$644
239 km or 149 mi	Kinmen	$823
255 km or 159 mi	Fuzhou	$669
264 km or 164 mi	Xiamen	$688
303 km or 188 mi	Ningde	$648
307 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
354 km or 220 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
374 km or 232 mi	Nanping	$630
383 km or 238 mi	Longyan	$649
385 km or 239 mi	Sanming	$603
403 km or 251 mi	Rui'an	$681
413 km or 257 mi	Shantou	$581
414 km or 257 mi	Chaozhou	$451
428 km or 266 mi	Wenzhou	$726
442 km or 275 mi	Jieyang	$443
461 km or 287 mi	Meizhou	$655
467 km or 290 mi	Puning	$569
473 km or 294 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
476 km or 295 mi	Wenling	$671
480 km or 298 mi	Wuyishan	$601
484 km or 301 mi	Lishui	$682
525 km or 326 mi	Linhai	$661
548 km or 341 mi	Shangrao	$671