Antwerp vs Thimphu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antwerp	Thimphu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1640	$422
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3817	$1047
🏠 One person rent	$832	$145
🏘️ Family rent	$1320	$225
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$176
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$46
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2545	$550
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	87	5
😀 Quality of life	89	34
🏙️ Population	529K	115K

The cost of living in Antwerp is 288% more expensive than in Thimphu. Cities ranked 2896th and 8915th ($1640 vs $422) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 2nd in Belgium and Bhutan, respectively. Check Belgium vs Bhutan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Antwerp compared to 1.3 months in Thimphu. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Thimphu ranked 1st in Bhutan, while ranked 203rd and 7592nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Thimphu

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	Antwerp	Thimphu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$3.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.2	$17.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$4.04
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$2.3
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$1.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$0.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$794	$159
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$94.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1346	$250
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1030	$161
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$16.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$25.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.38%	10.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4167	$605
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3351	$920
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$1.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.6	$27.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.1	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$0.91
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$0.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$0.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$2.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$4.92
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$4.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$4.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$0.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.76	$1.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.83	$4.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$1.58
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.37	$3.59
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$1.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.39	$0.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$3.23
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$28.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$3.27
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$32
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$43.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$239
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12170	$666

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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 Thimphu

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Paro	$459
147 km or 91 mi	Siliguri	$312
196 km or 122 mi	Rangpur	$296
203 km or 126 mi	Saidpur	$296
211 km or 131 mi	Shigatse	$900
214 km or 133 mi	Damak	$317
257 km or 159 mi	Raiganj	$309
257 km or 160 mi	Guwahati	$342
258 km or 160 mi	Biratnagar	$323
259 km or 161 mi	Dispur	$335
266 km or 166 mi	Balurghat	$307
280 km or 174 mi	Lhasa	$963
287 km or 178 mi	Purnia	$300
294 km or 183 mi	Bogra	$280
308 km or 191 mi	Shillong	$408
313 km or 195 mi	Malda	$308
313 km or 195 mi	Mymensingh	$264
350 km or 217 mi	Saharsa	$292
360 km or 224 mi	Bhagalpur	$282
362 km or 225 mi	Rajshahi	$274
364 km or 226 mi	Sylhet	$305
377 km or 234 mi	Janakpur	$292
401 km or 249 mi	Berhampore	$304
413 km or 257 mi	Narsingdi	$295
418 km or 260 mi	Brahmanbaria	$297
421 km or 262 mi	Kathmandu	$419
424 km or 264 mi	Lalitpur	$341
426 km or 265 mi	Dhaka	$430
438 km or 272 mi	Agartala	$367
439 km or 273 mi	Narayanganj	$309
444 km or 276 mi	Muzaffarpur	$288
454 km or 282 mi	Hetauda	$294
468 km or 291 mi	Krishnanagar	$281
474 km or 295 mi	Birgunj	$321
482 km or 299 mi	Jessore	$289
486 km or 302 mi	Shantipur	$294
493 km or 306 mi	Patna	$316
495 km or 308 mi	Durgapur	$292
500 km or 311 mi	Asansol	$299
502 km or 312 mi	Kulti	$300