Antwerp vs Toronto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antwerp	Toronto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1640	$2453
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3817	$5408
🏠 One person rent	$832	$1480
🏘️ Family rent	$1320	$2344
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$602
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$240
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2545	$3141
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	87	86
😀 Quality of life	89	93
🏙️ Population	529K	2.79M

The cost of living in Antwerp is 33% less expensive than in Toronto. Cities ranked 2896th and 861st ($1640 vs $2453) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 4th in Belgium and Canada, respectively. Check Belgium vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Antwerp compared to 1.3 months in Toronto. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Toronto ranked 2nd in Canada, while ranked 203rd and 59th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Toronto

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	Antwerp	Toronto
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$17.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.2	$74.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$6.08
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$4.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$2.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$794	$1577
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$1302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1346	$2556
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1030	$2087
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$74.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$48.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.38%	5.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4167	$9200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3351	$7455
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$2.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.6	$112
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.1	$15.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$2.76
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$2.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$2.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$3.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$12.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$3.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$3.95
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$2.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$1.18
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.76	$2.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.83	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$2.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$13.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$12.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.37	$5.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.39	$3.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$47.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$65.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$1130
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12170	$17118

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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 Toronto

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 13 mi	Vaughan	$2267
23 km or 14 mi	Mississauga	$2370
24 km or 15 mi	Richmond Hill	$2447
26 km or 16 mi	Markham	$2291
31 km or 19 mi	Brampton	$1946
34 km or 21 mi	Oakville	$2142
35 km or 22 mi	Ajax	$2432
46 km or 28 mi	Halton Hills	$1966
50 km or 31 mi	Oshawa	$1554
51 km or 32 mi	Burlington	$2185
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$2019
56 km or 35 mi	St. Catharines	$1846
60 km or 37 mi	Hamilton	$2017
65 km or 40 mi	Orangeville	$1861
67 km or 41 mi	Niagara Falls	$1771
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1888
71 km or 44 mi	Guelph	$1899
77 km or 48 mi	Welland	$1554
81 km or 50 mi	Grand Island	$2009
81 km or 51 mi	Lockport	$2021
82 km or 51 mi	North Tonawanda	$1992
82 km or 51 mi	Cambridge	$2089
84 km or 52 mi	Barrie	$1849
89 km or 56 mi	Brantford	$1783
90 km or 56 mi	Amherst	$2013
92 km or 57 mi	Kitchener	$2056
94 km or 58 mi	Waterloo	$1977
96 km or 59 mi	Buffalo	$2183
100 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2107
100 km or 62 mi	Clarence	$2056
103 km or 64 mi	West Seneca	$2145
103 km or 64 mi	Orillia	$1910
105 km or 65 mi	Lancaster	$2082
111 km or 69 mi	Peterborough	$1990
112 km or 70 mi	Hamburg	$2101
114 km or 71 mi	Orchard Park	$2100
132 km or 82 mi	Stratford	$1680
146 km or 91 mi	Greece	$2097
146 km or 91 mi	Chili	$2081
148 km or 92 mi	Gates	$2095