Antwerp vs Valletta - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antwerp	Valletta
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1640	$1583
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3817	$3682
🏠 One person rent	$832	$923
🏘️ Family rent	$1320	$1737
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$487
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$58.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2545	$1922
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	87	37
😀 Quality of life	89	73
🏙️ Population	529K	6.44K

The cost of living in Antwerp is 4% more expensive than in Valletta. Cities ranked 2896th and 3109th ($1640 vs $1583) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 3rd in Belgium and Malta, respectively. Check Belgium vs Malta comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Antwerp compared to 1.2 months in Valletta. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Valletta ranked 5th in Malta, while ranked 203rd and 1378th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Valletta

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	Antwerp	Valletta
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$18.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.2	$75.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$9.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$4.07
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$2.76
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$2.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$794	$1033
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$785
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1346	$2137
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1030	$1490
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$53.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$82.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$34.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.38%	5.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4167	$5286
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3351	$3962
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$2.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.6	$28.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.1	$24.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$3.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$10.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$9.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.76	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.83	$6.47
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$5.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$7.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.37	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$2.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.39	$2.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$51.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$13.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$94.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12170	$8456

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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 Valletta

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.8 km or 1.1 mi	Sliema	$1749
1.9 km or 1.2 mi	Gzira	$1624
3.2 km or 2 mi	Zabbar	$1415
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	San Gwann	$1555
4.1 km or 2.6 mi	Birkirkara	$1524
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Marsaskala	$1325
6.4 km or 4 mi	Naxxar	$1486
7.1 km or 4.4 mi	Mosta	$1346
11 km or 7.1 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1384
116 km or 72 mi	Ragusa	$1106
132 km or 82 mi	Gela	$941
140 km or 87 mi	Niscemi	$1077
148 km or 92 mi	Syracuse	$1098
178 km or 111 mi	Agrigento	$971
186 km or 115 mi	Catania	$1161
266 km or 166 mi	Reggio Calabria	$1058
267 km or 166 mi	Palermo	$1137
270 km or 168 mi	Messina	$1130
281 km or 175 mi	Marsala	$1019
295 km or 183 mi	Trapani	$938
339 km or 211 mi	Vibo Valentia	$1199
344 km or 214 mi	Nabeul	$443
350 km or 217 mi	Sousse	$495
357 km or 222 mi	Tripoli	$464
362 km or 225 mi	Al-Khums	$418
364 km or 226 mi	Sfax	$448
376 km or 234 mi	Lamezia Terme	$1251
382 km or 237 mi	Catanzaro	$1143
386 km or 240 mi	Zawiya	$368
390 km or 242 mi	La Marsa	$549
392 km or 244 mi	Sabratha	$396
395 km or 245 mi	Misrata	$436
398 km or 247 mi	Zuwarah	$392
399 km or 248 mi	Kairouan	$410
401 km or 249 mi	Tunis	$535
401 km or 249 mi	Aryanah	$465
408 km or 254 mi	Cosenza	$1072
422 km or 262 mi	Crotone	$1159
437 km or 272 mi	Gharyan	$387
441 km or 274 mi	Bizerte	$348