Antwerp vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Antwerp	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1650	$1464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3930	$3391
🏠 One person rent	$841	$919
🏘️ Family rent	$1379	$1636
🍽️ Food expenses	$543	$336
🚐 Transport expenses	$139	$97.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2547	$1771
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	87	93
😀 Quality of life	89	83
🏙️ Population	529K	1.86M

The cost of living in Antwerp is 13% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 2878th and 3564th ($1650 vs $1464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 1st in Belgium and Poland, respectively. Check Belgium vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Antwerp compared to 1.2 months in Warsaw. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 161st and 342nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Warsaw

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	Antwerp	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.8	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$78	$43.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$7.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$3.8
☕ Cappuccino	$3.72	$3.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.93	$1.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$789	$923
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$635	$699
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1372	$1731
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1076	$1282
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$124	$161
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$192	$250
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$14.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.24%	7.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3955	$5380
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2889	$3613
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.72	$1.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.9	$27.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.9	$8.42
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.94	$1.68
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.25	$1.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.53	$3.35
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$8.96
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$6.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$0.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.23	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.77	$3.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.79	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.09	$7.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.74	$4.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.42	$3.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.92	$2.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.48	$3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.9	$36.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$8.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.2	$40.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.3	$15.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$100	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.6	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$606	$511
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17510	$11854

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Cities near Antwerp

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Mortsel	$1539
11 km or 6.6 mi	Beveren	$1631
15 km or 9.3 mi	Lier	$1533
19 km or 12 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1413
23 km or 14 mi	Mechelen	$1544
26 km or 16 mi	Zemst	$1567
28 km or 17 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1517
30 km or 19 mi	Herentals	$1413
31 km or 19 mi	Dendermonde	$1469
32 km or 20 mi	Lokeren	$1511
32 km or 20 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$1854
32 km or 20 mi	Hoogstraten	$1498
32 km or 20 mi	Vilvoorde	$1599
35 km or 22 mi	Roosendaal	$1832
39 km or 24 mi	Schaerbeek	$1682
39 km or 24 mi	Turnhout	$1376
39 km or 24 mi	Herent	$1575
40 km or 25 mi	Aarschot	$1426
41 km or 25 mi	Aalst	$1678
41 km or 25 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1593
41 km or 26 mi	Brussels	$1869
42 km or 26 mi	Geel	$1593
42 km or 26 mi	Etten-Leur	$1741
43 km or 27 mi	Anderlecht	$1659
43 km or 27 mi	Leuven	$1618
44 km or 27 mi	Dilbeek	$1644
45 km or 28 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1524
45 km or 28 mi	Forest	$1652
45 km or 28 mi	Tervuren	$1743
46 km or 29 mi	Scherpenheuvel-Zichem	$1514
46 km or 29 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1619
48 km or 30 mi	Goes	$1981
49 km or 30 mi	Breda	$1822
49 km or 31 mi	Overijse	$1648
49 km or 31 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1669
50 km or 31 mi	Ninove	$1581
51 km or 32 mi	Ghent	$1585
52 km or 33 mi	Diest	$1528
55 km or 34 mi	Halle	$1640
56 km or 35 mi	Waterloo	$1825

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1238
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1218
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1029
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1040
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$842
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$907
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1090
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1029
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$987
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$994
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1161
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$1027
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$816
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$708
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$969
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$973
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$936
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1016
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$863
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$999
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$949
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1006
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$415
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$1024
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1002
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1008
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1013
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$943
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$980
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1042
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$849
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1043
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1118
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1037
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$995
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$791
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1028
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$940
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1011
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$385