Arlington vs Belem - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Arlington	Belem
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1856	$784
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4502	$1751
🏠 One person rent	$1114	$413
🏘️ Family rent	$1920	$676
🍽️ Food expenses	$516	$226
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.6	$70.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3964	$312
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	90	41
😀 Quality of life	77	45
🏙️ Population	394K	1.3M

The cost of living in Arlington is 137% more expensive than in Belem. Cities ranked 2476th and 6728th ($1856 vs $784) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1871st and 21st in the United States and Brazil, respectively. Check the United States vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Arlington compared to 0.4 months in Belem. Arlington ranked 405th best city to live in the United States vs Belem ranked 96th in Brazil, while ranked 1375th and 7040th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Belem

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	Arlington	Belem
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$4.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.3	$15
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.35	$5.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$1.93
☕ Cappuccino	$4.85	$2.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1284	$481
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$860	$306
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2314	$752
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1533	$531
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$54.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$84.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.8	$17.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.52%	12.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2215	$1804
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2107	$1219
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.8	$31.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17	$5.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$1.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$0.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$0.82
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$2.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$9.84
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$3.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$6.52
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.27
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$1.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$1.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.87
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.87	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$10.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$1.11
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.8	$1.61
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.28	$2.72
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.07	$2.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.47	$1.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$1.26
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$21.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$5.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$103	$42.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$6.37
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.2	$51.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81	$55.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1210	$102
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23378	$3163

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2130
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2302
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2133
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2139
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2135
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2140
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2138
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$2133
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2140
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2217
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2183
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2179
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2136
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2133
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2184
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2108
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2143
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2200
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2190
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2144
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2162
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2447
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2145
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2223
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2222
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2287
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2145
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2199
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2038
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2187
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2185
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2250
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2315
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2246
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2176
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2199
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2497
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2268
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2216
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2369

Cities near Belem

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Ananindeua	$660
51 km or 32 mi	Abaetetuba	$577
67 km or 42 mi	Castanhal	$646
141 km or 88 mi	Cameta	$620
150 km or 93 mi	Capanema	$643
197 km or 123 mi	Braganca	$645
214 km or 133 mi	Paragominas	$643
221 km or 137 mi	Breves	$622
264 km or 164 mi	Viseu	$652
288 km or 179 mi	Tucurui	$631
329 km or 205 mi	Macapa	$606
336 km or 209 mi	Santana	$573
398 km or 247 mi	Pinheiro	$661
425 km or 264 mi	Santa Ines	$642
440 km or 274 mi	Maraba	$656
455 km or 283 mi	Altamira	$631
467 km or 290 mi	Imperatriz	$645
482 km or 299 mi	Sao Luis	$732
508 km or 316 mi	Itapecuru Mirim	$658
510 km or 317 mi	Sao Jose de Ribamar	$683
516 km or 320 mi	Bacabal	$623
552 km or 343 mi	Grajau	$621
570 km or 354 mi	Coroata	$624
578 km or 359 mi	Barra do Corda	$611
612 km or 380 mi	Codo	$596
625 km or 389 mi	Chapadinha	$618
639 km or 397 mi	Araguaina	$617
685 km or 426 mi	Caxias	$568
698 km or 434 mi	Santarem	$653
729 km or 453 mi	Balsas	$592
748 km or 465 mi	Timon	$554
751 km or 467 mi	Teresina	$572
765 km or 475 mi	Parnaiba	$662
810 km or 503 mi	Piripiri	$617
819 km or 509 mi	Oriximina	$716
829 km or 515 mi	Cayenne	$1931
847 km or 527 mi	Floriano	$566
867 km or 538 mi	Camocim	$690
867 km or 539 mi	Kourou	$1934
888 km or 552 mi	Itaituba	$707