Arlington vs Brasilia - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Arlington	Brasilia
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1856	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4502	$2318
🏠 One person rent	$1114	$386
🏘️ Family rent	$1920	$655
🍽️ Food expenses	$516	$279
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.6	$124
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3964	$498
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	90	28
😀 Quality of life	77	61
🏙️ Population	394K	2.82M

The cost of living in Arlington is 110% more expensive than in Brasilia. Cities ranked 2476th and 6320th ($1856 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1871st and 5th 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 0.6 months in Brasilia. Arlington ranked 405th best city to live in the United States vs Brasilia ranked 13th in Brazil, while ranked 1375th and 5763rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Brasilia

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	Arlington	Brasilia
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$6.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.3	$37.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.35	$6.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$2.09
☕ Cappuccino	$4.85	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$1.2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1284	$477
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$860	$264
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2314	$848
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1533	$468
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$59
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$90.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.8	$20.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.52%	11.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2215	$2502
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2107	$1582
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.8	$47.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17	$8.65
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$0.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$1.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$1.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$2.27
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$7.04
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$2.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$1.4
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$1.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.28
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.87	$1.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$9.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$1.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.8	$2.24
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.28	$5.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.07	$4.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.47	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$1.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$25.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$6.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$103	$48.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$8.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.2	$56.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81	$80.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1210	$537
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23378	$16129

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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 Brasilia

Distance	City	Cost of living
65 km or 41 mi	Formosa	$714
129 km or 80 mi	Anapolis	$531
142 km or 89 mi	Goianesia	$682
176 km or 110 mi	Goiania	$805
192 km or 119 mi	Paracatu	$656
196 km or 122 mi	Trindade	$693
231 km or 143 mi	Caldas Novas	$665
264 km or 164 mi	Catalao	$653
319 km or 198 mi	Araguari	$629
325 km or 202 mi	Itumbiara	$593
343 km or 213 mi	Patos de Minas	$624
350 km or 217 mi	Uberlandia	$670
379 km or 235 mi	Januaria	$588
391 km or 243 mi	Ituiutaba	$647
393 km or 244 mi	Rio Verde	$611
434 km or 270 mi	Araxa	$552
440 km or 273 mi	Uberaba	$559
442 km or 274 mi	Montes Claros	$585
468 km or 291 mi	Barra do Garcas	$655
469 km or 291 mi	Jatai	$642
470 km or 292 mi	Gurupi	$606
489 km or 304 mi	Janauba	$574
493 km or 306 mi	Curvelo	$600
511 km or 318 mi	Barreiras	$583
530 km or 329 mi	Franca	$552
535 km or 332 mi	Barretos	$604
557 km or 346 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$560
558 km or 347 mi	Fernandopolis	$635
560 km or 348 mi	Votuporanga	$641
561 km or 349 mi	Sete Lagoas	$412
564 km or 350 mi	Passos	$568
568 km or 353 mi	Batatais	$609
575 km or 357 mi	Guanambi	$561
577 km or 358 mi	Bebedouro	$619
578 km or 359 mi	Divinopolis	$590
581 km or 361 mi	Formiga	$613
581 km or 361 mi	Sao Jose do Rio Preto	$750
585 km or 363 mi	Mirassol	$688
591 km or 367 mi	Itauna	$582
594 km or 369 mi	Sertaozinho	$629