Arlington vs Buenos Aires - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Arlington	Buenos Aires
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1856	$1139
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4502	$2758
🏠 One person rent	$1114	$496
🏘️ Family rent	$1920	$854
🍽️ Food expenses	$516	$430
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.6	$94.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3964	$797
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	90	78
😀 Quality of life	77	78
🏙️ Population	394K	3.12M

The cost of living in Arlington is 63% more expensive than in Buenos Aires. Cities ranked 2476th and 4856th ($1856 vs $1139) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1871st and 3rd in the United States and Argentina, respectively. Check the United States vs Argentina comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Arlington compared to 0.7 months in Buenos Aires. Arlington ranked 405th best city to live in the United States vs Buenos Aires ranked 1st in Argentina, while ranked 1375th and 1059th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Buenos Aires

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	Arlington	Buenos Aires
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$15.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.3	$53
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.35	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$3.64
☕ Cappuccino	$4.85	$4.02
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$2.2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1284	$527
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$860	$370
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2314	$940
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1533	$669
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$66.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.8	$28.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.52%	36.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2215	$2703
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2107	$1993
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$0.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.8	$20.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17	$9.26
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$2.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$1.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$3.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$7.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$2.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$1.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$2.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.99
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.87	$2.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$5.92
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$2.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.8	$3.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.28	$4.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.07	$4.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.47	$2.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$2.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$37.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$9.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$103	$23.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.2	$108
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81	$120
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1210	$360
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23378	$5464

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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 Buenos Aires

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Villa Dominico	$770
11 km or 7 mi	Lanus	$879
13 km or 7.9 mi	Wilde	$715
13 km or 8.1 mi	Remedios de Escalada	$859
14 km or 8.7 mi	Caseros	$949
14 km or 8.8 mi	Florida Este	$861
14 km or 8.9 mi	Ciudad Madero	$949
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bernal	$641
15 km or 9.4 mi	Monte Chingolo	$811
15 km or 9.6 mi	Lomas del Mirador	$983
17 km or 10 mi	La Tablada	$990
17 km or 10 mi	Quilmes	$590
18 km or 11 mi	Ramos Mejia	$981
18 km or 11 mi	San Justo	$1032
19 km or 12 mi	El Palomar	$968
19 km or 12 mi	Temperley	$871
19 km or 12 mi	Lomas de Zamora	$895
19 km or 12 mi	San Isidro	$844
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Evita	$946
19 km or 12 mi	San Francisco Solano	$766
20 km or 12 mi	Villa Luzuriaga	$981
20 km or 13 mi	Rafael Calzada	$858
22 km or 13 mi	Isidro Casanova	$980
22 km or 13 mi	Ezpeleta	$661
22 km or 14 mi	Moron	$1029
24 km or 15 mi	San Fernando de la Buena Vista	$817
24 km or 15 mi	Florencio Varela	$859
24 km or 15 mi	Burzaco	$848
24 km or 15 mi	Berazategui	$710
25 km or 15 mi	Gregorio de Laferrere	$951
25 km or 16 mi	Rafael Castillo	$959
25 km or 16 mi	Monte Grande	$874
29 km or 18 mi	Ezeiza	$886
29 km or 18 mi	Longchamps	$846
29 km or 18 mi	Libertad	$954
31 km or 19 mi	Gonzalez Catan	$935
32 km or 20 mi	Glew	$841
32 km or 20 mi	Merlo	$947
36 km or 23 mi	Jose C. Paz	$906
37 km or 23 mi	Virrey del Pino	$897