Arlington vs Chengdu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Arlington	Chengdu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1856	$635
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4502	$1647
🏠 One person rent	$1114	$252
🏘️ Family rent	$1920	$428
🍽️ Food expenses	$516	$230
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.6	$84.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3964	$917
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	90	94
😀 Quality of life	77	75
🏙️ Population	394K	20.9M

The cost of living in Arlington is 192% more expensive than in Chengdu. Cities ranked 2476th and 7530th ($1856 vs $635) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1871st and 114th in the United States and China, respectively. Check the United States vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Arlington compared to 1.4 months in Chengdu. Arlington ranked 405th best city to live in the United States vs Chengdu ranked 5th in China, while ranked 1375th and 1800th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Chengdu

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	Arlington	Chengdu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$2.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.3	$22.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.35	$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$2.35
☕ Cappuccino	$4.85	$3.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1284	$313
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$860	$183
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2314	$574
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1533	$318
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$30.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$46.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.8	$12.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.52%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2215	$3973
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2107	$2045
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.8	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17	$3.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$2.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$1.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$1.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$3.68
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$1.77
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.09
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$1.44
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$0.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$0.71
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.87	$1.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$0.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.8	$3.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.28	$4.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.07	$4.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.47	$1.41
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$35.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$103	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$6.37
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.2	$42.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81	$66.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1210	$251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23378	$11647

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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 Chengdu

Distance	City	Cost of living
38 km or 24 mi	Chongzhou	$596
38 km or 24 mi	Pengzhou	$588
41 km or 25 mi	Guanghan	$571
53 km or 33 mi	Shifang	$557
55 km or 34 mi	Jianyang	$591
56 km or 35 mi	Dujiangyan	$583
60 km or 38 mi	Deyang	$563
65 km or 40 mi	Qionglai	$580
71 km or 44 mi	Meishan	$599
77 km or 48 mi	Mianzhu	$544
81 km or 50 mi	Ziyang	$598
110 km or 68 mi	Mianyang	$528
124 km or 77 mi	Leshan	$563
127 km or 79 mi	Ya'an	$571
127 km or 79 mi	Shehong	$551
131 km or 81 mi	Emeishan	$552
139 km or 87 mi	Jiangyou	$536
145 km or 90 mi	Suining	$565
153 km or 95 mi	Neijiang	$645
161 km or 100 mi	Zigong	$573
188 km or 117 mi	Longchang	$575
193 km or 120 mi	Nanchong	$541
208 km or 129 mi	Langzhong	$538
219 km or 136 mi	Yibin	$570
237 km or 148 mi	Luzhou	$562
247 km or 153 mi	Guang'an	$569
259 km or 161 mi	Guangyuan	$587
261 km or 162 mi	Huaying	$542
265 km or 165 mi	Chongqing	$561
288 km or 179 mi	Bazhong	$601
333 km or 207 mi	Dazhou	$583
341 km or 212 mi	Longnan	$593
353 km or 220 mi	Xichang	$570
372 km or 231 mi	Zhaotong	$579
388 km or 241 mi	Hanzhong	$663
390 km or 243 mi	Renhuai	$538
392 km or 244 mi	Bijie	$569
408 km or 253 mi	Wanyuan	$567
431 km or 268 mi	Zunyi	$551
459 km or 285 mi	Liupanshui	$560