Arlington vs Chengdu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Arlington	Chengdu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1883	$623
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5033	$1664
🏠 One person rent	$1124	$240
🏘️ Family rent	$2309	$430
🍽️ Food expenses	$533	$229
🚐 Transport expenses	$82.9	$83.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3943	$863
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	90	94
😀 Quality of life	73	72
🏙️ Population	394K	20.9M

The cost of living in Arlington is 202% more expensive than in Chengdu. Cities ranked 2153rd and 7421st ($1883 vs $623) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1796th and 164th 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 396th best city to live in the United States vs Chengdu ranked 9th in China, while ranked 1499th and 1890th 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	$2.78
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.9	$21.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.26	$4.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.71	$2.32
☕ Cappuccino	$5.38	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.45	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1270	$304
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$861	$170
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2390	$595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1981	$313
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$124	$31.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$47.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.2	$12.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.59%	4.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2185	$3812
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2094	$2020
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.23	$0.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.3	$26.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$3.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.77	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$1.4
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$1.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.03	$1.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$3.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$1.78
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.15
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.88	$1.41
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$1.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$0.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$1.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$9.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.28	$3.18
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.71	$4.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.1	$4.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.61	$1.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.1	$27.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$6.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$104	$22.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.2	$45.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$72.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1602	$305
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23540	$11550

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2065
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2305
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2093
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2086
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2081
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2143
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2119
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$1808
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2105
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2289
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2149
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2163
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2126
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2012
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2159
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2079
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2089
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2164
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2224
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2148
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2095
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2471
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2165
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2169
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2176
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2214
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2103
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2184
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2025
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2190
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2155
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2158
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2242
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2258
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2079
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2219
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2023
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2538
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2246
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2395

Cities near Chengdu

Distance	City	Cost of living
38 km or 24 mi	Chongzhou	$581
38 km or 24 mi	Pengzhou	$572
41 km or 25 mi	Guanghan	$554
53 km or 33 mi	Shifang	$540
55 km or 34 mi	Jianyang	$580
56 km or 35 mi	Dujiangyan	$570
60 km or 38 mi	Deyang	$549
65 km or 40 mi	Qionglai	$572
71 km or 44 mi	Meishan	$590
77 km or 48 mi	Mianzhu	$529
81 km or 50 mi	Ziyang	$592
110 km or 68 mi	Mianyang	$527
124 km or 77 mi	Leshan	$554
127 km or 79 mi	Ya'an	$573
127 km or 79 mi	Shehong	$546
131 km or 81 mi	Emeishan	$540
139 km or 87 mi	Jiangyou	$532
145 km or 90 mi	Suining	$579
153 km or 95 mi	Neijiang	$652
161 km or 100 mi	Zigong	$584
188 km or 117 mi	Longchang	$593
193 km or 120 mi	Nanchong	$526
208 km or 129 mi	Langzhong	$530
219 km or 136 mi	Yibin	$590
237 km or 148 mi	Luzhou	$613
247 km or 153 mi	Guang'an	$584
259 km or 161 mi	Guangyuan	$599
261 km or 162 mi	Huaying	$553
265 km or 165 mi	Chongqing	$634
288 km or 179 mi	Bazhong	$610
333 km or 207 mi	Dazhou	$591
341 km or 212 mi	Longnan	$608
353 km or 220 mi	Xichang	$580
372 km or 231 mi	Zhaotong	$601
388 km or 241 mi	Hanzhong	$696
390 km or 243 mi	Renhuai	$540
392 km or 244 mi	Bijie	$584
408 km or 253 mi	Wanyuan	$585
431 km or 268 mi	Zunyi	$554
459 km or 285 mi	Liupanshui	$574