Arlington vs Delhi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Arlington	Delhi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1856	$489
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4502	$1167
🏠 One person rent	$1114	$190
🏘️ Family rent	$1920	$329
🍽️ Food expenses	$516	$192
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.6	$60.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3964	$231
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	90	94
😀 Quality of life	77	60
🏙️ Population	394K	26.5M

The cost of living in Arlington is 280% more expensive than in Delhi. Cities ranked 2476th and 8745th ($1856 vs $489) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1871st and 9th in the United States and India, respectively. Check the United States vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Arlington compared to 0.5 months in Delhi. Arlington ranked 405th best city to live in the United States vs Delhi ranked 14th in India, while ranked 1375th and 5934th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Delhi

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	Arlington	Delhi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$5.59
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.3	$22.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.35	$3.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$2.26
☕ Cappuccino	$4.85	$2.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1284	$209
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$860	$122
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2314	$376
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1533	$226
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$41.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$64.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.8	$8.73
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.52%	9.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2215	$2066
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2107	$1144
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$0.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.8	$11.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17	$3.33
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$0.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$0.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$1.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$4.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$3.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$6.01
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$0.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$1.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$0.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$0.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.87	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$10.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$1.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.8	$3.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.28	$1.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.07	$2.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.47	$2.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$0.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$21.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$5.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$103	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$2.12
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.2	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81	$52.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1210	$68.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23378	$1832

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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 Delhi

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Noida	$437
20 km or 12 mi	Ghaziabad	$372
29 km or 18 mi	Gurgaon	$514
29 km or 18 mi	Faridabad	$383
42 km or 26 mi	Sonipat	$270
59 km or 37 mi	Meerut	$350
68 km or 43 mi	Rohtak	$248
106 km or 66 mi	Bhiwani	$330
122 km or 76 mi	Aligarh	$304
130 km or 81 mi	Sambhal	$301
136 km or 84 mi	Alwar	$260
139 km or 87 mi	Mathura	$293
148 km or 92 mi	Saharanpur	$285
149 km or 92 mi	Moradabad	$290
154 km or 96 mi	Hisar	$262
183 km or 114 mi	Agra	$388
191 km or 119 mi	Rishikesh	$371
200 km or 124 mi	Dehradun	$388
217 km or 135 mi	Bareilly	$290
219 km or 136 mi	Patiala	$357
234 km or 145 mi	Chandigarh	$373
235 km or 146 mi	Sikar	$335
236 km or 146 mi	Jaipur	$387
271 km or 168 mi	Shimla	$270
282 km or 175 mi	Ludhiana	$421
289 km or 180 mi	Gwalior	$329
305 km or 190 mi	Bheemdatta	$367
330 km or 205 mi	Dhangadhi	$383
335 km or 208 mi	Jalandhar	$337
353 km or 219 mi	Ajmer	$274
382 km or 237 mi	Jhansi	$345
388 km or 241 mi	Bikaner	$290
392 km or 244 mi	Kanpur	$320
399 km or 248 mi	Amritsar	$380
411 km or 256 mi	Kota	$333
419 km or 260 mi	Lucknow	$339
423 km or 263 mi	Lahore	$427
428 km or 266 mi	Pathankot	$350
434 km or 270 mi	Okara	$291
449 km or 279 mi	Bhilwara	$328