Arlington vs Dhaka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Arlington	Dhaka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1856	$464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4502	$1123
🏠 One person rent	$1114	$141
🏘️ Family rent	$1920	$240
🍽️ Food expenses	$516	$202
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.6	$80.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3964	$181
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	90	73
😀 Quality of life	77	57
🏙️ Population	394K	16.8M

The cost of living in Arlington is 300% more expensive than in Dhaka. Cities ranked 2476th and 8829th ($1856 vs $464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1871st and 1st in the United States and Bangladesh, respectively. Check the United States vs Bangladesh comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Arlington compared to 0.4 months in Dhaka. Arlington ranked 405th best city to live in the United States vs Dhaka ranked 1st in Bangladesh, while ranked 1375th and 6151st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Dhaka

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	Arlington	Dhaka
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$2.14
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.3	$12.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.35	$5.03
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$5.09
☕ Cappuccino	$4.85	$2.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1284	$149
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$860	$95.5
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2314	$274
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1533	$172
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$22.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$35.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.8	$12.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.52%	11.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2215	$939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2107	$535
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$0.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.8	$22.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17	$4.36
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$0.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$0.64
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$1.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$8.02
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$3.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$6.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$2.76
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$2.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$0.71
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$0.49
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.87	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$3.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.8	$3.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.28	$3.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.07	$4.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.47	$0.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$0.88
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$19.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$4.04
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$103	$12.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$2.15
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.2	$18.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81	$46.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1210	$57.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23378	$1844

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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 Dhaka

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.5 mi	Narayanganj	$348
38 km or 24 mi	Narsingdi	$352
77 km or 48 mi	Brahmanbaria	$332
90 km or 56 mi	Agartala	$362
113 km or 70 mi	Barisal	$312
115 km or 71 mi	Mymensingh	$282
132 km or 82 mi	Khulna	$301
135 km or 84 mi	Jessore	$300
164 km or 102 mi	Bogra	$287
196 km or 122 mi	Rajshahi	$274
196 km or 122 mi	Krishnanagar	$272
199 km or 124 mi	Sylhet	$321
207 km or 129 mi	Shantipur	$286
213 km or 132 mi	Chittagong	$358
221 km or 137 mi	Naihati	$313
222 km or 138 mi	Berhampore	$294
223 km or 139 mi	Bhatpara	$320
224 km or 139 mi	Hugli-Chuchura	$312
226 km or 141 mi	Chandannagar	$313
228 km or 142 mi	Rajarhat	$328
229 km or 142 mi	Madhyamgram	$317
234 km or 145 mi	Barrackpore	$315
234 km or 146 mi	North Dumdum	$320
235 km or 146 mi	Balurghat	$297
236 km or 147 mi	Serampore	$315
236 km or 147 mi	Aizawl	$456
236 km or 147 mi	Panihati	$324
238 km or 148 mi	Kamarhati	$320
238 km or 148 mi	South Dumdum	$327
238 km or 148 mi	Bidhannagar	$335
239 km or 149 mi	Baranagar	$318
239 km or 149 mi	Uttarpara	$312
241 km or 150 mi	Bally	$318
247 km or 154 mi	Howrah	$323
248 km or 154 mi	Kolkata	$366
248 km or 154 mi	Rajpur Sonarpur	$332
254 km or 158 mi	Rangpur	$308
255 km or 159 mi	Shillong	$354
259 km or 161 mi	Barasat	$333
265 km or 165 mi	Bardhaman	$302