Arlington vs Georgetown - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Arlington	Georgetown
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1883	$1062
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5033	$3388
🏠 One person rent	$1124	$423
🏘️ Family rent	$2309	$1181
🍽️ Food expenses	$533	$480
🚐 Transport expenses	$82.9	$78.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3943	$536
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	90	24
😀 Quality of life	73	47
🏙️ Population	394K	235K

The cost of living in Arlington is 77% more expensive than in Georgetown. Cities ranked 2153rd and 5085th ($1883 vs $1062) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1796th and 1st in the United States and Guyana, respectively. Check the United States vs Guyana comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Arlington compared to 0.5 months in Georgetown. Arlington ranked 396th best city to live in the United States vs Georgetown ranked 1st in Guyana, while ranked 1499th and 6400th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Georgetown

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	Arlington	Georgetown
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15	$9.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.9	$54.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.26	$8.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.71	$2.05
☕ Cappuccino	$5.38	$4.68
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.45	$1.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1270	$564
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$861	$265
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2390	$1529
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1981	$940
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$124	$48.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$74.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.2	$49.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.59%	7.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2185	$3867
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2094	$1730
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.23	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.3	$31.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$26.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.77	$1.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$3.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$1.75
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.03	$4.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$6.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$9.57
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$8.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.73
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.88	$3.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$4.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$2.17
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$2.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$0.97
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$2.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$18.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$1.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.28	$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.71	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.1	$4.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.61	$2.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.1	$34.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$6.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$104	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$6.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.2	$33.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$112
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1602	$883
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23540	$23423

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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 Georgetown

Distance	City	Cost of living
88 km or 55 mi	Linden	$1031
93 km or 58 mi	New Amsterdam	$1033
161 km or 100 mi	Nieuw Nickerie	$856
347 km or 216 mi	Paramaribo	$881
479 km or 298 mi	Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni	$1247
487 km or 302 mi	Upata	$789
496 km or 308 mi	Tucupita	$777
521 km or 324 mi	Boa Vista	$560
524 km or 326 mi	Ciudad Guayana	$890
532 km or 331 mi	San Fernando	$953
547 km or 340 mi	Chaguanas	$1064
561 km or 349 mi	San Juan	$1178
565 km or 351 mi	Scarborough	$1084
567 km or 353 mi	Port of Spain	$1193
612 km or 380 mi	Ciudad Bolivar	$880
637 km or 396 mi	Kourou	$1645
643 km or 399 mi	Maturin	$890
677 km or 421 mi	Cayenne	$1643
704 km or 438 mi	St. George's	$1062
704 km or 438 mi	Grenville	$1070
706 km or 438 mi	Carupano	$737
711 km or 442 mi	El Tigre	$746
720 km or 447 mi	Bridgetown	$1353
730 km or 454 mi	Holetown	$1418
737 km or 458 mi	Cantaura	$674
753 km or 468 mi	Anaco	$639
775 km or 482 mi	Cumana	$716
778 km or 483 mi	Porlamar	$684
783 km or 487 mi	La Asuncion	$695
785 km or 488 mi	Kingstown	$1000
792 km or 492 mi	Georgetown	$1007
805 km or 500 mi	Puerto la Cruz	$791
808 km or 502 mi	Barcelona	$858
812 km or 504 mi	Lecheria	$837
830 km or 516 mi	Vieux Fort	$1197
837 km or 520 mi	Zaraza	$804
861 km or 535 mi	Castries	$1161
905 km or 562 mi	Valle de la Pascua	$782
926 km or 575 mi	Fort-de-France	$1568
966 km or 600 mi	Altagracia de Orituco	$847