Arlington vs Gothenburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Arlington	Gothenburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1856	$1823
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4502	$4155
🏠 One person rent	$1114	$902
🏘️ Family rent	$1920	$1552
🍽️ Food expenses	$516	$582
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.6	$185
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3964	$3793
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	90	46
😀 Quality of life	77	94
🏙️ Population	394K	675K

The cost of living in Arlington is 2% more expensive than in Gothenburg. Cities ranked 2476th and 2645th ($1856 vs $1823) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1871st and 5th in the United States and Sweden, respectively. Check the United States vs Sweden comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Arlington compared to 2.1 months in Gothenburg. Arlington ranked 405th best city to live in the United States vs Gothenburg ranked 3rd in Sweden, while ranked 1375th and 68th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Arlington	Gothenburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$13.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.3	$92.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.35	$12.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$7.34
☕ Cappuccino	$4.85	$4.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$3.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1284	$955
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$860	$735
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2314	$1688
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1533	$1310
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$83.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$127
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.8	$39.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.52%	3.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2215	$6255
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2107	$4279
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$3.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.8	$90.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17	$25.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$1.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.69
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$2.82
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$3.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$4.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$11.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$19.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$3.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$3.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$4.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.74
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.11
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.87	$3.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$2.19
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.8	$8.07
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.28	$8.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.07	$3.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.47	$3.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$2.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$40.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$17.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$103	$57.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$27.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.2	$85.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81	$96.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1210	$171
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23378	$4093

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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 Gothenburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.8 km or 1.7 mi	Molndal	$1684
58 km or 36 mi	Boras	$1503
66 km or 41 mi	Varberg	$1444
70 km or 44 mi	Trollhattan	$1353
76 km or 47 mi	Uddevalla	$1543
80 km or 50 mi	Vanersborg	$1405
90 km or 56 mi	Frederikshavn	$1542
126 km or 78 mi	Halmstad	$1362
130 km or 81 mi	Jonkoping	$1528
134 km or 83 mi	Varnamo	$1529
136 km or 84 mi	Skovde	$1551
142 km or 88 mi	Aalborg	$1866
150 km or 93 mi	Ljungby	$1502
157 km or 98 mi	Mariestad	$1516
164 km or 102 mi	Halden	$1761
167 km or 104 mi	Angelholm	$1485
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1675
182 km or 113 mi	Fredrikstad	$2181
186 km or 115 mi	Sarpsborg	$1895
186 km or 115 mi	Helsingor	$1977
186 km or 116 mi	Vetlanda	$1542
187 km or 116 mi	Helsingborg	$1485
191 km or 118 mi	Vaxjo	$1482
191 km or 119 mi	Larvik	$1830
192 km or 119 mi	Sandefjord	$1997
194 km or 121 mi	Hillerod	$2280
199 km or 124 mi	Hassleholm	$1472
200 km or 124 mi	Aarhus	$2088
202 km or 125 mi	Horsholm	$2184
202 km or 126 mi	Tonsberg	$1976
206 km or 128 mi	Landskrona	$1421
207 km or 129 mi	Viborg	$1658
208 km or 129 mi	Arendal	$1830
210 km or 131 mi	Karlstad	$1460
212 km or 132 mi	Moss	$1949
212 km or 132 mi	Porsgrunn	$1818
213 km or 132 mi	Horten	$1819
216 km or 134 mi	Gentofte	$2379
222 km or 138 mi	Skien	$1882
223 km or 138 mi	Arvika	$1397