Arlington vs Gothenburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Arlington	Gothenburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1883	$1623
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5033	$3695
🏠 One person rent	$1124	$808
🏘️ Family rent	$2309	$1406
🍽️ Food expenses	$533	$516
🚐 Transport expenses	$82.9	$163
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3943	$3142
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	90	46
😀 Quality of life	73	92
🏙️ Population	394K	675K

The cost of living in Arlington is 16% more expensive than in Gothenburg. Cities ranked 2153rd and 2959th ($1883 vs $1623) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1796th and 6th 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 1.9 months in Gothenburg. Arlington ranked 396th best city to live in the United States vs Gothenburg ranked 2nd in Sweden, while ranked 1499th and 78th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Gothenburg

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	Arlington	Gothenburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.9	$85.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.26	$9.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.71	$6.53
☕ Cappuccino	$5.38	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.45	$2.7
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1270	$872
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$861	$665
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2390	$1561
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1981	$1193
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$124	$67.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.2	$34.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.59%	4.37%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2185	$5838
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2094	$3896
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.23	$3.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.3	$78.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$22.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.77	$1.7
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.52
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$2.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$3.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.03	$4.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$10.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$11.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$16.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$2.77
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.88	$2.62
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$4.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$0.94
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$11.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$2.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.28	$7.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.71	$5.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.1	$3.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.61	$2.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$2.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.1	$37.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$15.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$104	$39.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$25.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.2	$80.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$89.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1602	$144
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23540	$3664

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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 Gothenburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.8 km or 1.7 mi	Molndal	$1498
58 km or 36 mi	Boras	$1367
66 km or 41 mi	Varberg	$1284
70 km or 44 mi	Trollhattan	$1167
76 km or 47 mi	Uddevalla	$1334
80 km or 50 mi	Vanersborg	$1235
90 km or 56 mi	Frederikshavn	$1394
126 km or 78 mi	Halmstad	$1208
130 km or 81 mi	Jonkoping	$1373
134 km or 83 mi	Varnamo	$1424
136 km or 84 mi	Skovde	$1473
142 km or 88 mi	Aalborg	$1676
150 km or 93 mi	Ljungby	$1333
157 km or 98 mi	Mariestad	$1373
164 km or 102 mi	Halden	$1575
167 km or 104 mi	Angelholm	$1310
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1505
182 km or 113 mi	Fredrikstad	$1977
186 km or 115 mi	Sarpsborg	$1500
186 km or 115 mi	Helsingor	$1800
186 km or 116 mi	Vetlanda	$1434
187 km or 116 mi	Helsingborg	$1297
191 km or 118 mi	Vaxjo	$1331
191 km or 119 mi	Larvik	$1733
192 km or 119 mi	Sandefjord	$1864
194 km or 121 mi	Hillerod	$1983
199 km or 124 mi	Hassleholm	$1298
200 km or 124 mi	Aarhus	$1828
202 km or 125 mi	Horsholm	$1952
202 km or 126 mi	Tonsberg	$1714
206 km or 128 mi	Landskrona	$1140
207 km or 129 mi	Viborg	$1508
208 km or 129 mi	Arendal	$1623
210 km or 131 mi	Karlstad	$1279
212 km or 132 mi	Moss	$1707
212 km or 132 mi	Porsgrunn	$1528
213 km or 132 mi	Horten	$1631
216 km or 134 mi	Gentofte	$2134
222 km or 138 mi	Skien	$1651
223 km or 138 mi	Arvika	$1251