Arlington vs Guadalajara - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Arlington	Guadalajara
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1907	$1241
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4693	$2983
🏠 One person rent	$1121	$607
🏘️ Family rent	$1937	$1060
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$416
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.4	$113
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3714	$750
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	90	47
😀 Quality of life	78	62
🏙️ Population	394K	1.39M

The cost of living in Arlington is 54% more expensive than in Guadalajara. Cities ranked 2397th and 4689th ($1907 vs $1241) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1784th and 14th in the United States and Mexico, respectively. Check the United States vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Arlington compared to 0.6 months in Guadalajara. Arlington ranked 264th best city to live in the United States vs Guadalajara ranked 7th in Mexico, while ranked 894th and 5768th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Guadalajara

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	Arlington	Guadalajara
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.8	$43.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$9.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.17	$2.49
☕ Cappuccino	$5.41	$3.79
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.78	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1271	$776
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$867	$492
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2259	$1418
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1561	$879
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$27.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$42.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.4	$30.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.24%	11.18%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$3091
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$2058
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$0.58
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.7	$31.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$14.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.82	$2.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$1.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.01	$2.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.89	$10.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$9.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$2.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.55	$2.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$1.74
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$2.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$2.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$11.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$1.87
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.59	$4.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.18	$6.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.11	$5.14
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.46	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.02	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$30.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.1	$5.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$105	$30.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$19
👖 Brand Jeans	$53	$61.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$120
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1389	$252
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25323	$11768

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2127
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2302
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2127
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2126
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2114
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2145
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2141
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$2114
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2124
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2219
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2198
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2195
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2128
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2076
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2175
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2105
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2129
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2193
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2193
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2152
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2142
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2461
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2155
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2190
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2212
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2258
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2135
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2188
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2076
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2196
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2177
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2208
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2246
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2233
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2147
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2177
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2357
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2127
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2225
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2393

Cities near Guadalajara

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Tlaquepaque	$784
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Zapopan	$1280
92 km or 57 mi	La Barca	$990
108 km or 67 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$925
135 km or 84 mi	Zamora	$983
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$1157
159 km or 99 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$910
164 km or 102 mi	Colima	$806
165 km or 103 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$1007
173 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$999
180 km or 112 mi	Leon	$885
185 km or 115 mi	Tepic	$746
188 km or 117 mi	Zacapu	$1023
194 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$899
196 km or 122 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1417
202 km or 125 mi	Silao	$914
204 km or 127 mi	Tecoman	$920
205 km or 127 mi	Apatzingan	$946
207 km or 129 mi	Manzanillo	$956
208 km or 129 mi	Irapuato	$910
219 km or 136 mi	Sayulita	$1202
221 km or 137 mi	Guanajuato	$817
224 km or 139 mi	Salamanca	$950
237 km or 147 mi	Yuriria	$952
246 km or 153 mi	Zacatecas	$664
249 km or 155 mi	Cortazar	$894
250 km or 155 mi	Morelia	$926
264 km or 164 mi	Celaya	$803
272 km or 169 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1469
282 km or 175 mi	Fresnillo	$866
295 km or 183 mi	San Luis Potosi	$1028
308 km or 191 mi	Queretaro	$1241
326 km or 203 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$913
350 km or 218 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1041
352 km or 219 mi	Rioverde	$1044
364 km or 226 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$971
387 km or 241 mi	Zihuatanejo	$914
396 km or 246 mi	Durango	$747
416 km or 258 mi	Toluca	$986
425 km or 264 mi	Mazatlan	$1102