Arlington vs Guangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Arlington	Guangzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1856	$758
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4502	$1996
🏠 One person rent	$1114	$322
🏘️ Family rent	$1920	$570
🍽️ Food expenses	$516	$267
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.6	$89.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3964	$792
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	90	97
😀 Quality of life	77	75
🏙️ Population	394K	18.7M

The cost of living in Arlington is 145% more expensive than in Guangzhou. Cities ranked 2476th and 6838th ($1856 vs $758) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1871st and 36th in the United States and China, respectively. Check the United States vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Arlington compared to 1 months in Guangzhou. Arlington ranked 405th best city to live in the United States vs Guangzhou ranked 6th in China, while ranked 1375th and 2100th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Guangzhou

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	Arlington	Guangzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$2.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.3	$28
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.35	$4.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$1.07
☕ Cappuccino	$4.85	$3.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$0.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1284	$472
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$860	$222
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2314	$862
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1533	$410
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$36.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$56.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.8	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.52%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2215	$9090
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2107	$3370
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.8	$24
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17	$4.76
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.94
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$2.16
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$1.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$1.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$5.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$2.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.14
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$1.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$1.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$0.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.15
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.87	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$8.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.8	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.28	$5.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.07	$5.52
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.47	$1.17
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$2.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$52.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$6.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$103	$29
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$9.51
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.2	$38.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81	$70.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1210	$349
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23378	$14783

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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 Guangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Foshan	$589
51 km or 32 mi	Dongguan	$662
63 km or 39 mi	Jiangmen	$829
65 km or 41 mi	Qingyuan	$777
67 km or 42 mi	Zhongshan	$518
83 km or 52 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
100 km or 62 mi	Zhuhai	$662
102 km or 63 mi	Kaiping	$827
105 km or 65 mi	Shenzhen	$878
111 km or 69 mi	Macau	$1746
118 km or 73 mi	Huizhou	$608
127 km or 79 mi	Yunfu	$816
131 km or 81 mi	Kowloon	$2414
132 km or 82 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
162 km or 100 mi	Heyuan	$766
189 km or 117 mi	Shaoguan	$818
194 km or 121 mi	Yangjiang	$892
202 km or 126 mi	Wuzhou	$809
205 km or 127 mi	Lianzhou	$765
216 km or 134 mi	Shanwei	$941
225 km or 140 mi	Hezhou	$766
281 km or 175 mi	Gaozhou	$780
291 km or 181 mi	Maoming	$773
298 km or 185 mi	Chenzhou	$750
298 km or 185 mi	Puning	$579
319 km or 198 mi	Meizhou	$669
321 km or 199 mi	Jieyang	$451
323 km or 201 mi	Yulin	$726
345 km or 214 mi	Ganzhou	$897
349 km or 217 mi	Chaozhou	$454
352 km or 219 mi	Shantou	$589
364 km or 226 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
373 km or 232 mi	Guigang	$693
384 km or 239 mi	Guilin	$546
406 km or 252 mi	Yongzhou	$634
414 km or 257 mi	Liuzhou	$574
416 km or 259 mi	Laibin	$598
424 km or 264 mi	Hengyang	$622
440 km or 273 mi	Longyan	$697
460 km or 286 mi	Haikou	$677