Arlington vs Guangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Arlington	Guangzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1869	$763
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4760	$2294
🏠 One person rent	$1103	$333
🏘️ Family rent	$2064	$850
🍽️ Food expenses	$531	$279
🚐 Transport expenses	$93.4	$76.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4278	$1294
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	90	97
😀 Quality of life	74	75
🏙️ Population	394K	18.7M

The cost of living in Arlington is 145% more expensive than in Guangzhou. Cities ranked 2251st and 6602nd ($1869 vs $763) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1793rd and 49th 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 2.3 months in Arlington compared to 1.7 months in Guangzhou. Arlington ranked 339th best city to live in the United States vs Guangzhou ranked 6th in China, while ranked 1283rd and 1036th 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	$16.2	$3.58
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59.6	$25.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.36	$4.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.42	$0.86
☕ Cappuccino	$5.13	$3.43
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.51	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1268	$457
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$853	$236
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1869	$1125
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1827	$688
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$39.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$175	$61.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.72%	4.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2211	$10222
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2177	$4345
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.24	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.7	$15.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17	$4.63
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.88	$1.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.64	$1.65
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$15.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.33	$4.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.34	$2.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.34	$1.41
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$0.88
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.18
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.86	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$25.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.27	$4.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.81	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.13	$5.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.13	$1.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.99	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.2	$26.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$7.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$104	$28.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.8	$9.52
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.9	$35.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.6	$69.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1468	$439
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21580	$15919

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2085
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2299
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2100
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2096
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2085
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2105
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2122
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$1887
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2103
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2195
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2159
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2170
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2127
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2022
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2158
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2103
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2111
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2175
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2189
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2125
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2122
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2550
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2118
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2187
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2188
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2243
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2140
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2236
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2102
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2173
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2145
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2150
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2282
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2336
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2079
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2196
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2061
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2506
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2284
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2602

Cities near Guangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Foshan	$602
51 km or 32 mi	Dongguan	$678
63 km or 39 mi	Jiangmen	$830
65 km or 41 mi	Qingyuan	$808
67 km or 42 mi	Zhongshan	$491
83 km or 52 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
100 km or 62 mi	Zhuhai	$641
102 km or 63 mi	Kaiping	$824
105 km or 65 mi	Shenzhen	$958
111 km or 69 mi	Macau	$1590
118 km or 73 mi	Huizhou	$629
127 km or 79 mi	Yunfu	$839
131 km or 81 mi	Kowloon	$2427
132 km or 82 mi	Hong Kong	$2753
162 km or 100 mi	Heyuan	$801
189 km or 117 mi	Shaoguan	$852
194 km or 121 mi	Yangjiang	$895
202 km or 126 mi	Wuzhou	$819
205 km or 127 mi	Lianzhou	$783
216 km or 134 mi	Shanwei	$1014
225 km or 140 mi	Hezhou	$780
281 km or 175 mi	Gaozhou	$774
291 km or 181 mi	Maoming	$774
298 km or 185 mi	Chenzhou	$746
298 km or 185 mi	Puning	$726
319 km or 198 mi	Meizhou	$795
321 km or 199 mi	Jieyang	$691
323 km or 201 mi	Yulin	$794
345 km or 214 mi	Ganzhou	$813
349 km or 217 mi	Chaozhou	$592
352 km or 219 mi	Shantou	$605
364 km or 226 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
373 km or 232 mi	Guigang	$725
384 km or 239 mi	Guilin	$538
406 km or 252 mi	Yongzhou	$618
414 km or 257 mi	Liuzhou	$607
416 km or 259 mi	Laibin	$623
424 km or 264 mi	Hengyang	$611
440 km or 273 mi	Longyan	$713
460 km or 286 mi	Haikou	$671