Arlington vs Guangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Arlington	Guangzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1907	$782
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4693	$2063
🏠 One person rent	$1121	$354
🏘️ Family rent	$1937	$619
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$262
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.4	$84.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3714	$829
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	90	96
😀 Quality of life	78	74
🏙️ Population	394K	18.7M

The cost of living in Arlington is 144% more expensive than in Guangzhou. Cities ranked 2397th and 6835th ($1907 vs $782) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1784th and 32nd 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 1.9 months in Arlington compared to 1.1 months in Guangzhou. Arlington ranked 264th best city to live in the United States vs Guangzhou ranked 7th in China, while ranked 894th and 2285th 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	$2.86
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.8	$28.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$5.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.17	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$5.41	$2.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.78	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1271	$532
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$867	$243
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2259	$951
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1561	$445
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$38.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$59.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.4	$13.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.24%	3.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$8986
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$3592
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$0.43
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.7	$20.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$4.89
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.82	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$1.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.01	$1.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.89	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$4.97
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.55	$1.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$1.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$0.94
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$8.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.59	$3.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.18	$5.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.11	$5.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.46	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.02	$2.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$60.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.1	$6.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$105	$29
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$9.67
👖 Brand Jeans	$53	$41.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$71.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1389	$400
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25323	$16938

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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 Guangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Foshan	$611
51 km or 32 mi	Dongguan	$666
63 km or 39 mi	Jiangmen	$848
65 km or 41 mi	Qingyuan	$795
67 km or 42 mi	Zhongshan	$534
83 km or 52 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
100 km or 62 mi	Zhuhai	$674
102 km or 63 mi	Kaiping	$844
105 km or 65 mi	Shenzhen	$939
111 km or 69 mi	Macau	$1718
118 km or 73 mi	Huizhou	$621
127 km or 79 mi	Yunfu	$832
131 km or 81 mi	Kowloon	$2415
132 km or 82 mi	Hong Kong	$2674
162 km or 100 mi	Heyuan	$765
189 km or 117 mi	Shaoguan	$807
194 km or 121 mi	Yangjiang	$896
202 km or 126 mi	Wuzhou	$816
205 km or 127 mi	Lianzhou	$760
216 km or 134 mi	Shanwei	$943
225 km or 140 mi	Hezhou	$769
281 km or 175 mi	Gaozhou	$790
291 km or 181 mi	Maoming	$789
298 km or 185 mi	Chenzhou	$730
298 km or 185 mi	Puning	$589
319 km or 198 mi	Meizhou	$673
321 km or 199 mi	Jieyang	$464
323 km or 201 mi	Yulin	$738
345 km or 214 mi	Ganzhou	$814
349 km or 217 mi	Chaozhou	$465
352 km or 219 mi	Shantou	$602
364 km or 226 mi	Zhanjiang	$805
373 km or 232 mi	Guigang	$699
384 km or 239 mi	Guilin	$533
406 km or 252 mi	Yongzhou	$638
414 km or 257 mi	Liuzhou	$587
416 km or 259 mi	Laibin	$608
424 km or 264 mi	Hengyang	$609
440 km or 273 mi	Longyan	$698
460 km or 286 mi	Haikou	$694