Arlington vs Guangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Arlington	Guangzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1913	$785
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4719	$2110
🏠 One person rent	$1108	$342
🏘️ Family rent	$1925	$587
🍽️ Food expenses	$573	$267
🚐 Transport expenses	$91.3	$87.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3749	$1288
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	90	96
😀 Quality of life	78	77
🏙️ Population	394K	18.7M

The cost of living in Arlington is 144% more expensive than in Guangzhou. Cities ranked 2324th and 6854th ($1913 vs $785) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1747th and 34th 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 months in Arlington compared to 1.6 months in Guangzhou. Arlington ranked 262nd best city to live in the United States vs Guangzhou ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 895th and 1149th 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	$2.93
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.4	$29.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$5.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.74	$1.17
☕ Cappuccino	$5.12	$3.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$0.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1230	$484
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$868	$245
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2162	$851
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1579	$437
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$35.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$175	$53.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.1	$13.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.19%	3.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2191	$9091
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2197	$3444
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.23	$0.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40	$20.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$5.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.98	$2.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.55	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.28	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$16.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$5.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.3	$12.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.49	$2.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.12	$1.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$1.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.86	$1.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$9.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.09	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.64	$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.34	$5.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.09	$5.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.46	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.04	$2.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.5	$67.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$6.46
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$104	$29.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.8	$10.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.2	$40.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.5	$82.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1486	$458
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21592	$19408

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2117
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2316
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2128
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2122
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2111
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2147
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2142
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$2086
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2129
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2259
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2170
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2183
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2137
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2042
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2164
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2128
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2110
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2182
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2206
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2151
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2120
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2472
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2155
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2156
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2193
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2202
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2125
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2168
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2062
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2174
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2148
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2205
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2172
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2220
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2096
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2205
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2104
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2155
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2209
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2397

Cities near Guangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Foshan	$627
51 km or 32 mi	Dongguan	$694
63 km or 39 mi	Jiangmen	$873
65 km or 41 mi	Qingyuan	$801
67 km or 42 mi	Zhongshan	$548
83 km or 52 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
100 km or 62 mi	Zhuhai	$678
102 km or 63 mi	Kaiping	$858
105 km or 65 mi	Shenzhen	$995
111 km or 69 mi	Macau	$1734
118 km or 73 mi	Huizhou	$638
127 km or 79 mi	Yunfu	$839
131 km or 81 mi	Kowloon	$2396
132 km or 82 mi	Hong Kong	$2663
162 km or 100 mi	Heyuan	$777
189 km or 117 mi	Shaoguan	$793
194 km or 121 mi	Yangjiang	$908
202 km or 126 mi	Wuzhou	$828
205 km or 127 mi	Lianzhou	$766
216 km or 134 mi	Shanwei	$954
225 km or 140 mi	Hezhou	$778
281 km or 175 mi	Gaozhou	$802
291 km or 181 mi	Maoming	$797
298 km or 185 mi	Chenzhou	$739
298 km or 185 mi	Puning	$600
319 km or 198 mi	Meizhou	$682
321 km or 199 mi	Jieyang	$473
323 km or 201 mi	Yulin	$751
345 km or 214 mi	Ganzhou	$758
349 km or 217 mi	Chaozhou	$474
352 km or 219 mi	Shantou	$612
364 km or 226 mi	Zhanjiang	$824
373 km or 232 mi	Guigang	$714
384 km or 239 mi	Guilin	$528
406 km or 252 mi	Yongzhou	$648
414 km or 257 mi	Liuzhou	$601
416 km or 259 mi	Laibin	$620
424 km or 264 mi	Hengyang	$602
440 km or 273 mi	Longyan	$705
460 km or 286 mi	Haikou	$711