Arlington vs Hangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Arlington	Hangzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1856	$826
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4502	$2298
🏠 One person rent	$1114	$375
🏘️ Family rent	$1920	$641
🍽️ Food expenses	$516	$256
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.6	$90.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3964	$882
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	90	91
😀 Quality of life	77	72
🏙️ Population	394K	11.9M

The cost of living in Arlington is 125% more expensive than in Hangzhou. Cities ranked 2476th and 6563rd ($1856 vs $826) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1871st and 20th 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 1.1 months in Hangzhou. Arlington ranked 405th best city to live in the United States vs Hangzhou ranked 13th in China, while ranked 1375th and 2980th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Hangzhou

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	Arlington	Hangzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$3.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.3	$26.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.35	$4.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$2.11
☕ Cappuccino	$4.85	$4.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1284	$483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$860	$283
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2314	$855
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1533	$498
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$36.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$55.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.8	$15.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.52%	3.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2215	$7830
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2107	$4289
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.8	$19.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17	$6.17
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$1.84
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$1.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$15
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$2.16
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$1.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$1.24
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$0.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$0.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.87	$1.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.8	$4.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.28	$5.49
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.07	$4.37
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.47	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$50.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$7.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$103	$72.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$4.64
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.2	$54.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81	$74.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1210	$411
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23378	$28925

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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 Hangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Shaoxing	$740
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$631
79 km or 49 mi	Jiaxing	$597
102 km or 63 mi	Guangde	$642
105 km or 65 mi	Yiwu	$672
121 km or 75 mi	Ningguo	$637
125 km or 78 mi	Suzhou	$771
129 km or 80 mi	Yixing	$674
137 km or 85 mi	Jinhua	$586
139 km or 87 mi	Ningbo	$713
146 km or 90 mi	Liyang	$639
147 km or 91 mi	Wuxi	$679
148 km or 92 mi	Kunshan	$696
156 km or 97 mi	Xuancheng	$659
161 km or 100 mi	Shanghai	$1128
161 km or 100 mi	Taicang	$673
165 km or 102 mi	Changshu	$632
170 km or 106 mi	Pudong	$1003
175 km or 109 mi	Changzhou	$601
182 km or 113 mi	Linhai	$666
185 km or 115 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
185 km or 115 mi	Jiangyin	$634
188 km or 117 mi	Zhoushan	$576
188 km or 117 mi	Huangshan	$620
191 km or 118 mi	Quzhou	$604
195 km or 121 mi	Jingjiang	$621
202 km or 125 mi	Lishui	$696
202 km or 126 mi	Danyang	$597
205 km or 127 mi	Nantong	$547
206 km or 128 mi	Haimen	$612
210 km or 131 mi	Wuhu	$672
213 km or 132 mi	Jurong	$618
214 km or 133 mi	Taixing	$622
224 km or 139 mi	Yangzhong	$597
224 km or 139 mi	Qidong	$696
228 km or 142 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
237 km or 147 mi	Ma'anshan	$656
238 km or 148 mi	Wenling	$677
240 km or 149 mi	Rugao	$630
240 km or 149 mi	Nanjing	$753