Arlington vs Hefei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Arlington	Hefei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1883	$625
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5033	$1708
🏠 One person rent	$1124	$205
🏘️ Family rent	$2309	$435
🍽️ Food expenses	$533	$231
🚐 Transport expenses	$82.9	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3943	$991
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	90	93
😀 Quality of life	73	66
🏙️ Population	394K	9.37M

The cost of living in Arlington is 201% more expensive than in Hefei. Cities ranked 2153rd and 7405th ($1883 vs $625) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1796th and 160th 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 1.6 months in Hefei. Arlington ranked 396th best city to live in the United States vs Hefei ranked 31st in China, while ranked 1499th and 3963rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Hefei

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	Arlington	Hefei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.9	$13.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.26	$4.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.71	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$5.38	$2.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.45	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1270	$205
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$861	$156
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2390	$481
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1981	$358
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$124	$25.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$39.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.2	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.59%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2185	$3736
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2094	$2103
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.23	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.3	$40.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$3.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.77	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$0.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.03	$1.86
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$7.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$4.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$9.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.88	$1.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$1.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$20.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.28	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.71	$8.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.1	$4.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.61	$0.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.1	$83.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$104	$28
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$6.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.2	$57.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$60.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1602	$237
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23540	$8278

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2065
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2305
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2093
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2086
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2081
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2143
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2119
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$1808
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2105
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2289
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2149
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2163
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2126
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2012
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2159
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2079
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2089
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2164
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2224
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2148
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2095
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2471
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2165
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2169
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2176
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2214
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2103
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2184
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2025
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2190
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2155
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2158
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2242
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2258
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2079
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2219
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2023
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2538
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2246
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2395

Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$621
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$608
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$664
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$600
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$632
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$691
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$505
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$587
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$611
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$746
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$576
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$555
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$672
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$621
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$633
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$592
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$613
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$602
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$620
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$642
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$654
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$607
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$630
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$621
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$650
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$591
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$603
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$600
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$695
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$620
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$668
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$702
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$644
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$642
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$636
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$484
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$665