Arlington vs Hefei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Arlington	Hefei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1856	$643
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4502	$1702
🏠 One person rent	$1114	$216
🏘️ Family rent	$1920	$373
🍽️ Food expenses	$516	$243
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.6	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3964	$927
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	90	93
😀 Quality of life	77	69
🏙️ Population	394K	9.37M

The cost of living in Arlington is 188% more expensive than in Hefei. Cities ranked 2476th and 7469th ($1856 vs $643) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1871st and 101st 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 1.4 months in Hefei. Arlington ranked 405th best city to live in the United States vs Hefei ranked 35th in China, while ranked 1375th and 4318th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Arlington	Hefei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$3.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.3	$19.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.35	$4.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$0.77
☕ Cappuccino	$4.85	$2.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1284	$210
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$860	$168
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2314	$385
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1533	$302
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$39.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.8	$14.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.52%	3.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2215	$3665
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2107	$2183
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.8	$42.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17	$3.42
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$1.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$10.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$2.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.87	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$7.02
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$0.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.8	$3.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.28	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.07	$4.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.47	$0.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$39.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$103	$28.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$6.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.2	$70
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81	$59.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1210	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23378	$9056

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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 Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$620
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$601
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$631
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$592
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$656
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$629
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$672
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$509
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$583
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$617
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$753
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$567
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$532
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$659
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$618
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$595
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$590
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$610
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$582
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$602
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$637
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$639
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$597
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$592
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$617
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$642
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$570
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$563
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$597
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$570
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$674
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$602
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$654
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$601
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$651
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$620
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$622
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$499
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$663