Arlington vs Hong Kong - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Arlington	Hong Kong
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1907	$2674
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4693	$6072
🏠 One person rent	$1121	$1749
🏘️ Family rent	$1937	$3066
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$544
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.4	$234
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3714	$1241
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	90	100
😀 Quality of life	78	82
🏙️ Population	394K	7.41M

The cost of living in Arlington is 29% less expensive than in Hong Kong. Cities ranked 2397th and 621st ($1907 vs $2674) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1784th and 1st 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 0.5 months in Hong Kong. Arlington ranked 264th best city to live in the United States vs Hong Kong ranked 1st in China, while ranked 894th and 632nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Hong Kong

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	Arlington	Hong Kong
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$7.89
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.8	$64
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$6.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.17	$6.97
☕ Cappuccino	$5.41	$5.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.78	$1.27
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1271	$2025
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$867	$1485
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2259	$3592
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1561	$2650
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$135
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$207
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.4	$21
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.24%	3.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$25175
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$16126
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$1.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.7	$71
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$14.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$3.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.82	$2.31
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$2.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.01	$3.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.89	$24.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$9.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$3.79
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.55	$3.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$3.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$2.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$1.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$20.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$3.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.59	$13.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.18	$17.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.11	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.46	$1.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.02	$2.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$77.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.1	$12.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$105	$65.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$23.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$53	$75.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$86.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1389	$1026
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25323	$22890

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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 Hong Kong

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Kowloon	$2415
30 km or 19 mi	Shenzhen	$939
61 km or 38 mi	Zhuhai	$674
64 km or 40 mi	Macau	$1718
88 km or 55 mi	Zhongshan	$534
95 km or 59 mi	Dongguan	$666
96 km or 60 mi	Huizhou	$621
116 km or 72 mi	Jiangmen	$848
132 km or 82 mi	Guangzhou	$782
132 km or 82 mi	Shanwei	$943
137 km or 85 mi	Foshan	$611
152 km or 94 mi	Kaiping	$844
173 km or 107 mi	Heyuan	$765
193 km or 120 mi	Qingyuan	$795
195 km or 121 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
229 km or 143 mi	Yunfu	$832
231 km or 144 mi	Yangjiang	$896
236 km or 147 mi	Puning	$589
267 km or 166 mi	Jieyang	$464
286 km or 178 mi	Shaoguan	$807
287 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$602
297 km or 184 mi	Chaozhou	$465
301 km or 187 mi	Meizhou	$673
320 km or 199 mi	Wuzhou	$816
333 km or 207 mi	Lianzhou	$760
341 km or 212 mi	Maoming	$789
343 km or 213 mi	Gaozhou	$790
357 km or 222 mi	Hezhou	$769
403 km or 250 mi	Ganzhou	$814
406 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$805
408 km or 254 mi	Chenzhou	$730
414 km or 257 mi	Yulin	$738
427 km or 266 mi	Longyan	$698
435 km or 270 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
469 km or 292 mi	Xiamen	$723
471 km or 292 mi	Haikou	$694
475 km or 295 mi	Guigang	$699
489 km or 304 mi	Kinmen	$903
516 km or 320 mi	Guilin	$533
529 km or 329 mi	Laibin	$608