Arlington vs La Paz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Arlington	La Paz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1913	$694
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4719	$1664
🏠 One person rent	$1108	$297
🏘️ Family rent	$1925	$501
🍽️ Food expenses	$573	$248
🚐 Transport expenses	$91.3	$72.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3749	$434
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	90	35
😀 Quality of life	78	57
🏙️ Population	394K	756K

The cost of living in Arlington is 175% more expensive than in La Paz. Cities ranked 2324th and 7306th ($1913 vs $694) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1747th and 3rd in the United States and Bolivia, respectively. Check the United States vs Bolivia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Arlington compared to 0.6 months in La Paz. Arlington ranked 262nd best city to live in the United States vs La Paz ranked 1st in Bolivia, while ranked 895th and 6167th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Arlington	La Paz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$4.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.4	$17.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$6.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.74	$2.35
☕ Cappuccino	$5.12	$2.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1230	$311
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$868	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2162	$568
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1579	$404
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$22.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$175	$34.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.1	$30.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.19%	8.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2191	$1309
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2197	$594
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.23	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40	$29.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$12.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.98	$1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.55	$1.03
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.28	$2.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$6.09
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$5.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.3	$7.13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.49	$2.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.12	$0.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$1.22
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$0.76
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$0.82
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.86	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$7.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.09	$2.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.64	$2.61
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.34	$4.47
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.09	$4.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.46	$1.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.04	$2.58
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.5	$32.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$6.71
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$104	$33.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.8	$8.85
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.2	$33.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.5	$75.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1486	$176
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21592	$2571

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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 La Paz

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	El Alto	$691
197 km or 122 mi	Oruro	$628
213 km or 132 mi	Puno	$558
234 km or 145 mi	Cochabamba	$625
239 km or 149 mi	Juliaca	$589
246 km or 153 mi	Sacaba	$611
283 km or 176 mi	Tacna	$459
319 km or 198 mi	Arica	$686
362 km or 225 mi	Arequipa	$670
394 km or 245 mi	Trinidad	$776
417 km or 259 mi	Sucre	$630
427 km or 265 mi	Potosi	$526
447 km or 278 mi	Puerto Maldonado	$589
465 km or 289 mi	Iquique	$958
528 km or 328 mi	Cusco	$631
545 km or 339 mi	Santa Cruz de la Sierra	$804
600 km or 373 mi	Abancay	$612
665 km or 413 mi	Tarija	$565
669 km or 415 mi	Calama	$690
714 km or 443 mi	San Pedro de Atacama	$768
725 km or 451 mi	Rio Branco	$815
751 km or 467 mi	Ayacucho	$621
806 km or 501 mi	Tartagal	$816
829 km or 515 mi	Antofagasta	$1043
840 km or 522 mi	San Ramon de la Nueva Oran	$811
857 km or 533 mi	Ica	$725
868 km or 539 mi	Rolim de Moura	$634
885 km or 550 mi	Libertador General San Martin	$786
905 km or 562 mi	San Salvador de Jujuy	$607
907 km or 563 mi	Huancayo	$598
915 km or 568 mi	Ji-Parana	$645
917 km or 570 mi	Ariquemes	$665
918 km or 571 mi	Pisco	$571
926 km or 575 mi	San Pedro de Jujuy	$759
957 km or 594 mi	Vilhena	$575
965 km or 600 mi	Salta	$815
975 km or 606 mi	Porto Velho	$716
1077 km or 669 mi	Lima	$1034
1086 km or 675 mi	Callao	$820
1101 km or 684 mi	Cruzeiro do Sul	$670