Arlington vs Leipzig - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Arlington	Leipzig
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1856	$1690
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4502	$3962
🏠 One person rent	$1114	$856
🏘️ Family rent	$1920	$1466
🍽️ Food expenses	$516	$550
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.6	$148
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3964	$3010
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	90	71
😀 Quality of life	77	92
🏙️ Population	394K	620K

The cost of living in Arlington is 10% more expensive than in Leipzig. Cities ranked 2476th and 3162nd ($1856 vs $1690) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1871st and 230th in the United States and Germany, respectively. Check the United States vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Arlington compared to 1.8 months in Leipzig. Arlington ranked 405th best city to live in the United States vs Leipzig ranked 15th in Germany, while ranked 1375th and 113th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Leipzig

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	Arlington	Leipzig
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$15.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.3	$70.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.35	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$5.19
☕ Cappuccino	$4.85	$4.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$3.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1284	$745
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$860	$560
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2314	$1353
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1533	$1030
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$209
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$321
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.8	$50.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.52%	3.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2215	$4459
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2107	$2997
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$4.08
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.8	$66.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$2.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$3.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$3.96
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$15.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$12.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$21.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$3.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.09
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$2.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$5.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.76
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.87	$1.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$6.92
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.8	$10.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.28	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.07	$2.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.47	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$41.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$103	$37.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$20.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.2	$104
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81	$94
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1210	$437
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23378	$10887

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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 Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1601
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1563
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1491
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1415
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1421
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1420
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1388
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1415
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1419
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1396
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1422
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1471
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1422
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1126
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1408
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1436
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1251
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1374
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1420
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1454
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1436
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1207
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1385
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1421
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$1084
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1381
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1320
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1424
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1298
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1422
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1448
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1423
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1249
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1301
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1424
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1427
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1475
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1417
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1485
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401