Arlington vs Leipzig - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Arlington	Leipzig
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1907	$1652
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4693	$3912
🏠 One person rent	$1121	$798
🏘️ Family rent	$1937	$1342
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$565
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.4	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3714	$3076
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	90	72
😀 Quality of life	78	92
🏙️ Population	394K	620K

The cost of living in Arlington is 15% more expensive than in Leipzig. Cities ranked 2397th and 3436th ($1907 vs $1652) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1784th and 299th 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 1.9 months in Arlington compared to 1.9 months in Leipzig. Arlington ranked 264th best city to live in the United States vs Leipzig ranked 17th in Germany, while ranked 894th and 112th 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	$16	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.8	$71.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.17	$5.56
☕ Cappuccino	$5.41	$4.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.78	$3.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1271	$722
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$867	$535
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2259	$1325
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1561	$942
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$178
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$275
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.4	$48.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.24%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$5097
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$2610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$4.13
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.7	$69.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$20.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$2.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.82	$2.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$3.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.01	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.89	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$22.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$3.57
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.55	$2.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$5.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.77
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$2.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$7.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.59	$10.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.18	$11.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.11	$2.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.46	$1.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.02	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$45.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.1	$15.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$105	$38.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$19.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$53	$98.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$95.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1389	$445
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25323	$12468

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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 Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1576
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1553
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1510
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1435
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1457
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1446
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1404
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1432
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1451
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1401
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1453
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1488
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1467
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1179
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1454
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1489
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1334
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1478
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1460
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1460
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1462
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1276
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1497
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1464
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$1146
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1396
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1330
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1490
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1355
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1466
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1460
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1475
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1325
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1305
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1475
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1437
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1473
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1481
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1476
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1479