Arlington vs Leon - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Arlington	Leon
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1883	$684
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5033	$1633
🏠 One person rent	$1124	$256
🏘️ Family rent	$2309	$398
🍽️ Food expenses	$533	$280
🚐 Transport expenses	$82.9	$78.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3943	$609
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	25 km
🎓 Higher education	90	30
😀 Quality of life	73	36
🏙️ Population	394K	1.58M

The cost of living in Arlington is 175% more expensive than in Leon. Cities ranked 2153rd and 6965th ($1883 vs $684) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1796th and 115th in the United States and Mexico, respectively. Check the United States vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Arlington compared to 0.9 months in Leon. Arlington ranked 396th best city to live in the United States vs Leon ranked 55th in Mexico, while ranked 1499th and 7382nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Leon

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	Arlington	Leon
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15	$8.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.9	$14
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.26	$5.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.71	$2.21
☕ Cappuccino	$5.38	$3.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.45	$1.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1270	$375
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$861	$180
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2390	$615
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1981	$285
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$124	$17.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$26.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.2	$20.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.59%	11.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2185	$390
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2094	$494
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.23	$0.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.3	$29.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$6.94
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.77	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$0.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$0.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.03	$1.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$8.23
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$8.12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$9.27
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.88	$0.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$1.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$0.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$1.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$9.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.28	$3.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.71	$5.42
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.1	$3.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.61	$1.75
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.1	$29.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$3.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$104	$26.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$9.69
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.2	$43
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$64.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1602	$194
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23540	$2639

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2065
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2305
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2093
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2086
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2081
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2143
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2119
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$1808
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2105
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2289
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2149
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2163
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2126
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2012
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2159
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2079
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2089
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2164
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2224
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2148
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2095
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2471
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2165
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2169
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2176
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2214
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2103
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2184
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2025
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2190
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2155
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2158
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2242
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2258
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2079
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2219
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2023
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2538
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2246
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2395

Cities near Leon

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 13 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$721
33 km or 20 mi	Silao	$768
37 km or 23 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$831
45 km or 28 mi	Guanajuato	$853
60 km or 38 mi	Irapuato	$667
79 km or 49 mi	Salamanca	$634
100 km or 62 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
103 km or 64 mi	Cortazar	$693
106 km or 66 mi	Aguascalientes	$796
111 km or 69 mi	Celaya	$638
116 km or 72 mi	Yuriria	$725
131 km or 81 mi	La Barca	$778
136 km or 84 mi	San Luis Potosi	$808
141 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$773
145 km or 90 mi	Zacapu	$804
147 km or 91 mi	Queretaro	$983
166 km or 103 mi	Morelia	$717
176 km or 110 mi	Rioverde	$846
178 km or 110 mi	Tlaquepaque	$660
180 km or 112 mi	Guadalajara	$1017
183 km or 114 mi	Zapopan	$1021
193 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$673
193 km or 120 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
206 km or 128 mi	Zacatecas	$677
236 km or 147 mi	Apatzingan	$753
243 km or 151 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$780
251 km or 156 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
259 km or 161 mi	Fresnillo	$760
292 km or 181 mi	Ciudad Valles	$778
293 km or 182 mi	Toluca	$696
299 km or 186 mi	Colima	$634
305 km or 189 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
307 km or 190 mi	Zumpango	$761
307 km or 191 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
309 km or 192 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
310 km or 193 mi	Tultepec	$747
313 km or 195 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
314 km or 195 mi	Naucalpan	$800
318 km or 197 mi	Autlan	$906
322 km or 200 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704