Arlington vs Leon - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Arlington	Leon
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1907	$885
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4693	$2044
🏠 One person rent	$1121	$334
🏘️ Family rent	$1937	$474
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$373
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.4	$98.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3714	$571
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	25 km
🎓 Higher education	90	29
😀 Quality of life	78	45
🏙️ Population	394K	1.58M

The cost of living in Arlington is 115% more expensive than in Leon. Cities ranked 2397th and 6426th ($1907 vs $885) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1784th and 112th 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 1.9 months in Arlington compared to 0.6 months in Leon. Arlington ranked 264th best city to live in the United States vs Leon ranked 56th in Mexico, while ranked 894th and 7210th 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	$16	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.8	$16.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$9.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.17	$2.62
☕ Cappuccino	$5.41	$4.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.78	$1.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1271	$536
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$867	$222
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2259	$759
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1561	$325
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$26.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$40.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.4	$22.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.24%	11.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$1993
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$1323
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$0.82
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.7	$35.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$8.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.4
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.82	$1.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.01	$2.65
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.89	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$9.49
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$12.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$2.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.55	$1.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$1.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$2.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.77
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$1.87
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$1.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.59	$4.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.18	$6.48
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.11	$3.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.46	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.02	$1.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$34.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.1	$4.46
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$105	$31
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$12
👖 Brand Jeans	$53	$48.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$75.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1389	$205
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25323	$3118

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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 Leon

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 13 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$910
33 km or 20 mi	Silao	$914
37 km or 23 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$1007
45 km or 28 mi	Guanajuato	$817
60 km or 38 mi	Irapuato	$910
79 km or 49 mi	Salamanca	$950
100 km or 62 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1469
103 km or 64 mi	Cortazar	$894
106 km or 66 mi	Aguascalientes	$999
111 km or 69 mi	Celaya	$803
116 km or 72 mi	Yuriria	$952
131 km or 81 mi	La Barca	$990
136 km or 84 mi	San Luis Potosi	$1028
141 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$983
145 km or 90 mi	Zacapu	$1023
147 km or 91 mi	Queretaro	$1241
166 km or 103 mi	Morelia	$926
176 km or 110 mi	Rioverde	$1044
178 km or 110 mi	Tlaquepaque	$784
180 km or 112 mi	Guadalajara	$1241
183 km or 114 mi	Zapopan	$1280
193 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$899
193 km or 120 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1041
206 km or 128 mi	Zacatecas	$664
236 km or 147 mi	Apatzingan	$946
243 km or 151 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$925
251 km or 156 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$971
259 km or 161 mi	Fresnillo	$866
292 km or 181 mi	Ciudad Valles	$1007
293 km or 182 mi	Toluca	$986
299 km or 186 mi	Colima	$806
305 km or 189 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$880
307 km or 190 mi	Zumpango	$934
307 km or 191 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$1015
309 km or 192 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$941
310 km or 193 mi	Tultepec	$917
313 km or 195 mi	Tlalnepantla	$1008
314 km or 195 mi	Naucalpan	$975
318 km or 197 mi	Autlan	$1157
322 km or 200 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$842