Arlington vs Maoming - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Arlington	Maoming
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1907	$789
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4693	$2078
🏠 One person rent	$1121	$422
🏘️ Family rent	$1937	$751
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$210
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.4	$75.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3714	$1006
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	39 km
🎓 Higher education	90	27
😀 Quality of life	78	52
🏙️ Population	394K	6.17M

The cost of living in Arlington is 142% more expensive than in Maoming. Cities ranked 2397th and 6807th ($1907 vs $789) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1784th and 30th in the United States and China, respectively. Check the United States vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Arlington compared to 1.3 months in Maoming. Arlington ranked 264th best city to live in the United States vs Maoming ranked 100th in China, while ranked 894th and 6563rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Maoming

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	Arlington	Maoming
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$2.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.8	$14.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$3.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.17	$1.64
☕ Cappuccino	$5.41	$2.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.78	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1271	$485
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$867	$355
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2259	$867
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1561	$652
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$28.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$43.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.4	$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.24%	3.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$4804
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$2750
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.7	$24.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$2.66
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.82	$1.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$0.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.01	$1.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.89	$15
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$5.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$5.74
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$0.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$0.72
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.55	$0.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$0.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$0.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$0.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$1.51
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$0.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.59	$3.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.18	$6.79
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.11	$5.85
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.46	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.02	$2.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$32.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.1	$7.29
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$105	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$9.91
👖 Brand Jeans	$53	$41.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$70.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1389	$488
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25323	$19015

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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 Maoming

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Gaozhou	$790
74 km or 46 mi	Zhanjiang	$805
110 km or 68 mi	Yangjiang	$896
133 km or 83 mi	Yulin	$738
181 km or 113 mi	Yunfu	$832
189 km or 118 mi	Beihai	$664
193 km or 120 mi	Haikou	$694
199 km or 124 mi	Kaiping	$844
207 km or 128 mi	Wuzhou	$816
209 km or 130 mi	Guigang	$699
221 km or 137 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
240 km or 149 mi	Qinzhou	$605
245 km or 153 mi	Jiangmen	$848
269 km or 167 mi	Zhongshan	$534
271 km or 168 mi	Fangchenggang	$592
272 km or 169 mi	Foshan	$611
277 km or 172 mi	Macau	$1718
282 km or 175 mi	Zhuhai	$674
288 km or 179 mi	Laibin	$608
291 km or 181 mi	Guangzhou	$782
297 km or 185 mi	Nanning	$564
313 km or 194 mi	Hezhou	$769
314 km or 195 mi	Qingyuan	$795
329 km or 205 mi	Dongguan	$666
333 km or 207 mi	Liuzhou	$587
337 km or 210 mi	Shenzhen	$939
341 km or 212 mi	Hong Kong	$2674
344 km or 214 mi	Kowloon	$2415
376 km or 233 mi	Chongzuo	$580
378 km or 235 mi	Lianzhou	$760
383 km or 238 mi	Cam Pha	$577
394 km or 245 mi	Huizhou	$621
405 km or 252 mi	Ha Long	$585
406 km or 252 mi	Guilin	$533
407 km or 253 mi	Sanya	$774
443 km or 275 mi	Shaoguan	$807
444 km or 276 mi	Hechi	$584
451 km or 280 mi	Haiphong	$571
451 km or 281 mi	Heyuan	$765
471 km or 293 mi	Shanwei	$943