Arlington vs Medellin - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Arlington	Medellin
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1883	$906
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5033	$2260
🏠 One person rent	$1124	$408
🏘️ Family rent	$2309	$761
🍽️ Food expenses	$533	$275
🚐 Transport expenses	$82.9	$133
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3943	$432
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	90	66
😀 Quality of life	73	53
🏙️ Population	394K	2.53M

The cost of living in Arlington is 108% more expensive than in Medellin. Cities ranked 2153rd and 6005th ($1883 vs $906) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1796th and 2nd in the United States and Colombia, respectively. Check the United States vs Colombia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Arlington compared to 0.5 months in Medellin. Arlington ranked 396th best city to live in the United States vs Medellin ranked 2nd in Colombia, while ranked 1499th and 6049th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Medellin

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	Arlington	Medellin
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15	$6.13
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.9	$24.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.26	$7.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.71	$2.02
☕ Cappuccino	$5.38	$1.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.45	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1270	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$861	$312
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2390	$851
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1981	$618
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$124	$47.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$73.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.2	$22.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.59%	14.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2185	$1715
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2094	$1447
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.23	$0.79
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.3	$41.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$13.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.77	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$1.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$1.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.03	$2.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$5.44
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$5.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$9.62
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$2.49
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.88	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$1.29
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$0.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$11.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$1.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.28	$3.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.71	$4.41
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.1	$4.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.61	$1.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$2.28
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.1	$29.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$4.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$104	$31.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.2	$64
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$99.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1602	$292
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23540	$5682

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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 Medellin

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Envigado	$897
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Bello	$839
131 km or 82 mi	Manizales	$653
135 km or 84 mi	Quibdo	$705
160 km or 99 mi	Pereira	$680
171 km or 106 mi	Cartago	$649
179 km or 111 mi	Salento	$605
190 km or 118 mi	Armenia	$598
205 km or 127 mi	Ibague	$529
209 km or 130 mi	Facatativa	$674
212 km or 131 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1031
221 km or 137 mi	Zipaquira	$709
232 km or 144 mi	Girardot	$493
239 km or 148 mi	Soacha	$794
242 km or 150 mi	Turbo	$664
246 km or 153 mi	Bogota	$887
250 km or 155 mi	Tulua	$513
257 km or 160 mi	Tunja	$563
282 km or 175 mi	Monteria	$645
285 km or 177 mi	Duitama	$882
288 km or 179 mi	Bucaramanga	$657
289 km or 179 mi	Floridablanca	$648
298 km or 185 mi	Sogamoso	$534
308 km or 192 mi	Buenaventura	$742
312 km or 194 mi	Palmira	$666
318 km or 198 mi	Villavicencio	$497
329 km or 204 mi	Cali	$748
331 km or 206 mi	Ocana	$650
334 km or 208 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$669
340 km or 211 mi	Sincelejo	$524
346 km or 215 mi	Magangue	$604
367 km or 228 mi	Yopal	$722
370 km or 230 mi	Neiva	$557
386 km or 240 mi	Cucuta	$562
387 km or 241 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$601
391 km or 243 mi	Rubio	$599
406 km or 252 mi	San Cristobal	$592
410 km or 255 mi	Tariba	$598
438 km or 272 mi	Popayan	$477
448 km or 279 mi	La Grita	$618