Arlington vs Puebla - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Arlington	Puebla
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1883	$981
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5033	$2527
🏠 One person rent	$1124	$458
🏘️ Family rent	$2309	$914
🍽️ Food expenses	$533	$311
🚐 Transport expenses	$82.9	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3943	$651
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	90	35
😀 Quality of life	73	53
🏙️ Population	394K	1.43M

The cost of living in Arlington is 92% more expensive than in Puebla. Cities ranked 2153rd and 5623rd ($1883 vs $981) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1796th and 19th 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 0.7 months in Puebla. Arlington ranked 396th best city to live in the United States vs Puebla ranked 12th in Mexico, while ranked 1499th and 6026th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Puebla

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	Arlington	Puebla
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15	$7.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.9	$34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.26	$7.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.71	$2.38
☕ Cappuccino	$5.38	$2.78
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.45	$1.07
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1270	$461
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$861	$384
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2390	$908
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1981	$821
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$124	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$47.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.2	$28.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.59%	11.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2185	$772
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2094	$601
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.23	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.3	$29.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$17.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.77	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$2.61
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$1.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.03	$2.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$6.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$5.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.88	$1.39
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$1.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$0.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$9.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.28	$3.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.71	$5.99
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.1	$3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.61	$1.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.1	$45.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$4.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$104	$35.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$9.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.2	$50.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$103
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1602	$284
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23540	$9705

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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 Puebla

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 18 mi	Atlixco	$825
75 km or 47 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
82 km or 51 mi	Cuautla	$858
82 km or 51 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
86 km or 53 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
90 km or 56 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
103 km or 64 mi	Jiutepec	$752
106 km or 66 mi	Mexico City	$1160
107 km or 66 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
108 km or 67 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
109 km or 68 mi	Tehuacan	$485
116 km or 72 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
117 km or 73 mi	Naucalpan	$800
119 km or 74 mi	Tultepec	$747
120 km or 74 mi	Orizaba	$724
120 km or 74 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
122 km or 76 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
124 km or 77 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
124 km or 77 mi	Teziutlan	$770
124 km or 77 mi	Zumpango	$761
131 km or 81 mi	Pachuca	$632
136 km or 85 mi	Cordoba	$759
140 km or 87 mi	Coatepec	$700
147 km or 91 mi	Xalapa	$574
153 km or 95 mi	Toluca	$696
156 km or 97 mi	Taxco	$788
160 km or 99 mi	Iguala	$821
183 km or 114 mi	Poza Rica	$635
206 km or 128 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
215 km or 134 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
217 km or 135 mi	Veracruz	$724
238 km or 148 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
260 km or 162 mi	Alvarado	$716
268 km or 167 mi	Oaxaca	$812
284 km or 177 mi	Queretaro	$983
301 km or 187 mi	Acapulco	$756
314 km or 195 mi	Santiago Tuxtla	$700
318 km or 197 mi	Celaya	$638
320 km or 199 mi	Morelia	$717
323 km or 201 mi	San Andres Tuxtla	$699