Arlington vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Arlington	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1883	$974
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5033	$2438
🏠 One person rent	$1124	$497
🏘️ Family rent	$2309	$991
🍽️ Food expenses	$533	$268
🚐 Transport expenses	$82.9	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3943	$947
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	90	81
😀 Quality of life	73	67
🏙️ Population	394K	5.6M

The cost of living in Arlington is 93% more expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 2153rd and 5668th ($1883 vs $974) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1796th and 2nd in the United States and Russia, respectively. Check the United States vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Arlington compared to 1 months in Saint Petersburg. Arlington ranked 396th best city to live in the United States vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 1499th and 3598th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Saint Petersburg

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	Arlington	Saint Petersburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15	$8.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.9	$43.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.26	$5.08
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.71	$3.44
☕ Cappuccino	$5.38	$2.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.45	$0.98
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1270	$622
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$861	$369
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2390	$1265
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1981	$775
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$124	$71.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$111
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.2	$6.26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.59%	22.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2185	$3479
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2094	$2360
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.23	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.3	$41.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$6.81
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.77	$0.66
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$0.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$1.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.03	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$4.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$9.18
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$1.47
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.88	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$2.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$8.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.28	$2.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.71	$1.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.1	$1.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.61	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$0.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.1	$32
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$5.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$104	$16.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$3.89
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.2	$97.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1602	$353
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23540	$7571

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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 Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$953
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$952
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1095
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1295
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$973
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1329
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1286
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1355
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1162
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$899
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1308
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1327
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$467
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1045
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1398
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1486
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1051
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1533
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1671
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1471
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1509
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$550
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1816
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1219
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1479
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1323
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$1879
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1443
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1414
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$933
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1509
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1309
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1220
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1394
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1445
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1382
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1544
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$1064
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1441