Arlington vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Arlington	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1907	$863
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4693	$2104
🏠 One person rent	$1121	$379
🏘️ Family rent	$1937	$550
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.4	$129
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3714	$378
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	90	57
😀 Quality of life	78	62
🏙️ Population	394K	2.42M

The cost of living in Arlington is 121% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 2397th and 6516th ($1907 vs $863) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1784th and 12th in the United States and Brazil, respectively. Check the United States vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Arlington compared to 0.4 months in Salvador. Arlington ranked 264th best city to live in the United States vs Salvador ranked 18th in Brazil, while ranked 894th and 5693rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Salvador

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	Arlington	Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$6.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.8	$26.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$7.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.17	$2.42
☕ Cappuccino	$5.41	$2.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.78	$1.15
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1271	$365
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$867	$270
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2259	$598
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1561	$376
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$74.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.4	$15.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.24%	10.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$1920
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$1029
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.7	$50.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$9.65
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.82	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.01	$2.12
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.89	$9.87
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$4.73
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$6.73
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$2.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.55	$1.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$1.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.66
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$1.66
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$6.53
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.59	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.18	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.11	$4.5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.46	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.02	$0.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$23
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.1	$5.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$105	$32.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$8.27
👖 Brand Jeans	$53	$53.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$72.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1389	$349
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25323	$14902

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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 Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$667
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$676
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$568
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$666
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$645
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$607
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$645
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$548
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$492
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$651
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$589
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$572
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$567
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$583
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$628
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$591
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$614
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$466
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$595
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$648
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$647
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$488
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$608
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$611
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$726
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$602
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$677
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$687
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$611
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$628
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$598
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$609
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$579
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$615
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$598
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$669
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$611
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$609
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$626
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$743