Arlington vs San Antonio - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Arlington	San Antonio
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1856	$2023
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4502	$4466
🏠 One person rent	$1114	$1202
🏘️ Family rent	$1920	$1794
🍽️ Food expenses	$516	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.6	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3964	$4100
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	90	81
😀 Quality of life	77	92
🏙️ Population	394K	1.43M

The cost of living in Arlington is 8% less expensive than in San Antonio. Cities ranked 2476th and 1930th ($1856 vs $2023) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1871st and 1571st in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Arlington compared to 2 months in San Antonio. Ranked 405th vs 34th best cities to live in the United States, and 1375th vs 124th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs San Antonio

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	Arlington	San Antonio
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$14.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.3	$60.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.35	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$6.22
☕ Cappuccino	$4.85	$5.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$2.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1284	$1311
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$860	$900
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2314	$1851
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1533	$1407
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$145
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$225
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.8	$74
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.52%	6.26%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2215	$3721
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2107	$1937
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$1.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.8	$39
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17	$17.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$2.82
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$3.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$4.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$11.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$10.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$15.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$4.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.85
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.87	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$13.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$3.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.8	$8.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.28	$6.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.07	$6.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.47	$3.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$1.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$44
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$13.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$103	$96.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$17.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.2	$44.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1210	$1129
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23378	$15049

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2130
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2302
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2133
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2139
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2135
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2140
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2138
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$2133
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2140
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2217
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2183
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2179
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2136
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2133
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2184
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2108
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2143
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2200
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2190
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2144
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2162
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2447
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2145
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2223
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2222
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2287
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2145
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2199
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2038
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2187
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2185
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2250
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2315
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2246
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2176
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2199
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2497
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2268
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2216
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2369

Cities near San Antonio

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Schertz	$2164
30 km or 18 mi	Cibolo	$2178
48 km or 30 mi	New Braunfels	$2233
54 km or 33 mi	Seguin	$2210
74 km or 46 mi	San Marcos	$2215
87 km or 54 mi	Kyle	$2222
93 km or 58 mi	Kerrville	$2169
122 km or 76 mi	Austin	$2416
136 km or 85 mi	Cedar Park	$2221
140 km or 87 mi	Leander	$2241
141 km or 88 mi	Pflugerville	$2196
145 km or 90 mi	Round Rock	$2148
157 km or 98 mi	Georgetown	$2188
161 km or 100 mi	Victoria	$2220
197 km or 122 mi	Copperas Cove	$2105
200 km or 124 mi	Harker Heights	$2075
201 km or 125 mi	Killeen	$2022
210 km or 130 mi	Eagle Pass	$2011
213 km or 132 mi	Piedras Negras	$943
215 km or 134 mi	Corpus Christi	$1697
216 km or 134 mi	Temple	$2136
221 km or 137 mi	Kingsville	$1862
233 km or 145 mi	Del Rio	$1981
235 km or 146 mi	Laredo	$1719
236 km or 147 mi	Ciudad Acuna	$944
237 km or 147 mi	Nuevo Laredo	$748
247 km or 153 mi	Bryan	$1993
247 km or 154 mi	College Station	$1900
261 km or 162 mi	Rosenberg	$2209
269 km or 167 mi	Waco	$2279
279 km or 174 mi	Sugar Land	$2229
286 km or 178 mi	Missouri	$2216
293 km or 182 mi	San Angelo	$2770
300 km or 186 mi	Lake Jackson	$2129
300 km or 187 mi	The Woodlands	$2730
303 km or 188 mi	Houston	$2240
308 km or 191 mi	Spring	$2094
309 km or 192 mi	Conroe	$1828
310 km or 193 mi	Pearland	$2177
312 km or 194 mi	Stephenville	$2154