Arlington vs Santo Domingo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Arlington	Santo Domingo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1907	$1083
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4693	$2612
🏠 One person rent	$1121	$495
🏘️ Family rent	$1937	$857
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$350
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.4	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3714	$600
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	90	44
😀 Quality of life	78	62
🏙️ Population	394K	2.2M

The cost of living in Arlington is 76% more expensive than in Santo Domingo. Cities ranked 2397th and 5110th ($1907 vs $1083) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1784th and 2nd in the United States and the Dominican Republic, respectively. Check the United States vs the Dominican Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Arlington compared to 0.6 months in Santo Domingo. Arlington ranked 264th best city to live in the United States vs Santo Domingo ranked 1st in the Dominican Republic, while ranked 894th and 5729th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Santo Domingo

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	Arlington	Santo Domingo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$9.11
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.8	$49.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$7.23
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.17	$2.4
☕ Cappuccino	$5.41	$2.36
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.78	$1.1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1271	$669
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$867	$331
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2259	$1207
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1561	$608
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$60.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$93.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.4	$35.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.24%	13.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$1627
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$1066
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.7	$29.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$20.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.82	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$1.58
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.01	$2.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.89	$7.61
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$5.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$3.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$0.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.55	$2.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$1.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.11
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$2.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$10.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$2.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.59	$5.23
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.18	$5.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.11	$4.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.46	$1.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.02	$2.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$34.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.1	$6.77
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$105	$32.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$9.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$53	$55.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$84.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1389	$249
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25323	$6928

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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 Santo Domingo

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	San Cristobal	$899
30 km or 19 mi	Boca Chica	$899
51 km or 31 mi	Bani	$744
62 km or 39 mi	San Pedro de Macoris	$810
70 km or 44 mi	Cotui	$714
74 km or 46 mi	Bonao	$580
89 km or 55 mi	Azua	$785
96 km or 59 mi	El Seibo	$768
98 km or 61 mi	La Romana	$700
99 km or 61 mi	San Francisco de Macoris	$551
100 km or 62 mi	Samana	$678
101 km or 62 mi	Nagua	$820
106 km or 66 mi	Jarabacoa	$753
107 km or 66 mi	La Vega	$553
126 km or 78 mi	Higuey	$734
131 km or 81 mi	Barahona	$769
138 km or 85 mi	Santiago de los Caballeros	$777
146 km or 90 mi	San Juan de la Maguana	$639
152 km or 94 mi	Cabarete	$930
156 km or 97 mi	Sosua	$1006
161 km or 100 mi	Punta Cana	$1114
169 km or 105 mi	Puerto Plata	$791
174 km or 108 mi	Mao	$797
190 km or 118 mi	Sabaneta	$785
213 km or 132 mi	Cerca-la-Source	$533
252 km or 157 mi	Petion-Ville	$554
254 km or 158 mi	Delmas	$549
258 km or 160 mi	Port-au-Prince	$573
264 km or 164 mi	Carrefour	$557
281 km or 174 mi	Cap-Haitien	$541
286 km or 177 mi	Aguada	$1313
289 km or 180 mi	Aguadilla	$1209
292 km or 182 mi	Mayaguez	$1457
293 km or 182 mi	Cabo Rojo	$1590
298 km or 185 mi	Isabela	$1473
304 km or 189 mi	Saint-Marc	$548
304 km or 189 mi	San German	$1663
307 km or 191 mi	San Sebastian	$1628
312 km or 194 mi	Quebradillas	$1610
313 km or 194 mi	Gonaives	$550