Arlington vs Stockholm - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Arlington	Stockholm
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1856	$2297
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4502	$5120
🏠 One person rent	$1114	$1271
🏘️ Family rent	$1920	$2134
🍽️ Food expenses	$516	$619
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.6	$239
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3964	$3571
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	90	95
😀 Quality of life	77	96
🏙️ Population	394K	985K

The cost of living in Arlington is 19% less expensive than in Stockholm. Cities ranked 2476th and 1273rd ($1856 vs $2297) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1871st and 1st in the United States and Sweden, respectively. Check the United States vs Sweden comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Arlington compared to 1.6 months in Stockholm. Arlington ranked 405th best city to live in the United States vs Stockholm ranked 1st in Sweden, while ranked 1375th and 33rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Stockholm

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	Arlington	Stockholm
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$15.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.3	$85.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.35	$11.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$7.9
☕ Cappuccino	$4.85	$5.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$3.2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1284	$1476
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$860	$991
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2314	$2670
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1533	$1674
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$146
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$224
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.8	$37
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.52%	4.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2215	$11690
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2107	$6502
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$4.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.8	$111
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17	$27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$1.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$2.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$3.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$4.84
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$14.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$3.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$3.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$4.63
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.85
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.08
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.87	$2.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$13.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$2.11
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.8	$8.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.28	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.07	$3.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.47	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$2.45
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$48.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$17.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$103	$39.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$33.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.2	$104
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1210	$162
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23378	$15313

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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 Stockholm

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.1 km or 3.2 mi	Solna	$1983
5.2 km or 3.3 mi	Lidingo	$1140
13 km or 7.9 mi	Taby	$1759
16 km or 9.9 mi	Sollentuna	$1968
21 km or 13 mi	Tumba	$1742
21 km or 13 mi	Akersberga	$1940
31 km or 19 mi	Sodertalje	$1779
35 km or 22 mi	Marsta	$1661
35 km or 22 mi	Sigtuna	$1681
63 km or 39 mi	Uppsala	$1650
87 km or 54 mi	Nykoping	$1592
92 km or 57 mi	Eskilstuna	$1446
92 km or 57 mi	Vasteras	$1494
105 km or 65 mi	Sala	$1325
138 km or 86 mi	Norrkoping	$1390
158 km or 98 mi	Gavle	$1483
163 km or 101 mi	Orebro	$1325
174 km or 108 mi	Linkoping	$1530
185 km or 115 mi	Ludvika	$1312
190 km or 118 mi	Visby	$1485
195 km or 121 mi	Borlange	$1289
195 km or 121 mi	Falun	$1801
253 km or 157 mi	Mariestad	$1516
258 km or 161 mi	Karlstad	$1460
262 km or 163 mi	Raisio	$1524
264 km or 164 mi	Skovde	$1551
265 km or 165 mi	Turku	$1545
268 km or 167 mi	Kaarina	$1521
271 km or 168 mi	Mora	$1586
274 km or 170 mi	Vetlanda	$1542
275 km or 171 mi	Rauma	$1353
281 km or 175 mi	Kuressaare	$1192
284 km or 177 mi	Jonkoping	$1528
297 km or 184 mi	Ventspils	$968
306 km or 190 mi	Salo	$1589
310 km or 193 mi	Raseborg	$1566
312 km or 194 mi	Arvika	$1397
313 km or 195 mi	Kalmar	$1598
315 km or 196 mi	Pori	$1363
332 km or 206 mi	Vaxjo	$1482