Arlington vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Arlington	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1883	$868
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5033	$2829
🏠 One person rent	$1124	$312
🏘️ Family rent	$2309	$768
🍽️ Food expenses	$533	$326
🚐 Transport expenses	$82.9	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3943	$1146
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	90	70
😀 Quality of life	73	68
🏙️ Population	394K	12.7M

The cost of living in Arlington is 117% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 2153rd and 6198th ($1883 vs $868) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1796th and 18th in the United States and China, respectively. Check the United States vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Arlington compared to 1.3 months in Suzhou. Arlington ranked 396th best city to live in the United States vs Suzhou ranked 26th in China, while ranked 1499th and 3351st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Suzhou

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	Arlington	Suzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15	$4.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.9	$41.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.26	$5.55
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.71	$4.13
☕ Cappuccino	$5.38	$4.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.45	$1.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1270	$386
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$861	$200
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2390	$1199
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1981	$526
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$124	$59.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$93.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.2	$14.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.59%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2185	$6107
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2094	$3223
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.23	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.3	$41.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$4.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.77	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$2.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$2.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.03	$2.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$20.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$4.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$2.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.88	$1.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$0.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.28	$4.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.71	$8.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.1	$4.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.61	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.1	$77.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$6.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$104	$75.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$8.03
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.2	$66.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$79.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1602	$1457
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23540	$17431

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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 Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$700
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$645
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$670
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$665
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$573
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$670
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$657
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$695
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$602
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1097
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$702
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$631
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$643
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$984
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$654
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$636
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$701
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$644
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$650
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$805
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$607
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$603
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$643
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$716
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$644
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$621
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$620
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$642
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$592
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$665
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$672
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$708
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$746
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$665
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$621
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$590
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$691
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$613