Arlington vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Arlington	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1856	$2640
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4502	$6276
🏠 One person rent	$1114	$1578
🏘️ Family rent	$1920	$2764
🍽️ Food expenses	$516	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.6	$366
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3964	$4008
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	90	99
😀 Quality of life	77	100
🏙️ Population	394K	5.45M

The cost of living in Arlington is 30% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 2476th and 649th ($1856 vs $2640) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1871st and 1st in the United States and Australia, respectively. Check the United States vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Arlington compared to 1.5 months in Sydney. Arlington ranked 405th best city to live in the United States vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 1375th and 3rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Sydney

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	Arlington	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$13.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.3	$77.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.35	$9.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$7.2
☕ Cappuccino	$4.85	$3.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$2.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1284	$1915
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$860	$1294
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2314	$3447
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1533	$2319
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$112
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$172
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.8	$47.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.52%	6.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2215	$12628
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2107	$7359
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$3.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.8	$134
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17	$23.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$2.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$1.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$5.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$8.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$3.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$4.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.87	$2.45
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$4.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.8	$29.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.28	$8.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.07	$5.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.47	$2.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$58.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$103	$63.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$20
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.2	$75.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1210	$2071
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23378	$19140

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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 Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2181
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2292
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1888
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1599
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1580
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1839
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1568
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1678
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1364
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2019
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1747
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1184
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1667
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1662
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1813
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2140
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1725
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1706
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1362
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1736
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1662
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1681
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2308
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1768
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1728
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1738
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2065
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1673
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1798
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2058
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1464
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1710