Arlington vs Tijuana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Arlington	Tijuana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1907	$1295
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4693	$3053
🏠 One person rent	$1121	$616
🏘️ Family rent	$1937	$1076
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$416
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.4	$156
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3714	$1025
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	90	22
😀 Quality of life	78	62
🏙️ Population	394K	1.96M

The cost of living in Arlington is 47% more expensive than in Tijuana. Cities ranked 2397th and 4578th ($1907 vs $1295) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1784th and 9th in the United States and Mexico, respectively. Check the United States vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Arlington compared to 0.8 months in Tijuana. Arlington ranked 264th best city to live in the United States vs Tijuana ranked 6th in Mexico, while ranked 894th and 5712th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Tijuana

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	Arlington	Tijuana
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.8	$34.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$9.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.17	$2.9
☕ Cappuccino	$5.41	$4.63
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.78	$1.33
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1271	$768
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$867	$500
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2259	$1368
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1561	$905
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$46.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.4	$31.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.24%	12.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$3269
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$2686
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$1.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.7	$37.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$19.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.46
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$2.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.82	$2.84
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$1.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.01	$3.29
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.89	$7.47
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$9.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$2.78
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.55	$1.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$1.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.86
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.7
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$2.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$8.74
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$2.37
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.59	$4.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.18	$8.04
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.11	$4.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.46	$2.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.02	$2.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$42.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.1	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$105	$48.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$12.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$53	$56.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1389	$220
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25323	$4857

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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 Tijuana

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.5 mi	Imperial Beach	$2933
11 km or 6.9 mi	Chula Vista	$2995
15 km or 9.5 mi	Las Delicias	$1141
18 km or 11 mi	National	$3053
21 km or 13 mi	Rosarito Beach	$1138
22 km or 14 mi	Coronado	$3220
23 km or 15 mi	Lemon Grove	$2995
24 km or 15 mi	San Diego	$3507
27 km or 17 mi	La Mesa	$2963
30 km or 19 mi	El Cajon	$3040
38 km or 24 mi	Santee	$2948
42 km or 26 mi	La Jolla	$3033
48 km or 30 mi	Poway	$2995
62 km or 38 mi	Encinitas	$3243
66 km or 41 mi	Escondido	$3261
69 km or 43 mi	San Marcos	$2995
76 km or 47 mi	Carlsbad	$3245
77 km or 48 mi	Vista	$2976
81 km or 50 mi	Oceanside	$3251
84 km or 52 mi	Ensenada	$968
96 km or 59 mi	Fallbrook	$2927
109 km or 67 mi	Temecula	$2676
115 km or 72 mi	San Clemente	$2963
117 km or 73 mi	Murrieta	$3070
119 km or 74 mi	French Valley	$2758
121 km or 75 mi	Wildomar	$2815
122 km or 76 mi	Dana Point	$3030
123 km or 77 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$3085
128 km or 80 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3513
128 km or 80 mi	Menifee	$2621
131 km or 82 mi	Laguna Beach	$3122
131 km or 82 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2669
134 km or 83 mi	Mission Viejo	$3544
135 km or 84 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2980
135 km or 84 mi	Laguna Hills	$3027
135 km or 84 mi	Hemet	$2767
138 km or 86 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3449
138 km or 86 mi	Lake Forest	$2554
139 km or 87 mi	El Centro	$2752
140 km or 87 mi	San Jacinto	$2667