Buenos Aires vs Cape Town - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Buenos Aires	Cape Town
🚶 Cost of living one person	$791	$881
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$2144
🏠 One person rent	$365	$484
🏘️ Family rent	$638	$966
🍽️ Food expenses	$261	$259
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.1	$56.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$374	$1518
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	79	55
😀 Quality of life	71	60
🏙️ Population	3.12M	434K

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 10% less expensive than in Cape Town. Cities ranked 6407th and 6078th ($791 vs $881) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Argentina and South Africa, respectively. Check Argentina vs South Africa comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Buenos Aires compared to 1.7 months in Cape Town. Buenos Aires ranked 1st best city to live in Argentina vs Cape Town ranked 3rd in South Africa, while ranked 2311th and 5406th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Buenos Aires vs Cape Town

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	Buenos Aires	Cape Town
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.12	$7.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.7	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.85	$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.9	$2.04
☕ Cappuccino	$2.01	$1.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.2	$0.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$440	$536
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$292	$353
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$884	$1202
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$506	$749
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23.5	$56.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.2	$87
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20.1	$39.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	23.96%	11.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2326	$1890
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1774	$1307
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.15	$1.04
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.7	$34.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.13	$7.17
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.27	$0.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2	$2.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.97	$7.96
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.61	$5.26
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.59	$6.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$1.39
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.39
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.4	$1.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.36	$4.51
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$1.14
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.08	$2.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$4.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.24	$2.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.82	$2.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.88	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.5	$31.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4	$5.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.1	$32.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.64	$10.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$75	$42.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$81.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$202	$172
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6679	$4013

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Cities near Buenos Aires

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Villa Dominico	$645
11 km or 7 mi	Lanus	$657
13 km or 7.9 mi	Wilde	$650
13 km or 8.1 mi	Remedios de Escalada	$608
14 km or 8.7 mi	Caseros	$658
14 km or 8.8 mi	Florida Este	$658
14 km or 8.9 mi	Ciudad Madero	$643
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bernal	$661
15 km or 9.4 mi	Monte Chingolo	$589
15 km or 9.6 mi	Lomas del Mirador	$648
17 km or 10 mi	La Tablada	$639
17 km or 10 mi	Quilmes	$705
18 km or 11 mi	Ramos Mejia	$650
18 km or 11 mi	San Justo	$642
19 km or 12 mi	El Palomar	$654
19 km or 12 mi	Temperley	$536
19 km or 12 mi	Lomas de Zamora	$547
19 km or 12 mi	San Isidro	$683
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Evita	$624
19 km or 12 mi	San Francisco Solano	$598
20 km or 12 mi	Villa Luzuriaga	$644
20 km or 13 mi	Rafael Calzada	$540
22 km or 13 mi	Isidro Casanova	$639
22 km or 13 mi	Ezpeleta	$678
22 km or 14 mi	Moron	$665
24 km or 15 mi	San Fernando de la Buena Vista	$666
24 km or 15 mi	Florencio Varela	$559
24 km or 15 mi	Burzaco	$558
24 km or 15 mi	Berazategui	$679
25 km or 15 mi	Gregorio de Laferrere	$626
25 km or 16 mi	Rafael Castillo	$629
25 km or 16 mi	Monte Grande	$579
29 km or 18 mi	Ezeiza	$597
29 km or 18 mi	Longchamps	$577
29 km or 18 mi	Libertad	$626
31 km or 19 mi	Gonzalez Catan	$623
32 km or 20 mi	Glew	$581
32 km or 20 mi	Merlo	$623
36 km or 23 mi	Jose C. Paz	$581
37 km or 23 mi	Virrey del Pino	$605

Cities near Cape Town

Distance	City	Cost of living
54 km or 33 mi	Paarl	$773
99 km or 62 mi	Worcester	$632
371 km or 231 mi	George	$684
644 km or 400 mi	Uitenhage	$805
662 km or 411 mi	Port Elizabeth	$866
664 km or 413 mi	Upington	$643
754 km or 468 mi	Makhanda	$704
821 km or 510 mi	Komani	$703
833 km or 518 mi	Kimberley	$753
845 km or 525 mi	Bhisho	$710
882 km or 548 mi	East London	$683
912 km or 567 mi	Bloemfontein	$601
950 km or 590 mi	Mafeteng	$511
999 km or 621 mi	Maseru	$535
1002 km or 622 mi	Mthatha	$689
1029 km or 639 mi	Teyateyaneng	$511
1030 km or 640 mi	Welkom	$682
1034 km or 643 mi	Mariental	$765
1092 km or 679 mi	Butha-Buthe	$511
1092 km or 679 mi	Kroonstad	$701
1113 km or 692 mi	Klerksdorp	$621
1135 km or 705 mi	Mmabatho	$719
1155 km or 718 mi	Potchefstroom	$625
1187 km or 737 mi	Rehoboth	$738
1194 km or 742 mi	Lobatse	$631
1198 km or 745 mi	Kanye	$633
1208 km or 751 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$698
1217 km or 756 mi	Vereeniging	$637
1231 km or 765 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$609
1244 km or 773 mi	Soweto	$875
1250 km or 777 mi	Rustenburg	$845
1260 km or 783 mi	Gaborone	$656
1261 km or 783 mi	Molepolole	$603
1261 km or 784 mi	Johannesburg	$908
1267 km or 788 mi	Randburg	$776
1269 km or 789 mi	Windhoek	$807
1270 km or 789 mi	Sandton	$889
1271 km or 790 mi	Durban	$780
1277 km or 794 mi	Gobabis	$751
1279 km or 795 mi	Walvis Bay	$718