Buenos Aires vs Chengdu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Buenos Aires	Chengdu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1139	$635
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2758	$1647
🏠 One person rent	$496	$252
🏘️ Family rent	$854	$428
🍽️ Food expenses	$430	$230
🚐 Transport expenses	$94.9	$84.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$797	$917
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	78	94
😀 Quality of life	78	75
🏙️ Population	3.12M	20.9M

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 79% more expensive than in Chengdu. Cities ranked 4856th and 7530th ($1139 vs $635) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 114th in Argentina and China, respectively. Check Argentina vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Buenos Aires compared to 1.4 months in Chengdu. Buenos Aires ranked 1st best city to live in Argentina vs Chengdu ranked 5th in China, while ranked 1059th and 1800th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Buenos Aires vs Chengdu

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	Buenos Aires	Chengdu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$2.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53	$22.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.64	$2.35
☕ Cappuccino	$4.02	$3.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.2	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$527	$313
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$370	$183
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$940	$574
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$669	$318
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.4	$30.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$46.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.1	$12.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	36.41%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2703	$3973
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1993	$2045
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.69	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.8	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.26	$3.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$2.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$1.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.1	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.88	$3.68
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.77
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.09
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.44
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$0.71
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.39	$1.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.92	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$0.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.44	$3.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.96	$4.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.33	$4.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$1.41
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.8	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.1	$35.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.51	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.9	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$6.37
👖 Brand Jeans	$108	$42.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$66.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$360	$251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5464	$11647

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Cities near Buenos Aires

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Villa Dominico	$770
11 km or 7 mi	Lanus	$879
13 km or 7.9 mi	Wilde	$715
13 km or 8.1 mi	Remedios de Escalada	$859
14 km or 8.7 mi	Caseros	$949
14 km or 8.8 mi	Florida Este	$861
14 km or 8.9 mi	Ciudad Madero	$949
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bernal	$641
15 km or 9.4 mi	Monte Chingolo	$811
15 km or 9.6 mi	Lomas del Mirador	$983
17 km or 10 mi	La Tablada	$990
17 km or 10 mi	Quilmes	$590
18 km or 11 mi	Ramos Mejia	$981
18 km or 11 mi	San Justo	$1032
19 km or 12 mi	El Palomar	$968
19 km or 12 mi	Temperley	$871
19 km or 12 mi	Lomas de Zamora	$895
19 km or 12 mi	San Isidro	$844
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Evita	$946
19 km or 12 mi	San Francisco Solano	$766
20 km or 12 mi	Villa Luzuriaga	$981
20 km or 13 mi	Rafael Calzada	$858
22 km or 13 mi	Isidro Casanova	$980
22 km or 13 mi	Ezpeleta	$661
22 km or 14 mi	Moron	$1029
24 km or 15 mi	San Fernando de la Buena Vista	$817
24 km or 15 mi	Florencio Varela	$859
24 km or 15 mi	Burzaco	$848
24 km or 15 mi	Berazategui	$710
25 km or 15 mi	Gregorio de Laferrere	$951
25 km or 16 mi	Rafael Castillo	$959
25 km or 16 mi	Monte Grande	$874
29 km or 18 mi	Ezeiza	$886
29 km or 18 mi	Longchamps	$846
29 km or 18 mi	Libertad	$954
31 km or 19 mi	Gonzalez Catan	$935
32 km or 20 mi	Glew	$841
32 km or 20 mi	Merlo	$947
36 km or 23 mi	Jose C. Paz	$906
37 km or 23 mi	Virrey del Pino	$897

Cities near Chengdu

Distance	City	Cost of living
38 km or 24 mi	Chongzhou	$596
38 km or 24 mi	Pengzhou	$588
41 km or 25 mi	Guanghan	$571
53 km or 33 mi	Shifang	$557
55 km or 34 mi	Jianyang	$591
56 km or 35 mi	Dujiangyan	$583
60 km or 38 mi	Deyang	$563
65 km or 40 mi	Qionglai	$580
71 km or 44 mi	Meishan	$599
77 km or 48 mi	Mianzhu	$544
81 km or 50 mi	Ziyang	$598
110 km or 68 mi	Mianyang	$528
124 km or 77 mi	Leshan	$563
127 km or 79 mi	Ya'an	$571
127 km or 79 mi	Shehong	$551
131 km or 81 mi	Emeishan	$552
139 km or 87 mi	Jiangyou	$536
145 km or 90 mi	Suining	$565
153 km or 95 mi	Neijiang	$645
161 km or 100 mi	Zigong	$573
188 km or 117 mi	Longchang	$575
193 km or 120 mi	Nanchong	$541
208 km or 129 mi	Langzhong	$538
219 km or 136 mi	Yibin	$570
237 km or 148 mi	Luzhou	$562
247 km or 153 mi	Guang'an	$569
259 km or 161 mi	Guangyuan	$587
261 km or 162 mi	Huaying	$542
265 km or 165 mi	Chongqing	$561
288 km or 179 mi	Bazhong	$601
333 km or 207 mi	Dazhou	$583
341 km or 212 mi	Longnan	$593
353 km or 220 mi	Xichang	$570
372 km or 231 mi	Zhaotong	$579
388 km or 241 mi	Hanzhong	$663
390 km or 243 mi	Renhuai	$538
392 km or 244 mi	Bijie	$569
408 km or 253 mi	Wanyuan	$567
431 km or 268 mi	Zunyi	$551
459 km or 285 mi	Liupanshui	$560