Buenos Aires vs Guadalajara - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Buenos Aires	Guadalajara
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1130	$1017
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2837	$2509
🏠 One person rent	$470	$480
🏘️ Family rent	$887	$932
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$349
🚐 Transport expenses	$97	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$635	$652
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	79	49
😀 Quality of life	74	57
🏙️ Population	3.12M	1.46M

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 11% more expensive than in Guadalajara. Cities ranked 4694th and 5385th ($1130 vs $1017) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 15th in Argentina and Mexico, respectively. Check Argentina vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Buenos Aires compared to 0.6 months in Guadalajara. Buenos Aires ranked 1st best city to live in Argentina vs Guadalajara ranked 7th in Mexico, while ranked 1194th and 5625th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Buenos Aires vs Guadalajara

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	Buenos Aires	Guadalajara
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$9.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47	$36.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.6	$7.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.9	$1.86
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$2.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.14	$1.19
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$530	$573
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$357	$403
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1019	$1233
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$719	$791
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.4	$18.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.8	$28.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.5	$24.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	35.01%	11.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2657	$2393
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1964	$1599
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.6	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.6	$23.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9	$15.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$1.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$2.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.99	$2.37
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$8.43
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.8	$7.23
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.89	$9.59
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$2.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.39
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.96	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$1.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.26	$4.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$6.86
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.89	$4.49
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.38	$2.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.55	$1.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$29.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.04	$4.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.9	$25.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$12.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$47.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$131	$93
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$277	$161
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5728	$5853

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Cities near Buenos Aires

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Villa Dominico	$805
11 km or 7 mi	Lanus	$979
13 km or 7.9 mi	Wilde	$741
13 km or 8.1 mi	Remedios de Escalada	$923
14 km or 8.7 mi	Caseros	$939
14 km or 8.8 mi	Florida Este	$924
14 km or 8.9 mi	Ciudad Madero	$932
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bernal	$643
15 km or 9.4 mi	Monte Chingolo	$838
15 km or 9.6 mi	Lomas del Mirador	$938
17 km or 10 mi	La Tablada	$938
17 km or 10 mi	Quilmes	$552
18 km or 11 mi	Ramos Mejia	$936
18 km or 11 mi	San Justo	$963
19 km or 12 mi	El Palomar	$935
19 km or 12 mi	Temperley	$849
19 km or 12 mi	Lomas de Zamora	$865
19 km or 12 mi	San Isidro	$952
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Evita	$921
19 km or 12 mi	San Francisco Solano	$803
20 km or 12 mi	Villa Luzuriaga	$938
20 km or 13 mi	Rafael Calzada	$856
22 km or 13 mi	Isidro Casanova	$940
22 km or 13 mi	Ezpeleta	$828
22 km or 14 mi	Moron	$964
24 km or 15 mi	San Fernando de la Buena Vista	$966
24 km or 15 mi	Florencio Varela	$863
24 km or 15 mi	Burzaco	$859
24 km or 15 mi	Berazategui	$853
25 km or 15 mi	Gregorio de Laferrere	$925
25 km or 16 mi	Rafael Castillo	$928
25 km or 16 mi	Monte Grande	$877
29 km or 18 mi	Ezeiza	$889
29 km or 18 mi	Longchamps	$865
29 km or 18 mi	Libertad	$921
31 km or 19 mi	Gonzalez Catan	$920
32 km or 20 mi	Glew	$863
32 km or 20 mi	Merlo	$928
36 km or 23 mi	Jose C. Paz	$915
37 km or 23 mi	Virrey del Pino	$899

Cities near Guadalajara

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Tlaquepaque	$660
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Zapopan	$1021
92 km or 57 mi	La Barca	$778
108 km or 67 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$780
135 km or 84 mi	Zamora	$773
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$906
159 km or 99 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$721
164 km or 102 mi	Colima	$634
165 km or 103 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$831
173 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$796
180 km or 112 mi	Leon	$684
185 km or 115 mi	Tepic	$587
188 km or 117 mi	Zacapu	$804
194 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$673
196 km or 122 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1162
202 km or 125 mi	Silao	$768
204 km or 127 mi	Tecoman	$744
205 km or 127 mi	Apatzingan	$753
207 km or 129 mi	Manzanillo	$813
208 km or 129 mi	Irapuato	$667
219 km or 136 mi	Sayulita	$977
221 km or 137 mi	Guanajuato	$853
224 km or 139 mi	Salamanca	$634
237 km or 147 mi	Yuriria	$725
246 km or 153 mi	Zacatecas	$677
249 km or 155 mi	Cortazar	$693
250 km or 155 mi	Morelia	$717
264 km or 164 mi	Celaya	$638
272 km or 169 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
282 km or 175 mi	Fresnillo	$760
295 km or 183 mi	San Luis Potosi	$808
308 km or 191 mi	Queretaro	$983
326 km or 203 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$781
350 km or 218 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
352 km or 219 mi	Rioverde	$846
364 km or 226 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
387 km or 241 mi	Zihuatanejo	$856
396 km or 246 mi	Durango	$662
416 km or 258 mi	Toluca	$696
425 km or 264 mi	Mazatlan	$1214