Buenos Aires vs Hefei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Buenos Aires	Hefei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1247	$670
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3037	$1770
🏠 One person rent	$555	$214
🏘️ Family rent	$961	$368
🍽️ Food expenses	$463	$258
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$112
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$824	$1012
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	79	84
😀 Quality of life	77	71
🏙️ Population	3.12M	9.37M

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 86% more expensive than in Hefei. Cities ranked 4647th and 7494th ($1247 vs $670) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 101st 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 1.5 months in Hefei. Buenos Aires ranked 1st best city to live in Argentina vs Hefei ranked 22nd in China, while ranked 1053rd and 3146th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Buenos Aires vs Hefei

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	Buenos Aires	Hefei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.5	$2.65
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.1	$22.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.4	$4.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.85	$1.03
☕ Cappuccino	$4.15	$2.6
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.05	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$583	$218
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$405	$160
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1068	$402
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$729	$288
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$88.4	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$138	$45.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.7	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	42.38%	3.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2619	$3568
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1815	$1930
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.67	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25	$44.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.35	$3.84
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.57
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$1.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.89	$1.84
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$13.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.84	$6.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$2.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.74
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$0.71
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.12	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.9	$8.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.71	$3.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.4	$9.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.49	$4.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.36	$0.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.73	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.7	$38.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.2	$6.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.2	$30.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$13	$6.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$113	$88.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$62.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$440	$240
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7057	$8681

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Cities near Buenos Aires

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Villa Dominico	$859
11 km or 7 mi	Lanus	$955
13 km or 7.9 mi	Wilde	$788
13 km or 8.1 mi	Remedios de Escalada	$929
14 km or 8.7 mi	Caseros	$970
14 km or 8.8 mi	Florida Este	$914
14 km or 8.9 mi	Ciudad Madero	$1003
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bernal	$693
15 km or 9.4 mi	Monte Chingolo	$909
15 km or 9.6 mi	Lomas del Mirador	$1020
17 km or 10 mi	La Tablada	$1035
17 km or 10 mi	Quilmes	$610
18 km or 11 mi	Ramos Mejia	$1001
18 km or 11 mi	San Justo	$1082
19 km or 12 mi	El Palomar	$979
19 km or 12 mi	Temperley	$920
19 km or 12 mi	Lomas de Zamora	$928
19 km or 12 mi	San Isidro	$872
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Evita	$998
19 km or 12 mi	San Francisco Solano	$853
20 km or 12 mi	Villa Luzuriaga	$1001
20 km or 13 mi	Rafael Calzada	$920
22 km or 13 mi	Isidro Casanova	$1008
22 km or 13 mi	Ezpeleta	$733
22 km or 14 mi	Moron	$1048
24 km or 15 mi	San Fernando de la Buena Vista	$863
24 km or 15 mi	Florencio Varela	$927
24 km or 15 mi	Burzaco	$920
24 km or 15 mi	Berazategui	$784
25 km or 15 mi	Gregorio de Laferrere	$984
25 km or 16 mi	Rafael Castillo	$977
25 km or 16 mi	Monte Grande	$939
29 km or 18 mi	Ezeiza	$948
29 km or 18 mi	Longchamps	$923
29 km or 18 mi	Libertad	$972
31 km or 19 mi	Gonzalez Catan	$961
32 km or 20 mi	Glew	$923
32 km or 20 mi	Merlo	$959
36 km or 23 mi	Jose C. Paz	$945
37 km or 23 mi	Virrey del Pino	$948

Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$628
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$624
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$650
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$612
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$674
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$653
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$671
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$523
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$602
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$652
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$789
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$587
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$551
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$684
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$644
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$613
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$620
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$635
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$605
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$623
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$661
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$657
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$623
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$610
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$644
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$667
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$595
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$567
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$627
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$588
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$663
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$633
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$672
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$636
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$693
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$646
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$651
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$531
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$693