Buenos Aires vs Hefei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Buenos Aires	Hefei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1139	$643
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2758	$1702
🏠 One person rent	$496	$216
🏘️ Family rent	$854	$373
🍽️ Food expenses	$430	$243
🚐 Transport expenses	$94.9	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$797	$927
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	78	93
😀 Quality of life	78	69
🏙️ Population	3.12M	9.37M

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 77% more expensive than in Hefei. Cities ranked 4856th and 7469th ($1139 vs $643) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd 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 1.4 months in Hefei. Buenos Aires ranked 1st best city to live in Argentina vs Hefei ranked 35th in China, while ranked 1059th and 4318th 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	$15.6	$3.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53	$19.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$4.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.64	$0.77
☕ Cappuccino	$4.02	$2.28
🥤 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	$210
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$370	$168
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$940	$385
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$669	$302
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.4	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$39.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.1	$14.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	36.41%	3.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2703	$3665
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1993	$2183
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.69	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.8	$42.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.26	$3.42
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.1	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.88	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$10.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$2.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.39	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.92	$7.02
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$0.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.44	$3.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.96	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.33	$4.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$0.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.8	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.1	$39.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.51	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.9	$28.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$6.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$108	$70
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$59.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$360	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5464	$9056

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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 Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$620
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$601
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$631
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$592
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$656
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$629
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$672
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$509
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$583
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$617
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$753
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$567
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$532
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$659
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$618
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$595
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$590
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$610
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$582
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$602
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$637
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$639
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$597
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$592
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$617
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$642
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$570
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$563
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$597
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$570
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$674
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$602
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$654
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$601
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$651
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$620
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$622
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$499
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$663