Buenos Aires vs Hefei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Buenos Aires	Hefei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1130	$625
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2837	$1708
🏠 One person rent	$470	$205
🏘️ Family rent	$887	$435
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$231
🚐 Transport expenses	$97	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$635	$991
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	79	93
😀 Quality of life	74	66
🏙️ Population	3.12M	9.37M

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 81% more expensive than in Hefei. Cities ranked 4694th and 7405th ($1130 vs $625) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 160th in Argentina and China, respectively. Check Argentina vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Buenos Aires compared to 1.6 months in Hefei. Buenos Aires ranked 1st best city to live in Argentina vs Hefei ranked 31st in China, while ranked 1194th and 3963rd 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	$14.4	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47	$13.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.6	$4.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.9	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$2.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.14	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$530	$205
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$357	$156
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1019	$481
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$719	$358
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.4	$25.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.8	$39.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.5	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	35.01%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2657	$3736
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1964	$2103
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.6	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.6	$40.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9	$3.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.99	$1.86
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$7.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.8	$4.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.89	$9.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.96	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$20.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.26	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$8.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.89	$4.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.38	$0.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.55	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$83.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.04	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.9	$28
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$6.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$57.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$131	$60.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$277	$237
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5728	$8278

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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 Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$621
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$608
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$664
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$600
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$632
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$691
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$505
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$587
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$611
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$746
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$576
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$555
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$672
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$621
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$633
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$592
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$613
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$602
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$620
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$642
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$654
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$607
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$630
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$621
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$650
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$591
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$603
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$600
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$695
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$620
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$668
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$702
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$644
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$642
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$636
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$484
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$665