Buenos Aires vs Hefei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Buenos Aires	Hefei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$909	$727
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2348	$1858
🏠 One person rent	$402	$277
🏘️ Family rent	$817	$494
🍽️ Food expenses	$346	$229
🚐 Transport expenses	$65.6	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$433	$952
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	79	93
😀 Quality of life	72	65
🏙️ Population	3.12M	9.37M

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 25% more expensive than in Hefei. Cities ranked 6099th and 6780th ($909 vs $727) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 68th in Argentina and China, respectively. Check Argentina vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Buenos Aires compared to 1.3 months in Hefei. Buenos Aires ranked 1st best city to live in Argentina vs Hefei ranked 32nd in China, while ranked 1789th and 4171st 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	$9.98	$2.86
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40	$21.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.03	$5.29
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.65	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$2.77	$2.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.43	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$433	$256
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$322	$222
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$982	$564
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$679	$396
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.8	$30.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.4	$47.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.6	$17.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	35.31%	4.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2462	$3971
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1826	$2140
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.4	$0.43
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.04	$43
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.36	$3.68
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.13	$1.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$0.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.28	$2.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$7.79
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.81	$4.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$0.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$0.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$0.58
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.08	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.65	$17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.25	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.98	$2.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.32	$4.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.11	$3.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.86	$0.94
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.04	$1.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.2	$109
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.03	$5.67
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.9	$43
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.3	$4.57
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.5	$88.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$195	$244
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4474	$8558

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Cities near Buenos Aires

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Villa Dominico	$672
11 km or 7 mi	Lanus	$808
13 km or 7.9 mi	Wilde	$620
13 km or 8.1 mi	Remedios de Escalada	$783
14 km or 8.7 mi	Caseros	$770
14 km or 8.8 mi	Florida Este	$777
14 km or 8.9 mi	Ciudad Madero	$773
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bernal	$540
15 km or 9.4 mi	Monte Chingolo	$717
15 km or 9.6 mi	Lomas del Mirador	$777
17 km or 10 mi	La Tablada	$779
17 km or 10 mi	Quilmes	$481
18 km or 11 mi	Ramos Mejia	$764
18 km or 11 mi	San Justo	$790
19 km or 12 mi	El Palomar	$756
19 km or 12 mi	Temperley	$766
19 km or 12 mi	Lomas de Zamora	$801
19 km or 12 mi	San Isidro	$812
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Evita	$769
19 km or 12 mi	San Francisco Solano	$672
20 km or 12 mi	Villa Luzuriaga	$760
20 km or 13 mi	Rafael Calzada	$752
22 km or 13 mi	Isidro Casanova	$771
22 km or 13 mi	Ezpeleta	$627
22 km or 14 mi	Moron	$751
24 km or 15 mi	San Fernando de la Buena Vista	$801
24 km or 15 mi	Florencio Varela	$748
24 km or 15 mi	Burzaco	$740
24 km or 15 mi	Berazategui	$683
25 km or 15 mi	Gregorio de Laferrere	$770
25 km or 16 mi	Rafael Castillo	$759
25 km or 16 mi	Monte Grande	$752
29 km or 18 mi	Ezeiza	$749
29 km or 18 mi	Longchamps	$728
29 km or 18 mi	Libertad	$748
31 km or 19 mi	Gonzalez Catan	$757
32 km or 20 mi	Glew	$721
32 km or 20 mi	Merlo	$754
36 km or 23 mi	Jose C. Paz	$767
37 km or 23 mi	Virrey del Pino	$742

Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$694
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$649
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$706
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$658
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$748
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$705
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$903
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$524
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$623
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$672
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$774
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$636
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$642
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$771
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$651
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$673
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$617
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$645
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$639
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$650
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$703
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$690
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$630
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$659
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$648
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$698
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$613
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$619
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$629
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$633
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$702
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$656
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$705
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$729
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$673
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$694
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$665
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$528
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$699