Buenos Aires vs Leon - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Buenos Aires	Leon
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1130	$684
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2837	$1633
🏠 One person rent	$470	$256
🏘️ Family rent	$887	$398
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$280
🚐 Transport expenses	$97	$78.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$635	$609
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	25 km
🎓 Higher education	79	30
😀 Quality of life	74	36
🏙️ Population	3.12M	1.58M

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 65% more expensive than in Leon. Cities ranked 4694th and 6965th ($1130 vs $684) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 115th 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 0.9 months in Leon. Buenos Aires ranked 1st best city to live in Argentina vs Leon ranked 55th in Mexico, while ranked 1194th and 7382nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Buenos Aires vs Leon

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	Buenos Aires	Leon
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$8.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47	$14
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.6	$5.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.9	$2.21
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$3.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.14	$1.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$530	$375
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$357	$180
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1019	$615
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$719	$285
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.4	$17.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.8	$26.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.5	$20.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	35.01%	11.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2657	$390
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1964	$494
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.6	$0.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.6	$29.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9	$6.94
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$0.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.99	$1.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$8.23
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.8	$8.12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.89	$9.27
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.96	$1.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$9.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.26	$3.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$5.42
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.89	$3.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.38	$1.75
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.55	$1.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$29.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.04	$3.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.9	$26.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$9.69
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$43
👟 Brand Sneakers	$131	$64.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$277	$194
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5728	$2639

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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 Leon

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 13 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$721
33 km or 20 mi	Silao	$768
37 km or 23 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$831
45 km or 28 mi	Guanajuato	$853
60 km or 38 mi	Irapuato	$667
79 km or 49 mi	Salamanca	$634
100 km or 62 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
103 km or 64 mi	Cortazar	$693
106 km or 66 mi	Aguascalientes	$796
111 km or 69 mi	Celaya	$638
116 km or 72 mi	Yuriria	$725
131 km or 81 mi	La Barca	$778
136 km or 84 mi	San Luis Potosi	$808
141 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$773
145 km or 90 mi	Zacapu	$804
147 km or 91 mi	Queretaro	$983
166 km or 103 mi	Morelia	$717
176 km or 110 mi	Rioverde	$846
178 km or 110 mi	Tlaquepaque	$660
180 km or 112 mi	Guadalajara	$1017
183 km or 114 mi	Zapopan	$1021
193 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$673
193 km or 120 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
206 km or 128 mi	Zacatecas	$677
236 km or 147 mi	Apatzingan	$753
243 km or 151 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$780
251 km or 156 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
259 km or 161 mi	Fresnillo	$760
292 km or 181 mi	Ciudad Valles	$778
293 km or 182 mi	Toluca	$696
299 km or 186 mi	Colima	$634
305 km or 189 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
307 km or 190 mi	Zumpango	$761
307 km or 191 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
309 km or 192 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
310 km or 193 mi	Tultepec	$747
313 km or 195 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
314 km or 195 mi	Naucalpan	$800
318 km or 197 mi	Autlan	$906
322 km or 200 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704