Buenos Aires vs Los Angeles - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Buenos Aires	Los Angeles
🚶 Cost of living one person	$909	$3187
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2348	$7653
🏠 One person rent	$402	$2045
🏘️ Family rent	$817	$3732
🍽️ Food expenses	$346	$714
🚐 Transport expenses	$65.6	$218
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$433	$5275
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	79	99
😀 Quality of life	72	94
🏙️ Population	3.12M	3.9M

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 71% less expensive than in Los Angeles. Cities ranked 6099th and 72nd ($909 vs $3187) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 59th in Argentina and the United States, respectively. Check Argentina vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Buenos Aires compared to 1.7 months in Los Angeles. Buenos Aires ranked 1st best city to live in Argentina vs Los Angeles ranked 8th in the United States, while ranked 1789th and 47th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Buenos Aires vs Los Angeles

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	Buenos Aires	Los Angeles
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.98	$21.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40	$103
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.03	$12.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.65	$7.95
☕ Cappuccino	$2.77	$5.63
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.43	$2.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$433	$2261
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$322	$1732
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$982	$3983
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$679	$3315
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.8	$139
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.4	$215
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.6	$67.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	35.31%	6.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2462	$7592
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1826	$7011
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.4	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.04	$73.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.36	$16.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$1.36
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.26
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.13	$4.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$4.49
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.28	$5.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$13.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.81	$13.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$17.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$5.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$3.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$4.63
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$2.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$2.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$1.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.08	$3.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.65	$15.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.25	$3.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.98	$12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.32	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.11	$8.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.86	$4.89
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.04	$2.21
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.2	$57.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.03	$18.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.9	$174
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.3	$27.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.5	$61
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$195	$1998
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4474	$28613

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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 Los Angeles

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Huntington Park	$2682
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Maywood	$2673
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Florence-Graham	$2720
10 km or 6.2 mi	Bell	$2652
10 km or 6.2 mi	Monterey Park	$2748
11 km or 6.6 mi	Alhambra	$2883
11 km or 6.6 mi	South Pasadena	$2849
11 km or 7 mi	Cudahy	$2604
12 km or 7.6 mi	San Gabriel	$2984
12 km or 7.7 mi	Bell Gardens	$2561
12 km or 7.8 mi	West Hollywood	$2738
13 km or 7.8 mi	Montebello	$2675
13 km or 8 mi	South Gate	$2612
13 km or 8.2 mi	Glendale	$3553
14 km or 8.8 mi	Inglewood	$2831
15 km or 9 mi	Beverly Hills	$2289
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lynwood	$2633
15 km or 9.3 mi	Rosemead	$2733
15 km or 9.5 mi	Culver	$2844
15 km or 9.6 mi	Pasadena	$3327
16 km or 9.9 mi	Pico Rivera	$2638
16 km or 10 mi	Burbank	$3271
16 km or 10 mi	Downey	$2354
17 km or 11 mi	Compton	$2709
18 km or 11 mi	La Canada Flintridge	$3009
18 km or 11 mi	Hawthorne	$2861
18 km or 11 mi	Temple	$2776
18 km or 11 mi	South El Monte	$2714
18 km or 11 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2629
18 km or 11 mi	Paramount	$2572
19 km or 12 mi	Gardena	$2866
20 km or 12 mi	El Monte	$2715
21 km or 13 mi	Lawndale	$3054
21 km or 13 mi	Arcadia	$2717
21 km or 13 mi	Bellflower	$2552
22 km or 14 mi	Norwalk	$2569
22 km or 14 mi	Santa Monica	$3589
22 km or 14 mi	Whittier	$2673
23 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3065
24 km or 15 mi	Carson	$2754