Buenos Aires vs Manaus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Buenos Aires	Manaus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1130	$764
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2837	$1815
🏠 One person rent	$470	$355
🏘️ Family rent	$887	$600
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$240
🚐 Transport expenses	$97	$94
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$635	$458
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	79	23
😀 Quality of life	74	53
🏙️ Population	3.12M	2.06M

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 48% more expensive than in Manaus. Cities ranked 4694th and 6606th ($1130 vs $764) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 9th in Argentina and Brazil, respectively. Check Argentina vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Buenos Aires compared to 0.6 months in Manaus. Buenos Aires ranked 1st best city to live in Argentina vs Manaus ranked 23rd in Brazil, while ranked 1194th and 6060th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Buenos Aires vs Manaus

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	Buenos Aires	Manaus
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$5.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47	$20.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.6	$6.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.9	$2.16
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$2.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.14	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$530	$380
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$357	$235
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1019	$618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$719	$432
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.4	$72
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.8	$112
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.5	$19.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	35.01%	9.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2657	$1380
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1964	$828
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.6	$0.78
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.6	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9	$6.98
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$1.22
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$1.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.03
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.99	$2.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$9.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.8	$3.73
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.89	$6.43
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$2.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.96	$1.84
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$8.48
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$1.28
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.26	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$3.79
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.89	$3.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.38	$1.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.55	$0.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$21.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.04	$5.12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.9	$43.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$7.17
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$44.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$131	$57.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$277	$199
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5728	$4516

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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 Manaus

Distance	City	Cost of living
71 km or 44 mi	Manacapuru	$677
175 km or 109 mi	Itacoatiara	$679
257 km or 160 mi	Maues	$682
364 km or 226 mi	Coari	$676
368 km or 229 mi	Parintins	$694
466 km or 290 mi	Itaituba	$695
484 km or 301 mi	Oriximina	$697
522 km or 324 mi	Tefe	$579
594 km or 369 mi	Santarem	$639
662 km or 412 mi	Boa Vista	$560
762 km or 474 mi	Porto Velho	$606
828 km or 515 mi	Ariquemes	$575
867 km or 539 mi	Altamira	$611
892 km or 554 mi	Ji-Parana	$575
979 km or 608 mi	Rolim de Moura	$576
1030 km or 640 mi	Linden	$1031
1040 km or 646 mi	Santana	$565
1054 km or 655 mi	Macapa	$610
1059 km or 658 mi	Nieuw Nickerie	$856
1071 km or 666 mi	Breves	$590
1072 km or 666 mi	Vilhena	$577
1076 km or 669 mi	New Amsterdam	$1033
1094 km or 680 mi	Sinop	$671
1108 km or 689 mi	Tabatinga	$580
1118 km or 695 mi	Georgetown	$1062
1133 km or 704 mi	Paramaribo	$881
1151 km or 715 mi	Tucurui	$603
1151 km or 715 mi	Rio Branco	$735
1165 km or 724 mi	Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni	$1247
1172 km or 729 mi	Cameta	$583
1231 km or 765 mi	Kourou	$1645
1235 km or 767 mi	Maraba	$629
1236 km or 768 mi	Cayenne	$1643
1246 km or 774 mi	Abaetetuba	$518
1264 km or 785 mi	Upata	$789
1290 km or 801 mi	Puerto Ayacucho	$757
1292 km or 803 mi	Belem	$755
1307 km or 812 mi	Ciudad Guayana	$890
1307 km or 812 mi	Ciudad Bolivar	$880
1308 km or 813 mi	Ananindeua	$638