Buenos Aires vs Mesa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Buenos Aires	Mesa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1130	$2413
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2837	$5513
🏠 One person rent	$470	$1527
🏘️ Family rent	$887	$2684
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$647
🚐 Transport expenses	$97	$86.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$635	$4154
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	16 km
🎓 Higher education	79	67
😀 Quality of life	74	73
🏙️ Population	3.12M	504K

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 53% less expensive than in Mesa. Cities ranked 4694th and 933rd ($1130 vs $2413) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 854th 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 0.6 months in Buenos Aires compared to 1.7 months in Mesa. Buenos Aires ranked 1st best city to live in Argentina vs Mesa ranked 422nd in the United States, while ranked 1194th and 1561st among best cities to live in the world.

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	Buenos Aires	Mesa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$20.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47	$74.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.6	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.9	$5.99
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$5.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.14	$2.67
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$530	$1564
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$357	$1217
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1019	$2503
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$719	$2321
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.4	$156
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.8	$243
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.5	$84
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	35.01%	6.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2657	$2947
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1964	$3478
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.6	$2.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.6	$44.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9	$13.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$0.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$4.18
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$5.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.99	$4.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$10.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.8	$13.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.89	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$4.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.67
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$3.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$4.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$3.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$1.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.96	$2.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$13.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$2.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.26	$9.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$9.79
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.89	$5.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.38	$4.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.55	$2.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$42
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.04	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.9	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$20.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$49.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$131	$94.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$277	$1121
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5728	$12523

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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 Mesa

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Gilbert	$2417
10 km or 6.5 mi	Tempe	$2423
12 km or 7.7 mi	Scottsdale	$2524
12 km or 7.7 mi	Chandler	$2306
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353
25 km or 15 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
26 km or 16 mi	Phoenix	$2395
26 km or 16 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
39 km or 24 mi	Glendale	$1979
42 km or 26 mi	Peoria	$2342
45 km or 28 mi	Maricopa	$2281
48 km or 30 mi	Avondale	$2525
49 km or 30 mi	Goodyear	$2468
51 km or 31 mi	El Mirage	$2304
55 km or 34 mi	Surprise	$2328
59 km or 37 mi	Florence	$2319
59 km or 37 mi	Casa Grande	$2296
71 km or 44 mi	Buckeye	$2388
132 km or 82 mi	Marana	$2073
136 km or 85 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
138 km or 86 mi	Prescott	$2466
140 km or 87 mi	Prescott Valley	$2423
141 km or 88 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
157 km or 98 mi	Tucson	$1957
183 km or 114 mi	Sahuarita	$2037
199 km or 124 mi	Flagstaff	$2543
244 km or 152 mi	Nogales	$2077
247 km or 154 mi	Nogales	$830
254 km or 158 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
257 km or 160 mi	Blythe	$2763
258 km or 160 mi	Lake Havasu	$2013
272 km or 169 mi	Yuma	$1815
283 km or 176 mi	Kingman	$1926
292 km or 182 mi	San Luis	$1947
293 km or 182 mi	San Luis Rio Colorado	$823
301 km or 187 mi	Caborca	$788
316 km or 196 mi	Agua Prieta	$791
316 km or 196 mi	Bullhead	$1852
348 km or 216 mi	Brawley	$2729
349 km or 217 mi	Mexicali	$913