Buenos Aires vs Monrovia - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Buenos Aires	Monrovia
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1130	$523
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2837	$1293
🏠 One person rent	$470	$225
🏘️ Family rent	$887	$433
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$202
🚐 Transport expenses	$97	$47
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$635	$388
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	79	21
😀 Quality of life	74	27
🏙️ Population	3.12M	1.02M

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 116% more expensive than in Monrovia. Cities ranked 4694th and 8452nd ($1130 vs $523) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Argentina and Liberia, respectively. Check Argentina vs Liberia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Buenos Aires compared to 0.7 months in Monrovia. Buenos Aires ranked 1st best city to live in Argentina vs Monrovia ranked 1st in Liberia, while ranked 1194th and 8399th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Buenos Aires vs Monrovia

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	Buenos Aires	Monrovia
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$3.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47	$18.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.6	$4.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.9	$1.81
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$1.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.14	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$530	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$357	$147
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1019	$497
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$719	$310
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.4	$37.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.8	$58.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.5	$26.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	35.01%	12.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2657	$1572
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1964	$937
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.6	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.6	$12.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9	$5.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$0.61
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.99	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$6.84
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.8	$4.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.89	$6.59
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$2.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$0.98
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.96	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$7.87
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$1.43
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.26	$2.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$3.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.89	$2.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.38	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.55	$1.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$23.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.04	$4.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.9	$12.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$3.77
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$26.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$131	$60.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$277	$81.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5728	$2771

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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 Monrovia

Distance	City	Cost of living
56 km or 35 mi	Kakata	$487
180 km or 112 mi	Kenema	$1272
210 km or 131 mi	Bo	$1278
243 km or 151 mi	Greenville	$487
260 km or 161 mi	Sanniquellie	$487
262 km or 163 mi	Gueckedou	$1009
272 km or 169 mi	Nzerekore	$999
288 km or 179 mi	Yekepa	$487
361 km or 224 mi	Freetown	$1346
459 km or 285 mi	Forecariah	$998
474 km or 295 mi	Mamou	$1019
479 km or 297 mi	Conakry	$1061
482 km or 300 mi	Kankan	$1007
539 km or 335 mi	Gagnoa	$904
557 km or 346 mi	Boffa	$998
605 km or 376 mi	Divo	$906
613 km or 381 mi	Yamoussoukro	$887
655 km or 407 mi	Bouake	$937
669 km or 416 mi	Korhogo	$916
675 km or 419 mi	Bougouni	$489
719 km or 447 mi	Dabou	$882
730 km or 453 mi	Agboville	$882
758 km or 471 mi	Abidjan	$1022
769 km or 478 mi	Bamako	$569
777 km or 483 mi	Bafata	$804
792 km or 492 mi	Grand-Bassam	$881
793 km or 493 mi	Sikasso	$499
809 km or 503 mi	Abengourou	$889
811 km or 504 mi	Bissau	$827
811 km or 504 mi	Koulikoro	$490
861 km or 535 mi	Kolda	$964
885 km or 550 mi	Banamba	$491
898 km or 558 mi	Bobo-Dioulasso	$757
919 km or 571 mi	Ziguinchor	$953
936 km or 582 mi	Segou	$490
969 km or 602 mi	Markala	$489
1004 km or 624 mi	Brikama	$552
1008 km or 627 mi	Obuasi	$551
1012 km or 629 mi	Sekondi-Takoradi	$577
1014 km or 630 mi	Lamin	$507