Buenos Aires vs Mumbai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Buenos Aires	Mumbai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$909	$716
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2348	$1979
🏠 One person rent	$402	$392
🏘️ Family rent	$817	$1047
🍽️ Food expenses	$346	$210
🚐 Transport expenses	$65.6	$57.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$433	$910
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	79	82
😀 Quality of life	72	64
🏙️ Population	3.12M	15.4M

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 27% more expensive than in Mumbai. Cities ranked 6099th and 6838th ($909 vs $716) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Argentina and India, respectively. Check Argentina vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Buenos Aires compared to 1.3 months in Mumbai. Buenos Aires ranked 1st best city to live in Argentina vs Mumbai ranked 4th in India, while ranked 1789th and 4476th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Buenos Aires vs Mumbai

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	Buenos Aires	Mumbai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.98	$4.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40	$24.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.03	$4.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.65	$2.79
☕ Cappuccino	$2.77	$2.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.43	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$433	$538
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$322	$294
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$982	$1611
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$679	$817
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.8	$40.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.4	$62.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.6	$8.63
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	35.31%	8.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2462	$7369
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1826	$3505
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.4	$0.24
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.04	$8.39
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.36	$3.16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$0.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.13	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$0.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.28	$1.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$7.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.81	$4.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$5.74
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$2.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$0.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$0.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.08	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.65	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.25	$2.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.98	$4.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.32	$1.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.11	$3.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.86	$1.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.04	$1.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.2	$24.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.03	$4.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.9	$23
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.3	$2.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.5	$30.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$60.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$195	$104
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4474	$2724

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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 Mumbai

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 12 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
27 km or 17 mi	Thane	$484
44 km or 28 mi	Bhiwandi	$368
46 km or 28 mi	Kalyan	$396
56 km or 35 mi	Vasai	$288
119 km or 74 mi	Pune	$519
152 km or 94 mi	Nashik	$346
187 km or 116 mi	Satara	$312
221 km or 137 mi	Navsari	$284
245 km or 152 mi	Surat	$785
252 km or 156 mi	Malegaon	$394
280 km or 174 mi	Aurangabad	$406
292 km or 182 mi	Kolhapur	$332
297 km or 184 mi	Sangli	$310
306 km or 190 mi	Ichalkaranji	$321
320 km or 199 mi	Bhavnagar	$297
355 km or 221 mi	Solapur	$294
365 km or 227 mi	Jalgaon	$357
373 km or 232 mi	Vadodara	$406
387 km or 240 mi	Bijapur	$348
387 km or 241 mi	Belgaum	$491
400 km or 249 mi	Latur	$409
402 km or 250 mi	Panjim	$402
409 km or 254 mi	Mormugao	$488
415 km or 258 mi	Nadiad	$399
427 km or 265 mi	Rajkot	$326
428 km or 266 mi	Margao	$429
432 km or 268 mi	Godhra	$391
449 km or 279 mi	Porbandar	$344
453 km or 281 mi	Ahmedabad	$471
457 km or 284 mi	Hubli	$357
460 km or 286 mi	Gulbarga	$254
473 km or 294 mi	Gandhinagar	$424
473 km or 294 mi	Nanded	$335
478 km or 297 mi	Akola	$304
517 km or 321 mi	Mehsana	$402
522 km or 324 mi	Indore	$379
536 km or 333 mi	Ratlam	$327
555 km or 345 mi	Nizamabad	$364
558 km or 347 mi	Amravati	$283