Buenos Aires vs Mumbai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Buenos Aires	Mumbai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1139	$705
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2758	$1598
🏠 One person rent	$496	$401
🏘️ Family rent	$854	$711
🍽️ Food expenses	$430	$202
🚐 Transport expenses	$94.9	$50.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$797	$222
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	78	83
😀 Quality of life	78	67
🏙️ Population	3.12M	15.4M

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 61% more expensive than in Mumbai. Cities ranked 4856th and 7064th ($1139 vs $705) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Argentina and India, respectively. Check Argentina vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Buenos Aires compared to 0.3 months in Mumbai. Buenos Aires ranked 1st best city to live in Argentina vs Mumbai ranked 3rd in India, while ranked 1059th and 4805th 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	$15.6	$5.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53	$22.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$4.55
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.64	$2.53
☕ Cappuccino	$4.02	$2.55
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.2	$0.61
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$527	$566
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$370	$307
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$940	$1015
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$669	$560
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.4	$33.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$50.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.1	$9.23
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	36.41%	9.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2703	$6851
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1993	$3041
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.69	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.8	$5.09
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.26	$3.05
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.1	$1.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$6.62
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.88	$3.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$6.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$2.47
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$0.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$0.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.39	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.92	$9.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$2.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.44	$3.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.96	$0.75
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.33	$3.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$0.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.8	$1.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.1	$23.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.51	$4.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.9	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$4.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$108	$29.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$53.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$360	$121
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5464	$3820

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Cities near Buenos Aires

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Villa Dominico	$770
11 km or 7 mi	Lanus	$879
13 km or 7.9 mi	Wilde	$715
13 km or 8.1 mi	Remedios de Escalada	$859
14 km or 8.7 mi	Caseros	$949
14 km or 8.8 mi	Florida Este	$861
14 km or 8.9 mi	Ciudad Madero	$949
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bernal	$641
15 km or 9.4 mi	Monte Chingolo	$811
15 km or 9.6 mi	Lomas del Mirador	$983
17 km or 10 mi	La Tablada	$990
17 km or 10 mi	Quilmes	$590
18 km or 11 mi	Ramos Mejia	$981
18 km or 11 mi	San Justo	$1032
19 km or 12 mi	El Palomar	$968
19 km or 12 mi	Temperley	$871
19 km or 12 mi	Lomas de Zamora	$895
19 km or 12 mi	San Isidro	$844
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Evita	$946
19 km or 12 mi	San Francisco Solano	$766
20 km or 12 mi	Villa Luzuriaga	$981
20 km or 13 mi	Rafael Calzada	$858
22 km or 13 mi	Isidro Casanova	$980
22 km or 13 mi	Ezpeleta	$661
22 km or 14 mi	Moron	$1029
24 km or 15 mi	San Fernando de la Buena Vista	$817
24 km or 15 mi	Florencio Varela	$859
24 km or 15 mi	Burzaco	$848
24 km or 15 mi	Berazategui	$710
25 km or 15 mi	Gregorio de Laferrere	$951
25 km or 16 mi	Rafael Castillo	$959
25 km or 16 mi	Monte Grande	$874
29 km or 18 mi	Ezeiza	$886
29 km or 18 mi	Longchamps	$846
29 km or 18 mi	Libertad	$954
31 km or 19 mi	Gonzalez Catan	$935
32 km or 20 mi	Glew	$841
32 km or 20 mi	Merlo	$947
36 km or 23 mi	Jose C. Paz	$906
37 km or 23 mi	Virrey del Pino	$897

Cities near Mumbai

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 12 mi	Navi Mumbai	$503
27 km or 17 mi	Thane	$487
44 km or 28 mi	Bhiwandi	$363
46 km or 28 mi	Kalyan	$399
56 km or 35 mi	Vasai	$267
119 km or 74 mi	Pune	$517
152 km or 94 mi	Nashik	$350
187 km or 116 mi	Satara	$273
221 km or 137 mi	Navsari	$278
245 km or 152 mi	Surat	$705
252 km or 156 mi	Malegaon	$382
280 km or 174 mi	Aurangabad	$349
292 km or 182 mi	Kolhapur	$309
297 km or 184 mi	Sangli	$290
306 km or 190 mi	Ichalkaranji	$302
320 km or 199 mi	Bhavnagar	$291
355 km or 221 mi	Solapur	$285
365 km or 227 mi	Jalgaon	$303
373 km or 232 mi	Vadodara	$374
387 km or 240 mi	Bijapur	$333
387 km or 241 mi	Belgaum	$463
400 km or 249 mi	Latur	$396
402 km or 250 mi	Panjim	$398
409 km or 254 mi	Mormugao	$476
415 km or 258 mi	Nadiad	$375
427 km or 265 mi	Rajkot	$324
428 km or 266 mi	Margao	$422
432 km or 268 mi	Godhra	$366
449 km or 279 mi	Porbandar	$330
453 km or 281 mi	Ahmedabad	$442
457 km or 284 mi	Hubli	$355
460 km or 286 mi	Gulbarga	$251
473 km or 294 mi	Gandhinagar	$407
473 km or 294 mi	Nanded	$328
478 km or 297 mi	Akola	$297
517 km or 321 mi	Mehsana	$382
522 km or 324 mi	Indore	$361
536 km or 333 mi	Ratlam	$303
555 km or 345 mi	Nizamabad	$305
558 km or 347 mi	Amravati	$310