Buenos Aires vs Mumbai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Buenos Aires	Mumbai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1130	$716
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2837	$1992
🏠 One person rent	$470	$409
🏘️ Family rent	$887	$1100
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$201
🚐 Transport expenses	$97	$50.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$635	$903
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	79	82
😀 Quality of life	74	69
🏙️ Population	3.12M	15.4M

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 58% more expensive than in Mumbai. Cities ranked 4694th and 6818th ($1130 vs $716) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Argentina and India, respectively. Check Argentina vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Buenos Aires compared to 1.3 months in Mumbai. Buenos Aires ranked 1st best city to live in Argentina vs Mumbai ranked 1st in India, while ranked 1194th and 2865th 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	$14.4	$4.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47	$20.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.6	$4.61
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.9	$2.31
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.14	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$530	$586
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$357	$315
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1019	$1749
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$719	$869
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.4	$30.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.8	$46.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.5	$8.78
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	35.01%	9.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2657	$6631
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1964	$3058
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.6	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.6	$4.59
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9	$2.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.99	$1.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$7.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.8	$4.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.89	$7.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$2.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.96	$0.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$2.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.26	$4.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$1.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.89	$3.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.38	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.55	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$26.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.04	$4.62
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.9	$24.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$2.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$29.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$131	$58
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$277	$107
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5728	$3007

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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 Mumbai

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 12 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
27 km or 17 mi	Thane	$501
44 km or 28 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
46 km or 28 mi	Kalyan	$381
56 km or 35 mi	Vasai	$284
119 km or 74 mi	Pune	$513
152 km or 94 mi	Nashik	$333
187 km or 116 mi	Satara	$304
221 km or 137 mi	Navsari	$286
245 km or 152 mi	Surat	$771
252 km or 156 mi	Malegaon	$378
280 km or 174 mi	Aurangabad	$350
292 km or 182 mi	Kolhapur	$307
297 km or 184 mi	Sangli	$292
306 km or 190 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304
320 km or 199 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
355 km or 221 mi	Solapur	$293
365 km or 227 mi	Jalgaon	$348
373 km or 232 mi	Vadodara	$376
387 km or 240 mi	Bijapur	$340
387 km or 241 mi	Belgaum	$473
400 km or 249 mi	Latur	$397
402 km or 250 mi	Panjim	$401
409 km or 254 mi	Mormugao	$492
415 km or 258 mi	Nadiad	$382
427 km or 265 mi	Rajkot	$311
428 km or 266 mi	Margao	$430
432 km or 268 mi	Godhra	$371
449 km or 279 mi	Porbandar	$333
453 km or 281 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
457 km or 284 mi	Hubli	$359
460 km or 286 mi	Gulbarga	$250
473 km or 294 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
473 km or 294 mi	Nanded	$315
478 km or 297 mi	Akola	$295
517 km or 321 mi	Mehsana	$389
522 km or 324 mi	Indore	$367
536 km or 333 mi	Ratlam	$311
555 km or 345 mi	Nizamabad	$294
558 km or 347 mi	Amravati	$296