Buenos Aires vs Port of Spain - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Buenos Aires	Port of Spain
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1130	$1193
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2837	$2981
🏠 One person rent	$470	$555
🏘️ Family rent	$887	$1122
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$477
🚐 Transport expenses	$97	$52
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$635	$933
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	79	27
😀 Quality of life	74	51
🏙️ Population	3.12M	84.1K

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 5% less expensive than in Port of Spain. Cities ranked 4694th and 4503rd ($1130 vs $1193) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Argentina and Trinidad and Tobago, respectively. Check Argentina vs Trinidad and Tobago comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Buenos Aires compared to 0.8 months in Port of Spain. Buenos Aires ranked 1st best city to live in Argentina vs Port of Spain ranked 1st in Trinidad and Tobago, while ranked 1194th and 6190th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Buenos Aires vs Port of Spain

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	Buenos Aires	Port of Spain
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$9.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47	$78.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.6	$7.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.9	$2.09
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$3.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.14	$0.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$530	$669
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$357	$408
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1019	$1406
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$719	$902
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.4	$43.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.8	$68.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.5	$51.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	35.01%	5.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2657	$4421
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1964	$1764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.6	$1.02
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.6	$86.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9	$9.69
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$2.52
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$2.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.99	$4.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$9.45
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.8	$9.26
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.89	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$4.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$3.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$4.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$0.88
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.96	$1.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$19.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$2.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.26	$5.56
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$6.89
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.89	$5.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.38	$2.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.55	$2.85
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$49.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.04	$8.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.9	$45.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$9.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$54.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$131	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$277	$261
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5728	$5597

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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 Port of Spain

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	San Juan	$1178
21 km or 13 mi	Chaguanas	$1064
43 km or 27 mi	San Fernando	$953
103 km or 64 mi	Scarborough	$1084
155 km or 96 mi	St. George's	$1062
162 km or 101 mi	Grenville	$1070
188 km or 117 mi	Tucupita	$777
188 km or 117 mi	Carupano	$737
209 km or 130 mi	Maturin	$890
257 km or 159 mi	Porlamar	$684
259 km or 161 mi	La Asuncion	$695
280 km or 174 mi	Kingstown	$1000
285 km or 177 mi	Ciudad Guayana	$890
291 km or 181 mi	Cumana	$716
294 km or 183 mi	Georgetown	$1007
310 km or 193 mi	Upata	$789
340 km or 211 mi	Bridgetown	$1353
343 km or 213 mi	Puerto la Cruz	$791
346 km or 215 mi	Vieux Fort	$1197
346 km or 215 mi	Cantaura	$674
347 km or 216 mi	Holetown	$1418
351 km or 218 mi	Anaco	$639
351 km or 218 mi	Barcelona	$858
352 km or 218 mi	Lecheria	$837
360 km or 224 mi	El Tigre	$746
361 km or 224 mi	Ciudad Bolivar	$880
377 km or 234 mi	Castries	$1161
440 km or 273 mi	Fort-de-France	$1568
442 km or 274 mi	Zaraza	$804
515 km or 320 mi	Roseau	$1015
518 km or 322 mi	Valle de la Pascua	$782
540 km or 335 mi	Altagracia de Orituco	$847
546 km or 339 mi	Portsmouth	$1123
549 km or 341 mi	Guarenas	$918
550 km or 341 mi	Guatire	$917
563 km or 350 mi	Santa Teresa del Tuy	$939
565 km or 351 mi	Santa Lucia	$892
567 km or 353 mi	Georgetown	$1062
579 km or 360 mi	Ocumare del Tuy	$901
586 km or 364 mi	Charallave	$904