Buenos Aires vs Port of Spain - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Buenos Aires	Port of Spain
🚶 Cost of living one person	$791	$1218
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$3094
🏠 One person rent	$365	$511
🏘️ Family rent	$638	$1104
🍽️ Food expenses	$261	$494
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.1	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$374	$850
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	79	27
😀 Quality of life	71	54
🏙️ Population	3.12M	545K

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 35% less expensive than in Port of Spain. Cities ranked 6407th and 4384th ($791 vs $1218) 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 0.5 months in Buenos Aires compared to 0.7 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 2311th and 6039th 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	$7.12	$10.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.7	$86.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.85	$7.83
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.9	$1.78
☕ Cappuccino	$2.01	$3.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.2	$0.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$440	$519
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$292	$363
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$884	$1173
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$506	$901
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23.5	$60.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.2	$92.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20.1	$56.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	23.96%	4.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2326	$4188
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1774	$1360
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.15	$0.89
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.7	$95.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.13	$8.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$2.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.27	$2.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.51
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2	$3.96
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.97	$8.18
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.61	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.59	$10.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$4.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$3.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$5.24
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$1.13
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.77
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.4	$2.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.36	$17.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$2.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.08	$5.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$6.99
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.24	$5.85
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.82	$2.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.88	$2.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.5	$50.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4	$7.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.1	$45.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.64	$9.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$75	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$202	$207
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6679	$2991

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Cities near Buenos Aires

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Villa Dominico	$645
11 km or 7 mi	Lanus	$657
13 km or 7.9 mi	Wilde	$650
13 km or 8.1 mi	Remedios de Escalada	$608
14 km or 8.7 mi	Caseros	$658
14 km or 8.8 mi	Florida Este	$658
14 km or 8.9 mi	Ciudad Madero	$643
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bernal	$661
15 km or 9.4 mi	Monte Chingolo	$589
15 km or 9.6 mi	Lomas del Mirador	$648
17 km or 10 mi	La Tablada	$639
17 km or 10 mi	Quilmes	$705
18 km or 11 mi	Ramos Mejia	$650
18 km or 11 mi	San Justo	$642
19 km or 12 mi	El Palomar	$654
19 km or 12 mi	Temperley	$536
19 km or 12 mi	Lomas de Zamora	$547
19 km or 12 mi	San Isidro	$683
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Evita	$624
19 km or 12 mi	San Francisco Solano	$598
20 km or 12 mi	Villa Luzuriaga	$644
20 km or 13 mi	Rafael Calzada	$540
22 km or 13 mi	Isidro Casanova	$639
22 km or 13 mi	Ezpeleta	$678
22 km or 14 mi	Moron	$665
24 km or 15 mi	San Fernando de la Buena Vista	$666
24 km or 15 mi	Florencio Varela	$559
24 km or 15 mi	Burzaco	$558
24 km or 15 mi	Berazategui	$679
25 km or 15 mi	Gregorio de Laferrere	$626
25 km or 16 mi	Rafael Castillo	$629
25 km or 16 mi	Monte Grande	$579
29 km or 18 mi	Ezeiza	$597
29 km or 18 mi	Longchamps	$577
29 km or 18 mi	Libertad	$626
31 km or 19 mi	Gonzalez Catan	$623
32 km or 20 mi	Glew	$581
32 km or 20 mi	Merlo	$623
36 km or 23 mi	Jose C. Paz	$581
37 km or 23 mi	Virrey del Pino	$605

Cities near Port of Spain

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	San Juan	$1217
21 km or 13 mi	Chaguanas	$1053
43 km or 27 mi	San Fernando	$898
103 km or 64 mi	Scarborough	$1099
155 km or 96 mi	St. George's	$1069
162 km or 101 mi	Grenville	$1069
188 km or 117 mi	Tucupita	$748
188 km or 117 mi	Carupano	$710
209 km or 130 mi	Maturin	$838
257 km or 159 mi	Porlamar	$654
259 km or 161 mi	La Asuncion	$666
280 km or 174 mi	Kingstown	$1008
285 km or 177 mi	Ciudad Guayana	$868
291 km or 181 mi	Cumana	$686
294 km or 183 mi	Georgetown	$993
310 km or 193 mi	Upata	$760
340 km or 211 mi	Bridgetown	$1353
343 km or 213 mi	Puerto la Cruz	$732
346 km or 215 mi	Vieux Fort	$1191
346 km or 215 mi	Cantaura	$637
347 km or 216 mi	Holetown	$1294
351 km or 218 mi	Anaco	$608
351 km or 218 mi	Barcelona	$719
352 km or 218 mi	Lecheria	$769
360 km or 224 mi	El Tigre	$700
361 km or 224 mi	Ciudad Bolivar	$824
377 km or 234 mi	Castries	$1108
440 km or 273 mi	Fort-de-France	$1571
442 km or 274 mi	Zaraza	$707
515 km or 320 mi	Roseau	$834
518 km or 322 mi	Valle de la Pascua	$753
540 km or 335 mi	Altagracia de Orituco	$763
546 km or 339 mi	Portsmouth	$1168
549 km or 341 mi	Guarenas	$823
550 km or 341 mi	Guatire	$823
563 km or 350 mi	Santa Teresa del Tuy	$844
565 km or 351 mi	Santa Lucia	$805
567 km or 353 mi	Georgetown	$928
579 km or 360 mi	Ocumare del Tuy	$804
586 km or 364 mi	Charallave	$812