Buenos Aires vs Quebec City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Buenos Aires	Quebec City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$791	$1658
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$3837
🏠 One person rent	$365	$840
🏘️ Family rent	$638	$1268
🍽️ Food expenses	$261	$551
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.1	$129
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$374	$2472
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	79	39
😀 Quality of life	71	87
🏙️ Population	3.12M	549K

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 52% less expensive than in Quebec City. Cities ranked 6407th and 2827th ($791 vs $1658) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 109th in Argentina and Canada, respectively. Check Argentina vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Buenos Aires compared to 1.5 months in Quebec City. Buenos Aires ranked 1st best city to live in Argentina vs Quebec City ranked 18th in Canada, while ranked 2311th and 204th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Buenos Aires vs Quebec City

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	Buenos Aires	Quebec City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.12	$15.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.7	$67.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.85	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.9	$6.4
☕ Cappuccino	$2.01	$4.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.2	$2.2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$440	$793
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$292	$689
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$884	$1298
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$506	$1046
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23.5	$78.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.2	$120
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20.1	$50.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	23.96%	7.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2326	$10641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1774	$3317
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.15	$2.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.7	$68.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.13	$19.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.27	$2.35
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$4.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2	$2.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.97	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.61	$10.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.59	$17
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$3.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$4.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$4.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$2.11
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$2.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$1.14
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.4	$1.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.36	$12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$2.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.08	$9.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$6.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.24	$3.37
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.82	$2.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.88	$1.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.5	$34.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.1	$82.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.64	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$75	$83.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$94.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$202	$1142
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6679	$6211

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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 Quebec City

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.2 mi	Levis	$1653
80 km or 50 mi	Thetford Mines	$1529
89 km or 55 mi	Saint-Georges	$1560
102 km or 64 mi	Victoriaville	$1342
114 km or 71 mi	Trois-Rivieres	$1053
120 km or 74 mi	Shawinigan	$1379
142 km or 88 mi	Drummondville	$1588
166 km or 103 mi	Sherbrooke	$1468
169 km or 105 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1558
170 km or 106 mi	Riviere-du-Loup	$1567
178 km or 111 mi	Saguenay	$1585
180 km or 112 mi	Chicoutimi	$1587
187 km or 116 mi	Magog	$1539
188 km or 117 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1626
192 km or 120 mi	Joliette	$1397
195 km or 121 mi	Alma	$1586
196 km or 122 mi	Granby	$1158
201 km or 125 mi	L'Assomption	$1659
206 km or 128 mi	Beloeil	$1816
210 km or 131 mi	Repentigny	$1783
211 km or 131 mi	Varennes	$1835
212 km or 132 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1874
217 km or 135 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1924
218 km or 135 mi	Mascouche	$1772
218 km or 136 mi	Boucherville	$1882
220 km or 136 mi	Chambly	$1906
223 km or 138 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1705
223 km or 139 mi	Terrebonne	$1820
227 km or 141 mi	Longueuil	$1962
228 km or 142 mi	Brossard	$2105
229 km or 142 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1869
229 km or 143 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1847
231 km or 144 mi	Montreal	$1821
234 km or 146 mi	La Prairie	$1949
236 km or 146 mi	Westmount	$1808
236 km or 146 mi	Mount Royal	$1821
238 km or 148 mi	Laval	$1874
238 km or 148 mi	Candiac	$1912
241 km or 150 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1840
241 km or 150 mi	Boisbriand	$1813