Buenos Aires vs Sacramento - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Buenos Aires	Sacramento
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1130	$2813
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2837	$6464
🏠 One person rent	$470	$1786
🏘️ Family rent	$887	$2984
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$700
🚐 Transport expenses	$97	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$635	$4579
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	79	54
😀 Quality of life	74	86
🏙️ Population	3.12M	525K

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 60% less expensive than in Sacramento. Cities ranked 4694th and 313th ($1130 vs $2813) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 277th in Argentina and the United States, respectively. Check Argentina vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Buenos Aires compared to 1.6 months in Sacramento. Buenos Aires ranked 1st best city to live in Argentina vs Sacramento ranked 81st in the United States, while ranked 1194th and 308th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Buenos Aires vs Sacramento

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	Buenos Aires	Sacramento
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$19.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47	$74.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.6	$11.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.9	$7.64
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$5.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.14	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$530	$1822
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$357	$1446
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1019	$3005
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$719	$2512
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.4	$193
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.8	$301
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.5	$71.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	35.01%	6.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2657	$4209
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1964	$3946
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.6	$2.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.6	$101
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9	$20.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$3.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$4.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.99	$5.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.8	$14.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.89	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$4.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$4.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$6.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.92
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$3.34
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$1.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.96	$3.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$17.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$2.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.26	$12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.89	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.38	$6.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.55	$2.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$49.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.04	$15.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.9	$134
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$54.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$131	$95.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$277	$1530
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5728	$29998

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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 Sacramento

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.6 km or 2.9 mi	West Sacramento	$2652
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Parkway-South Sacramento	$2692
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Arden-Arcade	$2680
16 km or 9.9 mi	Rancho Cordova	$2708
18 km or 11 mi	Elk Grove	$2765
21 km or 13 mi	Citrus Heights	$2744
22 km or 14 mi	Davis	$2848
26 km or 16 mi	Roseville	$2832
27 km or 17 mi	Woodland	$2816
30 km or 19 mi	Folsom	$2684
33 km or 20 mi	Rocklin	$2560
33 km or 20 mi	Dixon	$2869
38 km or 24 mi	Lincoln	$2612
38 km or 24 mi	Galt	$2762
49 km or 30 mi	Vacaville	$3102
53 km or 33 mi	Lodi	$2624
59 km or 37 mi	Suisun	$3212
61 km or 38 mi	Fairfield	$3551
62 km or 39 mi	Placerville	$2732
63 km or 39 mi	Yuba	$2188
67 km or 42 mi	Oakley	$2977
69 km or 43 mi	Stockton	$2170
69 km or 43 mi	Antioch	$3193
70 km or 44 mi	Pittsburg	$2938
74 km or 46 mi	Brentwood	$3015
77 km or 48 mi	Napa	$3453
82 km or 51 mi	Benicia	$2767
82 km or 51 mi	Concord	$2778
84 km or 52 mi	Martinez	$2780
85 km or 53 mi	Vallejo	$2412
85 km or 53 mi	Pleasant Hill	$2816
86 km or 53 mi	Lathrop	$2646
89 km or 55 mi	Manteca	$2622
90 km or 56 mi	Walnut Creek	$2932
91 km or 56 mi	Sonoma	$3048
93 km or 58 mi	Tracy	$2135
94 km or 58 mi	Hercules	$2840
94 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2888
95 km or 59 mi	Danville	$3785
98 km or 61 mi	San Ramon	$3045