Buenos Aires vs Sacramento - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Buenos Aires	Sacramento
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1139	$2825
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2758	$6608
🏠 One person rent	$496	$1770
🏘️ Family rent	$854	$3115
🍽️ Food expenses	$430	$731
🚐 Transport expenses	$94.9	$146
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$797	$4380
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	78	54
😀 Quality of life	78	88
🏙️ Population	3.12M	525K

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 60% less expensive than in Sacramento. Cities ranked 4856th and 362nd ($1139 vs $2825) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 307th 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 0.7 months in Buenos Aires compared to 1.6 months in Sacramento. Buenos Aires ranked 1st best city to live in Argentina vs Sacramento ranked 98th in the United States, while ranked 1059th and 309th 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	$15.6	$20
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53	$79.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.64	$8.03
☕ Cappuccino	$4.02	$5.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.2	$2.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$527	$1816
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$370	$1449
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$940	$3293
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$669	$2644
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.4	$173
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$266
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.1	$74.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	36.41%	6.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2703	$5035
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1993	$4072
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.69	$2.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.8	$101
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.26	$18.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$4.31
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$5.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.1	$5.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.88	$17.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$5.15
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$4.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$6.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$3.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$3.15
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.89
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.39	$3.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.92	$17.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$2.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.44	$12.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.96	$9.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.33	$8.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$4.17
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.8	$3.25
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.1	$48.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.51	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.9	$135
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$24.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$108	$59.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$95
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$360	$1441
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5464	$27489

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Cities near Buenos Aires

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Villa Dominico	$770
11 km or 7 mi	Lanus	$879
13 km or 7.9 mi	Wilde	$715
13 km or 8.1 mi	Remedios de Escalada	$859
14 km or 8.7 mi	Caseros	$949
14 km or 8.8 mi	Florida Este	$861
14 km or 8.9 mi	Ciudad Madero	$949
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bernal	$641
15 km or 9.4 mi	Monte Chingolo	$811
15 km or 9.6 mi	Lomas del Mirador	$983
17 km or 10 mi	La Tablada	$990
17 km or 10 mi	Quilmes	$590
18 km or 11 mi	Ramos Mejia	$981
18 km or 11 mi	San Justo	$1032
19 km or 12 mi	El Palomar	$968
19 km or 12 mi	Temperley	$871
19 km or 12 mi	Lomas de Zamora	$895
19 km or 12 mi	San Isidro	$844
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Evita	$946
19 km or 12 mi	San Francisco Solano	$766
20 km or 12 mi	Villa Luzuriaga	$981
20 km or 13 mi	Rafael Calzada	$858
22 km or 13 mi	Isidro Casanova	$980
22 km or 13 mi	Ezpeleta	$661
22 km or 14 mi	Moron	$1029
24 km or 15 mi	San Fernando de la Buena Vista	$817
24 km or 15 mi	Florencio Varela	$859
24 km or 15 mi	Burzaco	$848
24 km or 15 mi	Berazategui	$710
25 km or 15 mi	Gregorio de Laferrere	$951
25 km or 16 mi	Rafael Castillo	$959
25 km or 16 mi	Monte Grande	$874
29 km or 18 mi	Ezeiza	$886
29 km or 18 mi	Longchamps	$846
29 km or 18 mi	Libertad	$954
31 km or 19 mi	Gonzalez Catan	$935
32 km or 20 mi	Glew	$841
32 km or 20 mi	Merlo	$947
36 km or 23 mi	Jose C. Paz	$906
37 km or 23 mi	Virrey del Pino	$897

Cities near Sacramento

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.6 km or 2.9 mi	West Sacramento	$2691
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Parkway-South Sacramento	$2703
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Arden-Arcade	$2624
16 km or 9.9 mi	Rancho Cordova	$2692
18 km or 11 mi	Elk Grove	$2767
21 km or 13 mi	Citrus Heights	$2811
22 km or 14 mi	Davis	$2875
26 km or 16 mi	Roseville	$2892
27 km or 17 mi	Woodland	$2839
30 km or 19 mi	Folsom	$2727
33 km or 20 mi	Rocklin	$2630
33 km or 20 mi	Dixon	$2875
38 km or 24 mi	Lincoln	$2665
38 km or 24 mi	Galt	$2782
49 km or 30 mi	Vacaville	$3181
53 km or 33 mi	Lodi	$2672
59 km or 37 mi	Suisun	$3098
61 km or 38 mi	Fairfield	$3344
62 km or 39 mi	Placerville	$2770
63 km or 39 mi	Yuba	$2212
67 km or 42 mi	Oakley	$2943
69 km or 43 mi	Stockton	$2270
69 km or 43 mi	Antioch	$3116
70 km or 44 mi	Pittsburg	$2936
74 km or 46 mi	Brentwood	$2991
77 km or 48 mi	Napa	$3504
82 km or 51 mi	Benicia	$2823
82 km or 51 mi	Concord	$2764
84 km or 52 mi	Martinez	$2910
85 km or 53 mi	Vallejo	$2381
85 km or 53 mi	Pleasant Hill	$2838
86 km or 53 mi	Lathrop	$2721
89 km or 55 mi	Manteca	$2679
90 km or 56 mi	Walnut Creek	$3033
91 km or 56 mi	Sonoma	$3058
93 km or 58 mi	Tracy	$2114
94 km or 58 mi	Hercules	$2858
94 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2950
95 km or 59 mi	Danville	$3818
98 km or 61 mi	San Ramon	$2850