Buenos Aires vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Buenos Aires	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1130	$705
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2837	$1737
🏠 One person rent	$470	$293
🏘️ Family rent	$887	$447
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$97	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$635	$374
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	79	56
😀 Quality of life	74	57
🏙️ Population	3.12M	2.42M

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 60% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 4694th and 6861st ($1130 vs $705) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 25th in Argentina and Brazil, respectively. Check Argentina vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Buenos Aires compared to 0.5 months in Salvador. Buenos Aires ranked 1st best city to live in Argentina vs Salvador ranked 7th in Brazil, while ranked 1194th and 5641st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Buenos Aires vs Salvador

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	Buenos Aires	Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$5.22
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47	$23.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.6	$6.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.9	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$1.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.14	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$530	$301
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$357	$198
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1019	$485
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$719	$304
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.4	$59.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.8	$91.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.5	$15.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	35.01%	10.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2657	$1103
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1964	$610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.6	$0.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.6	$42.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9	$8.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.99	$1.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$8.43
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.8	$3.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.89	$6.22
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$1.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.23
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.23
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.96	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$6.13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$1.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.26	$1.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$5.48
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.89	$4.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.38	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.55	$0.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$19.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.04	$5.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.9	$28.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$7.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$46.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$131	$64.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$277	$217
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5728	$10392

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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 Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$565
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$564
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$538
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$554
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$540
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$530
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$542
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$490
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$444
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$565
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$527
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$510
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$512
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$509
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$560
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$522
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$567
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$412
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$517
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$591
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$571
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$428
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$531
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$551
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$667
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$531
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$610
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$572
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$547
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$547
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$529
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$534
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$503
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$548
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$529
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$607
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$545
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$553
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$554
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$677