Buenos Aires vs Santo Domingo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Buenos Aires	Santo Domingo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1139	$1020
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2758	$2466
🏠 One person rent	$496	$456
🏘️ Family rent	$854	$781
🍽️ Food expenses	$430	$346
🚐 Transport expenses	$94.9	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$797	$584
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	78	43
😀 Quality of life	78	61
🏙️ Population	3.12M	1.13M

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 12% more expensive than in Santo Domingo. Cities ranked 4856th and 5424th ($1139 vs $1020) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 2nd in Argentina and the Dominican Republic, respectively. Check Argentina vs the Dominican Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Buenos Aires compared to 0.6 months in Santo Domingo. Buenos Aires ranked 1st best city to live in Argentina vs Santo Domingo ranked 1st in the Dominican Republic, while ranked 1059th and 5754th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Buenos Aires vs Santo Domingo

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	Buenos Aires	Santo Domingo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$7.95
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53	$47.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$7.15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.64	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$4.02	$2.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.2	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$527	$593
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$370	$311
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$940	$1055
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$669	$565
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.4	$54.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$83.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.1	$34.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	36.41%	14.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2703	$1413
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1993	$922
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.69	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.8	$34.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.26	$20.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.1	$2.34
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$7.25
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.88	$5.36
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$8.81
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$3.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$0.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$2.76
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$2.2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$2.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.39	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.92	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$2.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.44	$5.61
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.96	$5.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.33	$4.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.8	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.1	$32.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.51	$7.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.9	$32.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$9.59
👖 Brand Jeans	$108	$57.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$86.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$360	$221
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5464	$7804

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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 Santo Domingo

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	San Cristobal	$853
30 km or 19 mi	Boca Chica	$844
51 km or 31 mi	Bani	$708
62 km or 39 mi	San Pedro de Macoris	$778
70 km or 44 mi	Cotui	$648
74 km or 46 mi	Bonao	$539
89 km or 55 mi	Azua	$749
96 km or 59 mi	El Seibo	$750
98 km or 61 mi	La Romana	$676
99 km or 61 mi	San Francisco de Macoris	$502
100 km or 62 mi	Samana	$686
101 km or 62 mi	Nagua	$781
106 km or 66 mi	Jarabacoa	$720
107 km or 66 mi	La Vega	$525
126 km or 78 mi	Higuey	$730
131 km or 81 mi	Barahona	$713
138 km or 85 mi	Santiago de los Caballeros	$822
146 km or 90 mi	San Juan de la Maguana	$639
152 km or 94 mi	Cabarete	$857
156 km or 97 mi	Sosua	$948
161 km or 100 mi	Punta Cana	$1150
169 km or 105 mi	Puerto Plata	$724
174 km or 108 mi	Mao	$736
190 km or 118 mi	Sabaneta	$721
213 km or 132 mi	Cerca-la-Source	$529
252 km or 157 mi	Petion-Ville	$546
254 km or 158 mi	Delmas	$541
258 km or 160 mi	Port-au-Prince	$567
264 km or 164 mi	Carrefour	$552
281 km or 174 mi	Cap-Haitien	$536
286 km or 177 mi	Aguada	$1320
289 km or 180 mi	Aguadilla	$1220
292 km or 182 mi	Mayaguez	$1436
293 km or 182 mi	Cabo Rojo	$1574
298 km or 185 mi	Isabela	$1472
304 km or 189 mi	Saint-Marc	$533
304 km or 189 mi	San German	$1650
307 km or 191 mi	San Sebastian	$1617
312 km or 194 mi	Quebradillas	$1592
313 km or 194 mi	Gonaives	$544