Buenos Aires vs Santo Domingo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Buenos Aires	Santo Domingo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$791	$1051
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$2765
🏠 One person rent	$365	$448
🏘️ Family rent	$638	$955
🍽️ Food expenses	$261	$341
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.1	$167
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$374	$489
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	79	44
😀 Quality of life	71	58
🏙️ Population	3.12M	1.13M

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 25% less expensive than in Santo Domingo. Cities ranked 6407th and 4974th ($791 vs $1051) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st 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 0.5 months in Buenos Aires compared to 0.5 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 2311th and 5711th 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	$7.12	$8.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.7	$42.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.85	$6.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.9	$2.7
☕ Cappuccino	$2.01	$2.91
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.2	$0.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$440	$655
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$292	$302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$884	$1409
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$506	$724
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23.5	$36.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.2	$56.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20.1	$38.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	23.96%	12.18%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2326	$1991
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1774	$1387
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.15	$0.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.7	$74.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.13	$21
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.3
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.27	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2	$2.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.97	$7.45
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.61	$6.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.59	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$2.79
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$2.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$1.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$2.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.7
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.4	$1.43
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.36	$12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$2.29
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.08	$4.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$5.48
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.24	$4.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.82	$2.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.88	$2.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.5	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4	$6.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.1	$39.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.64	$9.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$75	$58.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$93.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$202	$413
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6679	$6562

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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 Santo Domingo

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	San Cristobal	$764
30 km or 19 mi	Boca Chica	$671
51 km or 31 mi	Bani	$692
62 km or 39 mi	San Pedro de Macoris	$717
70 km or 44 mi	Cotui	$653
74 km or 46 mi	Bonao	$536
89 km or 55 mi	Azua	$775
96 km or 59 mi	El Seibo	$745
98 km or 61 mi	La Romana	$700
99 km or 61 mi	San Francisco de Macoris	$541
100 km or 62 mi	Samana	$782
101 km or 62 mi	Nagua	$787
106 km or 66 mi	Jarabacoa	$728
107 km or 66 mi	La Vega	$590
126 km or 78 mi	Higuey	$805
131 km or 81 mi	Barahona	$712
138 km or 85 mi	Santiago de los Caballeros	$779
146 km or 90 mi	San Juan de la Maguana	$589
152 km or 94 mi	Cabarete	$809
156 km or 97 mi	Sosua	$958
161 km or 100 mi	Punta Cana	$1009
169 km or 105 mi	Puerto Plata	$721
174 km or 108 mi	Mao	$724
190 km or 118 mi	Sabaneta	$714
213 km or 132 mi	Cerca-la-Source	$491
252 km or 157 mi	Petion-Ville	$506
254 km or 158 mi	Delmas	$501
258 km or 160 mi	Port-au-Prince	$525
264 km or 164 mi	Carrefour	$514
281 km or 174 mi	Cap-Haitien	$497
286 km or 177 mi	Aguada	$1300
289 km or 180 mi	Aguadilla	$1168
292 km or 182 mi	Mayaguez	$1236
293 km or 182 mi	Cabo Rojo	$1137
298 km or 185 mi	Isabela	$1273
304 km or 189 mi	Saint-Marc	$494
304 km or 189 mi	San German	$1522
307 km or 191 mi	San Sebastian	$1538
312 km or 194 mi	Quebradillas	$1447
313 km or 194 mi	Gonaives	$504