Buenos Aires vs Santo Domingo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Buenos Aires	Santo Domingo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1130	$928
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2837	$2508
🏠 One person rent	$470	$352
🏘️ Family rent	$887	$806
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$337
🚐 Transport expenses	$97	$153
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$635	$574
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	79	44
😀 Quality of life	74	58
🏙️ Population	3.12M	1.13M

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 22% more expensive than in Santo Domingo. Cities ranked 4694th and 5898th ($1130 vs $928) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd 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 0.6 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 1194th and 5536th 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	$14.4	$8.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47	$38.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.6	$6.83
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.9	$2.54
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$3.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.14	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$530	$473
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$357	$222
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1019	$1119
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$719	$596
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.4	$45.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.8	$70.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.5	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	35.01%	12.45%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2657	$1524
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1964	$1100
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.6	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.6	$66.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.99	$2.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$7.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.8	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.89	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$3.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$0.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.96	$1.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$2.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.26	$5.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$5.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.89	$4.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.38	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.55	$2.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.04	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.9	$33.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$51.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$131	$85.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$277	$255
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5728	$7607

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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 Santo Domingo

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	San Cristobal	$812
30 km or 19 mi	Boca Chica	$784
51 km or 31 mi	Bani	$695
62 km or 39 mi	San Pedro de Macoris	$707
70 km or 44 mi	Cotui	$645
74 km or 46 mi	Bonao	$545
89 km or 55 mi	Azua	$750
96 km or 59 mi	El Seibo	$733
98 km or 61 mi	La Romana	$656
99 km or 61 mi	San Francisco de Macoris	$510
100 km or 62 mi	Samana	$692
101 km or 62 mi	Nagua	$773
106 km or 66 mi	Jarabacoa	$724
107 km or 66 mi	La Vega	$561
126 km or 78 mi	Higuey	$735
131 km or 81 mi	Barahona	$707
138 km or 85 mi	Santiago de los Caballeros	$784
146 km or 90 mi	San Juan de la Maguana	$645
152 km or 94 mi	Cabarete	$774
156 km or 97 mi	Sosua	$961
161 km or 100 mi	Punta Cana	$1138
169 km or 105 mi	Puerto Plata	$751
174 km or 108 mi	Mao	$724
190 km or 118 mi	Sabaneta	$715
213 km or 132 mi	Cerca-la-Source	$505
252 km or 157 mi	Petion-Ville	$521
254 km or 158 mi	Delmas	$520
258 km or 160 mi	Port-au-Prince	$542
264 km or 164 mi	Carrefour	$527
281 km or 174 mi	Cap-Haitien	$511
286 km or 177 mi	Aguada	$1314
289 km or 180 mi	Aguadilla	$1221
292 km or 182 mi	Mayaguez	$1264
293 km or 182 mi	Cabo Rojo	$1145
298 km or 185 mi	Isabela	$1429
304 km or 189 mi	Saint-Marc	$508
304 km or 189 mi	San German	$1546
307 km or 191 mi	San Sebastian	$1538
312 km or 194 mi	Quebradillas	$1457
313 km or 194 mi	Gonaives	$521