Buenos Aires vs Seattle - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Buenos Aires	Seattle
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1130	$3015
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2837	$7449
🏠 One person rent	$470	$1896
🏘️ Family rent	$887	$3549
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$746
🚐 Transport expenses	$97	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$635	$6742
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	79	80
😀 Quality of life	74	91
🏙️ Population	3.12M	737K

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 63% less expensive than in Seattle. Cities ranked 4694th and 158th ($1130 vs $3015) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 140th 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 0.6 months in Buenos Aires compared to 2.2 months in Seattle. Buenos Aires ranked 1st best city to live in Argentina vs Seattle ranked 15th in the United States, while ranked 1194th and 98th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Buenos Aires vs Seattle

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	Buenos Aires	Seattle
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$21.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47	$90.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.6	$13.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.9	$7.98
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$5.55
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.14	$2.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$530	$2086
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$357	$1567
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1019	$3947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$719	$3067
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.4	$157
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.8	$237
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.5	$68.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	35.01%	6.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2657	$6966
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1964	$5351
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.6	$2.73
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.6	$96.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9	$18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$4.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$4.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.99	$4.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$20.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.8	$14.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.89	$20.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$5.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$5.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$5.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$3.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$1.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.96	$2.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$17.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$3.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.26	$12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.89	$5.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.38	$6.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.55	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$65.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.04	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.9	$183
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$25.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$68.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$131	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$277	$2185
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5728	$29407

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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 Seattle

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Mercer Island	$2826
11 km or 6.5 mi	Bellevue	$3273
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kirkland	$2882
15 km or 9.2 mi	Tukwila	$2624
15 km or 9.5 mi	Burien	$2642
16 km or 10 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2810
17 km or 10 mi	Shoreline	$2973
17 km or 10 mi	Renton	$2595
17 km or 11 mi	Redmond	$3239
17 km or 11 mi	Kenmore	$2718
19 km or 12 mi	SeaTac	$2741
21 km or 13 mi	Bothell	$2625
22 km or 14 mi	Sammamish	$2759
22 km or 14 mi	Edmonds	$2785
23 km or 14 mi	Issaquah	$2606
24 km or 15 mi	Des Moines	$2623
24 km or 15 mi	Lynnwood	$2726
24 km or 15 mi	Bremerton	$2462
26 km or 16 mi	Kent	$2784
30 km or 19 mi	Mill Creek	$2642
33 km or 20 mi	Federal Way	$2532
34 km or 21 mi	Maple Valley	$2579
35 km or 21 mi	Mukilteo	$2637
35 km or 22 mi	Auburn	$2338
41 km or 25 mi	Everett	$2589
42 km or 26 mi	Tacoma	$2517
46 km or 28 mi	University Place	$2604
48 km or 30 mi	Puyallup	$2644
50 km or 31 mi	Lake Stevens	$2604
51 km or 32 mi	Lakewood	$2449
52 km or 33 mi	Marysville	$2598
57 km or 35 mi	Spanaway	$2460
74 km or 46 mi	Lacey	$2571
76 km or 47 mi	Olympia	$2406
78 km or 48 mi	Sequim	$2692
80 km or 50 mi	Oak Harbor	$2751
90 km or 56 mi	Mount Vernon	$2542
100 km or 62 mi	Port Angeles	$2527
109 km or 68 mi	Centralia	$2523
119 km or 74 mi	Victoria	$2093