Buenos Aires vs Seattle - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Buenos Aires	Seattle
🚶 Cost of living one person	$791	$2974
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$7082
🏠 One person rent	$365	$1895
🏘️ Family rent	$638	$3327
🍽️ Food expenses	$261	$708
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.1	$169
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$374	$6506
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	79	80
😀 Quality of life	71	90
🏙️ Population	3.12M	737K

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 73% less expensive than in Seattle. Cities ranked 6407th and 145th ($791 vs $2974) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 120th 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 0.5 months in Buenos Aires compared to 2.2 months in Seattle. Buenos Aires ranked 1st best city to live in Argentina vs Seattle ranked 19th in the United States, while ranked 2311th and 125th 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	$7.12	$18.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.7	$85
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.85	$12.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.9	$8.28
☕ Cappuccino	$2.01	$5.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.2	$3.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$440	$2036
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$292	$1598
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$884	$3765
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$506	$2858
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23.5	$144
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.2	$222
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20.1	$65.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	23.96%	6.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2326	$9273
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1774	$5449
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.15	$2.73
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.7	$96.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.13	$20.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.3
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.27	$3.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$4.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2	$4.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.97	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.61	$15.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.59	$20.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$4.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$4.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$5.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$2.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$3.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$1.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.4	$3.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.36	$16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$3.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.08	$11.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.24	$6.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.82	$6.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.88	$2.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.5	$62.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.1	$177
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.64	$24.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$75	$62.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$95.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$202	$1999
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6679	$29730

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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 Seattle

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Mercer Island	$2814
11 km or 6.5 mi	Bellevue	$3345
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kirkland	$2920
15 km or 9.2 mi	Tukwila	$2514
15 km or 9.5 mi	Burien	$2507
16 km or 10 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2810
17 km or 10 mi	Shoreline	$3118
17 km or 10 mi	Renton	$2157
17 km or 11 mi	Redmond	$3262
17 km or 11 mi	Kenmore	$2728
19 km or 12 mi	SeaTac	$2463
21 km or 13 mi	Bothell	$2729
22 km or 14 mi	Sammamish	$2758
22 km or 14 mi	Edmonds	$2837
23 km or 14 mi	Issaquah	$2651
24 km or 15 mi	Des Moines	$2549
24 km or 15 mi	Lynnwood	$2750
24 km or 15 mi	Bremerton	$2313
26 km or 16 mi	Kent	$2827
30 km or 19 mi	Mill Creek	$2663
33 km or 20 mi	Federal Way	$2587
34 km or 21 mi	Maple Valley	$2585
35 km or 21 mi	Mukilteo	$2627
35 km or 22 mi	Auburn	$2597
41 km or 25 mi	Everett	$2604
42 km or 26 mi	Tacoma	$2830
46 km or 28 mi	University Place	$2652
48 km or 30 mi	Puyallup	$2733
50 km or 31 mi	Lake Stevens	$2593
51 km or 32 mi	Lakewood	$2461
52 km or 33 mi	Marysville	$2585
57 km or 35 mi	Spanaway	$2402
74 km or 46 mi	Lacey	$2546
76 km or 47 mi	Olympia	$2500
78 km or 48 mi	Sequim	$2576
80 km or 50 mi	Oak Harbor	$2588
90 km or 56 mi	Mount Vernon	$2255
100 km or 62 mi	Port Angeles	$2451
109 km or 68 mi	Centralia	$2470
119 km or 74 mi	Victoria	$2210