Buenos Aires vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Buenos Aires	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$791	$1190
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$3757
🏠 One person rent	$365	$635
🏘️ Family rent	$638	$1613
🍽️ Food expenses	$261	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.1	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$374	$1455
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	79	100
😀 Quality of life	71	78
🏙️ Population	3.12M	24.9M

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 34% less expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 6407th and 4461st ($791 vs $1190) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th in Argentina and China, respectively. Check Argentina vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Buenos Aires compared to 1.2 months in Shanghai. Buenos Aires ranked 1st best city to live in Argentina vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 2311th and 558th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Buenos Aires vs Shanghai

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	Buenos Aires	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.12	$4.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.7	$40.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.85	$5.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.9	$1.7
☕ Cappuccino	$2.01	$3.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.2	$0.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$440	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$292	$497
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$884	$2595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$506	$1269
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23.5	$39.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.2	$60.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20.1	$17.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	23.96%	4.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2326	$17366
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1774	$9346
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.15	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.7	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.13	$6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$2.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.27	$2.02
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.47
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2	$2.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.97	$18.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.61	$4.12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.59	$12.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$2.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$1.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$0.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.4	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.36	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.08	$3.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$6.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.24	$7.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.82	$1.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.88	$2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.5	$69.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4	$8.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.1	$89.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.64	$12
👖 Brand Jeans	$75	$66.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$78.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$202	$1283
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6679	$28143

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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 Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1074
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$731
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$771
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$763
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$1020
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$596
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$682
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$731
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$651
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$678
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$687
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$699
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$688
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$690
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$677
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$675
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$755
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$707
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$713
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$682
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$831
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$665
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$679
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$694
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$625
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$707
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$625
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$651
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$703
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$524
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$631
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$645
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$720
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$725
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$696
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$617
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$719
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$789
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$652
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$740