Buenos Aires vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Buenos Aires	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1247	$798
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3037	$2386
🏠 One person rent	$555	$290
🏘️ Family rent	$961	$499
🍽️ Food expenses	$463	$284
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$824	$1351
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	79	65
😀 Quality of life	77	74
🏙️ Population	3.12M	12.7M

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 56% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 4647th and 6776th ($1247 vs $798) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 29th in Argentina and China, respectively. Check Argentina vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Buenos Aires compared to 1.7 months in Suzhou. Buenos Aires ranked 1st best city to live in Argentina vs Suzhou ranked 10th in China, while ranked 1053rd and 2020th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Buenos Aires vs Suzhou

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	Buenos Aires	Suzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.5	$4.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.1	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.4	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.85	$2.19
☕ Cappuccino	$4.15	$3.57
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.05	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$583	$402
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$405	$172
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1068	$722
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$729	$314
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$88.4	$60.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$138	$92.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.7	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	42.38%	3.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2619	$5286
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1815	$2709
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.67	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25	$44.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.35	$4.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$2.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$2.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.89	$1.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$22.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.84	$3.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$8.83
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.4
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$1.23
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.12	$2.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.9	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.71	$4.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.4	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.49	$4.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.36	$1.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.73	$2.17
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.7	$33.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.2	$5.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.2	$82.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$13	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$113	$51.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$82.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$440	$1049
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7057	$20341

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Cities near Buenos Aires

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Villa Dominico	$859
11 km or 7 mi	Lanus	$955
13 km or 7.9 mi	Wilde	$788
13 km or 8.1 mi	Remedios de Escalada	$929
14 km or 8.7 mi	Caseros	$970
14 km or 8.8 mi	Florida Este	$914
14 km or 8.9 mi	Ciudad Madero	$1003
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bernal	$693
15 km or 9.4 mi	Monte Chingolo	$909
15 km or 9.6 mi	Lomas del Mirador	$1020
17 km or 10 mi	La Tablada	$1035
17 km or 10 mi	Quilmes	$610
18 km or 11 mi	Ramos Mejia	$1001
18 km or 11 mi	San Justo	$1082
19 km or 12 mi	El Palomar	$979
19 km or 12 mi	Temperley	$920
19 km or 12 mi	Lomas de Zamora	$928
19 km or 12 mi	San Isidro	$872
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Evita	$998
19 km or 12 mi	San Francisco Solano	$853
20 km or 12 mi	Villa Luzuriaga	$1001
20 km or 13 mi	Rafael Calzada	$920
22 km or 13 mi	Isidro Casanova	$1008
22 km or 13 mi	Ezpeleta	$733
22 km or 14 mi	Moron	$1048
24 km or 15 mi	San Fernando de la Buena Vista	$863
24 km or 15 mi	Florencio Varela	$927
24 km or 15 mi	Burzaco	$920
24 km or 15 mi	Berazategui	$784
25 km or 15 mi	Gregorio de Laferrere	$984
25 km or 16 mi	Rafael Castillo	$977
25 km or 16 mi	Monte Grande	$939
29 km or 18 mi	Ezeiza	$948
29 km or 18 mi	Longchamps	$923
29 km or 18 mi	Libertad	$972
31 km or 19 mi	Gonzalez Catan	$961
32 km or 20 mi	Glew	$923
32 km or 20 mi	Merlo	$959
36 km or 23 mi	Jose C. Paz	$945
37 km or 23 mi	Virrey del Pino	$948

Cities near Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$726
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$678
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$686
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$708
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$596
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$652
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$680
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$658
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$663
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$581
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1147
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$636
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$643
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$645
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1030
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$657
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$651
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$725
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$659
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$667
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$899
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$623
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$627
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$664
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$670
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$693
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$644
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$623
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$661
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$620
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$691
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$684
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$660
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$789
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$693
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$644
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$571
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$671
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$635