Buenos Aires vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Buenos Aires	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1139	$771
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2758	$2209
🏠 One person rent	$496	$265
🏘️ Family rent	$854	$448
🍽️ Food expenses	$430	$292
🚐 Transport expenses	$94.9	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$797	$1127
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	78	70
😀 Quality of life	78	71
🏙️ Population	3.12M	12.7M

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 48% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 4856th and 6778th ($1139 vs $771) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 31st 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 1.5 months in Suzhou. Buenos Aires ranked 1st best city to live in Argentina vs Suzhou ranked 23rd in China, while ranked 1059th and 3523rd 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	$15.6	$4.17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53	$42.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$4.91
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.64	$2.54
☕ Cappuccino	$4.02	$3.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.2	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$527	$328
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$370	$163
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$940	$581
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$669	$291
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.4	$57.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$87.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.1	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	36.41%	3.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2703	$5716
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1993	$2955
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.69	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.8	$41.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.26	$4.46
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$2.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$2.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.1	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$20.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.88	$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$8.05
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.39	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.92	$12.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.44	$4.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.96	$8.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.33	$4.46
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$1.21
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.8	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.1	$36.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.51	$6.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.9	$78.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$7.93
👖 Brand Jeans	$108	$50.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$72.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$360	$778
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5464	$15339

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Cities near Buenos Aires

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Villa Dominico	$770
11 km or 7 mi	Lanus	$879
13 km or 7.9 mi	Wilde	$715
13 km or 8.1 mi	Remedios de Escalada	$859
14 km or 8.7 mi	Caseros	$949
14 km or 8.8 mi	Florida Este	$861
14 km or 8.9 mi	Ciudad Madero	$949
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bernal	$641
15 km or 9.4 mi	Monte Chingolo	$811
15 km or 9.6 mi	Lomas del Mirador	$983
17 km or 10 mi	La Tablada	$990
17 km or 10 mi	Quilmes	$590
18 km or 11 mi	Ramos Mejia	$981
18 km or 11 mi	San Justo	$1032
19 km or 12 mi	El Palomar	$968
19 km or 12 mi	Temperley	$871
19 km or 12 mi	Lomas de Zamora	$895
19 km or 12 mi	San Isidro	$844
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Evita	$946
19 km or 12 mi	San Francisco Solano	$766
20 km or 12 mi	Villa Luzuriaga	$981
20 km or 13 mi	Rafael Calzada	$858
22 km or 13 mi	Isidro Casanova	$980
22 km or 13 mi	Ezpeleta	$661
22 km or 14 mi	Moron	$1029
24 km or 15 mi	San Fernando de la Buena Vista	$817
24 km or 15 mi	Florencio Varela	$859
24 km or 15 mi	Burzaco	$848
24 km or 15 mi	Berazategui	$710
25 km or 15 mi	Gregorio de Laferrere	$951
25 km or 16 mi	Rafael Castillo	$959
25 km or 16 mi	Monte Grande	$874
29 km or 18 mi	Ezeiza	$886
29 km or 18 mi	Longchamps	$846
29 km or 18 mi	Libertad	$954
31 km or 19 mi	Gonzalez Catan	$935
32 km or 20 mi	Glew	$841
32 km or 20 mi	Merlo	$947
36 km or 23 mi	Jose C. Paz	$906
37 km or 23 mi	Virrey del Pino	$897

Cities near Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$696
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$632
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$679
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$673
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$597
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$631
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$634
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$674
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$547
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1128
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$601
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$612
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$621
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1003
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$639
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$622
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$696
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$630
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$642
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$826
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$597
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$597
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$634
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$740
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$651
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$618
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$602
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$637
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$590
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$664
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$659
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$713
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$753
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$663
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$617
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$576
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$672
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$610