Buenos Aires vs Tampa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Buenos Aires	Tampa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1130	$2560
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2837	$6044
🏠 One person rent	$470	$1641
🏘️ Family rent	$887	$3059
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$671
🚐 Transport expenses	$97	$91.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$635	$4880
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	79	68
😀 Quality of life	74	89
🏙️ Population	3.12M	385K

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 56% less expensive than in Tampa. Cities ranked 4694th and 718th ($1130 vs $2560) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 664th 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 1.9 months in Tampa. Buenos Aires ranked 1st best city to live in Argentina vs Tampa ranked 41st in the United States, while ranked 1194th and 174th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Buenos Aires vs Tampa

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	Buenos Aires	Tampa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$20.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47	$80.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.6	$11.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.9	$6.28
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$4.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.14	$2.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$530	$1745
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$357	$1342
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1019	$3421
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$719	$2594
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.4	$148
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.8	$229
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.5	$70.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	35.01%	6.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2657	$3843
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1964	$2418
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.6	$2.02
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.6	$65.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9	$14.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$0.91
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$3.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$5.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.99	$4.51
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$18.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.8	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.89	$16.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$6.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$4.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$5.01
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$3.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$3.15
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$1.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.96	$2.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$2.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.26	$8.01
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$9.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.89	$5.54
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.38	$3.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.55	$1.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$35.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.04	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.9	$101
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$20.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$55.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$131	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$277	$1387
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5728	$14045

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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 Tampa

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.5 km or 4 mi	Egypt Lake-Leto	$2429
9 km or 5.6 mi	East Lake-Orient Park	$2413
9.7 km or 6 mi	Palm River-Clair Mel	$2419
10 km or 6.4 mi	Temple Terrace	$2402
11 km or 7 mi	University	$2401
27 km or 17 mi	Pinellas Park	$2123
28 km or 17 mi	St. Petersburg	$2605
29 km or 18 mi	Clearwater	$2618
31 km or 19 mi	Dunedin	$2436
32 km or 20 mi	Largo	$2079
33 km or 20 mi	Plant	$2328
34 km or 21 mi	Tarpon Springs	$2373
41 km or 25 mi	Zephyrhills	$2104
50 km or 31 mi	Lakeland	$2467
55 km or 34 mi	Bradenton	$2458
65 km or 41 mi	Brooksville	$2280
71 km or 44 mi	Sarasota	$2811
74 km or 46 mi	Winter Haven	$2038
84 km or 52 mi	Haines	$2194
95 km or 59 mi	Clermont	$2316
97 km or 60 mi	Venice	$2732
105 km or 65 mi	North Port	$2516
108 km or 67 mi	Winter Garden	$2366
109 km or 68 mi	Leesburg	$2269
110 km or 68 mi	Kissimmee	$2295
113 km or 70 mi	Ocoee	$2392
113 km or 71 mi	Sebring	$1748
119 km or 74 mi	St. Cloud	$2289
122 km or 76 mi	Apopka	$2371
123 km or 76 mi	Orlando	$2576
124 km or 77 mi	Eustis	$2286
130 km or 81 mi	Winter Park	$2440
130 km or 81 mi	Altamonte Springs	$2384
136 km or 84 mi	Casselberry	$2373
139 km or 86 mi	Ocala	$1957
141 km or 88 mi	Winter Springs	$2336
146 km or 91 mi	Oviedo	$2335
148 km or 92 mi	Sanford	$2294
156 km or 97 mi	Cape Coral	$2363
161 km or 100 mi	Deltona	$2265