Buenos Aires vs Zapopan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Buenos Aires	Zapopan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$791	$1217
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$2927
🏠 One person rent	$365	$619
🏘️ Family rent	$638	$1159
🍽️ Food expenses	$261	$396
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.1	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$374	$1017
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	79	49
😀 Quality of life	71	58
🏙️ Population	3.12M	1.48M

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 35% less expensive than in Zapopan. Cities ranked 6407th and 4389th ($791 vs $1217) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 10th in Argentina and Mexico, respectively. Check Argentina vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Buenos Aires compared to 0.8 months in Zapopan. Buenos Aires ranked 1st best city to live in Argentina vs Zapopan ranked 4th in Mexico, while ranked 2311th and 5642nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Buenos Aires vs Zapopan

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	Buenos Aires	Zapopan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.12	$10.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.7	$47.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.85	$9.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.9	$2.36
☕ Cappuccino	$2.01	$3.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.2	$1.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$440	$819
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$292	$451
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$884	$1657
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$506	$875
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23.5	$58.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.2	$91.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20.1	$36.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	23.96%	12.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2326	$4200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1774	$1563
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.15	$0.7
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.7	$23.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.13	$14.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.39
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.27	$2.84
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.01
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2	$2.27
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.97	$8.62
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.61	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.59	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$2.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$1.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$1.88
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.88
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.82
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.4	$2.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.36	$11.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.08	$4.07
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$5.57
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.24	$3.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.82	$1.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.88	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.5	$44.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4	$7.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.1	$29
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.64	$7.27
👖 Brand Jeans	$75	$64.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$202	$312
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6679	$5586

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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 Zapopan

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Guadalajara	$1035
11 km or 6.9 mi	Tlaquepaque	$785
99 km or 61 mi	La Barca	$873
113 km or 70 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$867
142 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$865
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$854
163 km or 101 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$818
167 km or 104 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$846
168 km or 104 mi	Colima	$672
172 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$818
179 km or 111 mi	Tepic	$681
183 km or 114 mi	Leon	$812
192 km or 119 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1303
195 km or 121 mi	Zacapu	$881
200 km or 124 mi	Uruapan	$789
206 km or 128 mi	Silao	$912
208 km or 129 mi	Tecoman	$774
209 km or 130 mi	Manzanillo	$741
212 km or 131 mi	Apatzingan	$830
213 km or 132 mi	Irapuato	$763
214 km or 133 mi	Sayulita	$1094
224 km or 139 mi	Guanajuato	$1076
229 km or 142 mi	Salamanca	$707
243 km or 151 mi	Yuriria	$812
243 km or 151 mi	Zacatecas	$630
254 km or 158 mi	Cortazar	$774
256 km or 159 mi	Morelia	$765
269 km or 167 mi	Celaya	$682
276 km or 172 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1384
278 km or 173 mi	Fresnillo	$784
296 km or 184 mi	San Luis Potosi	$984
313 km or 194 mi	Queretaro	$996
332 km or 206 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$900
354 km or 220 mi	Rioverde	$915
355 km or 221 mi	San Juan del Rio	$913
370 km or 230 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$856
389 km or 242 mi	Durango	$793
394 km or 245 mi	Zihuatanejo	$994
419 km or 260 mi	Mazatlan	$1185
422 km or 262 mi	Toluca	$781