Buenos Aires vs Zapopan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Buenos Aires	Zapopan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1130	$1021
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2837	$2412
🏠 One person rent	$470	$449
🏘️ Family rent	$887	$742
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$358
🚐 Transport expenses	$97	$131
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$635	$925
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	79	49
😀 Quality of life	74	59
🏙️ Population	3.12M	1.48M

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 11% more expensive than in Zapopan. Cities ranked 4694th and 5351st ($1130 vs $1021) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 14th in Argentina and Mexico, respectively. Check Argentina vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Buenos Aires compared to 0.9 months in Zapopan. Buenos Aires ranked 1st best city to live in Argentina vs Zapopan ranked 3rd in Mexico, while ranked 1194th and 5375th 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	$14.4	$9.72
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47	$38.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.6	$8.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.9	$2.2
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.14	$1.18
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$530	$542
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$357	$330
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1019	$978
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$719	$553
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.4	$50.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.8	$78.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.5	$25.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	35.01%	11.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2657	$5058
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1964	$452
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.6	$0.47
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.6	$24.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9	$21
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$2.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.99	$1.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$8.33
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.8	$7.34
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.89	$9.71
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$2.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.88
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$0.73
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.96	$1.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$9.85
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$1.59
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.26	$3.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$5.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.89	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.38	$1.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.55	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$44.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.04	$4.67
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.9	$27.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$8.88
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$46.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$131	$94.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$277	$162
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5728	$5821

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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 Zapopan

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Guadalajara	$1017
11 km or 6.9 mi	Tlaquepaque	$660
99 km or 61 mi	La Barca	$778
113 km or 70 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$780
142 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$773
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$906
163 km or 101 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$721
167 km or 104 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$831
168 km or 104 mi	Colima	$634
172 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$796
179 km or 111 mi	Tepic	$587
183 km or 114 mi	Leon	$684
192 km or 119 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1162
195 km or 121 mi	Zacapu	$804
200 km or 124 mi	Uruapan	$673
206 km or 128 mi	Silao	$768
208 km or 129 mi	Tecoman	$744
209 km or 130 mi	Manzanillo	$813
212 km or 131 mi	Apatzingan	$753
213 km or 132 mi	Irapuato	$667
214 km or 133 mi	Sayulita	$977
224 km or 139 mi	Guanajuato	$853
229 km or 142 mi	Salamanca	$634
243 km or 151 mi	Yuriria	$725
243 km or 151 mi	Zacatecas	$677
254 km or 158 mi	Cortazar	$693
256 km or 159 mi	Morelia	$717
269 km or 167 mi	Celaya	$638
276 km or 172 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
278 km or 173 mi	Fresnillo	$760
296 km or 184 mi	San Luis Potosi	$808
313 km or 194 mi	Queretaro	$983
332 km or 206 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$781
354 km or 220 mi	Rioverde	$846
355 km or 221 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
370 km or 230 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
389 km or 242 mi	Durango	$662
394 km or 245 mi	Zihuatanejo	$856
419 km or 260 mi	Mazatlan	$1214
422 km or 262 mi	Toluca	$696