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United Kingdom vs. Argentina Cost of Living Summary

United Kingdom is 3.2 times more expensive than Argentina overall.

Restaurants: pay 70.0% more in United Kingdom
Groceries: pay 40.1% more in United Kingdom
Transportation: pay 3.1 times more in United Kingdom
Housing: pay 4.1 times more in United Kingdom
Childcare: pay 7.6 times more in United Kingdom
Entertainment and Sports: pay 3.5 times more in United Kingdom
Clothing: pay 15.8% less in United Kingdom

The cost of childcare, housing, entertainment and sports, transportation, restaurants, and groceries in United Kingdom are more expensive than in Argentina. Notably, childcare, housing, and entertainment and sports are significantly more expensive in United Kingdom.

United Kingdom vs. Argentina Cost Breakdown

If you lived in United Kingdom instead of Argentina, you would:

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pay 70.0% more for restaurants

	Argentina	United Kingdom
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$8.59 ARS9,998.96	$18.70 £14.05	+117.6%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.73 ARS7,831.15	$9.25 £6.95	+37.5%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.32 ARS1,537.75	$2.23 £1.68	+69.0%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.00 ARS1,166.74	$1.57 £1.18	+56.1%
Average			+70.0%

Argentina vs. United Kingdom - Cost of restaurants

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pay 40.1% more for groceries

	Argentina	United Kingdom
Bread 1 loaf	$1.43 ARS1,661.57	$1.53 £1.15	+7.1%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.84 ARS4,463.43	$4.35 £3.27	+13.5%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.28 ARS4,978.94	$5.92 £4.45	+38.4%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.79 ARS2,084.93	$3.77 £2.83	+110.2%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.64 ARS3,073.45	$3.70 £2.78	+40.1%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.91 ARS1,054.13	$1.23 £0.92	+35.6%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.85 ARS986.72	$0.67 £0.50	-21.6%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.64 ARS749.73	$1.26 £0.95	+95.3%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.01 ARS1,171.39	$1.42 £1.06	+40.7%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.46 ARS539.70	$0.65 £0.49	+39.3%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.46 ARS531.67	$0.65 £0.49	+42.0%
Average			+40.1%

Argentina vs. United Kingdom - Cost of groceries

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pay 3.1 times more for transportation

	Argentina	United Kingdom
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.66 ARS4,260.27	$7.07 £5.31	+93.2%
Monthly public transit pass	$13.28 ARS15,450.45	$98.23 £73.79	+639.9%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$28,930.00 ARS33,665,401.99	$34,832.80 £26,164.52	+20.4%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$9.90 ARS11,516.12	$17.15 £12.88	+73.3%
Average			+206.7%

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pay 4.1 times more for housing

	Argentina	United Kingdom
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$19.37 ARS22,537.16	$39.40 £29.60	+103.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$303.40 ARS353,066.08	$1,243.58 £934.11	+309.9%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$221.72 ARS258,006.99	$1,020.84 £766.80	+360.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$41.92 ARS48,785.58	$229.21 £172.17	+446.7%
Average			+305.1%

Argentina vs. United Kingdom - Cost of housing

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pay 7.6 times more for childcare

	Argentina	United Kingdom
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$173.69 ARS202,117.51	$1,497.56 £1,124.89	+762.2%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$2,841.72 ARS3,306,865.59	$18,629.32 £13,993.34	+555.6%
Average			+658.9%

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pay 3.5 times more for entertainment and sports

	Argentina	United Kingdom
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.81 ARS2,105.40	$5.63 £4.23	+210.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.09 ARS2,427.87	$4.12 £3.10	+97.6%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.36 ARS2,743.39	$17.47 £13.12	+641.1%
Monthly membership at local gym	$18.92 ARS22,014.39	$45.31 £34.04	+139.5%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$4.76 ARS5,543.50	$12.89 £9.69	+170.7%
Average			+252.0%

Argentina vs. United Kingdom - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 15.8% less for clothing

	Argentina	United Kingdom
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$79.59 ARS92,622.19	$78.43 £58.91	-1.5%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$69.14 ARS80,461.25	$40.13 £30.14	-42.0%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$107.64 ARS125,257.25	$90.36 £67.87	-16.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$100.20 ARS116,597.25	$96.72 £72.65	-3.5%
Average			-15.8%

Argentina vs. United Kingdom - Cost of clothing

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: April 2025

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