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Pretoria vs. Buenos Aires Cost of Living Summary

Pretoria is 0.4% more expensive than Buenos Aires.

Restaurants: pay 49.8% less in Pretoria
Groceries: pay 24.0% less in Pretoria
Transportation: pay 3.0 times more in Pretoria
Housing: pay 7.0% less in Pretoria
Childcare: pay 37.6% less in Pretoria
Entertainment and Sports: pay 28.1% less in Pretoria
Clothing: pay 46.5% less in Pretoria

Expenses including restaurants, clothing, childcare, entertainment and sports, groceries, and housing are lower in Pretoria. Notably, transportation is significantly more expensive in Pretoria.

Pretoria vs. Buenos Aires Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Pretoria instead of Buenos Aires, you would:

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pay 49.8% less for restaurants

	Buenos Aires	Pretoria
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$18.00 ARS26,034.72	$8.64 ZAR147.89	-52.0%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$12.00 ARS17,356.48	$5.04 ZAR86.27	-58.0%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.18 ARS3,154.71	$1.08 ZAR18.50	-50.4%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.39 ARS2,007.74	$0.85 ZAR14.58	-38.6%
Average			-49.8%

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pay 24.0% less for groceries

	Buenos Aires	Pretoria
Bread 1 loaf	$2.89 ARS4,181.15	$1.06 ZAR18.16	-63.3%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$6.13 ARS8,871.09	$4.04 ZAR69.13	-34.1%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.84 ARS8,442.80	$4.70 ZAR80.48	-19.4%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.29 ARS4,757.11	$2.48 ZAR42.36	-24.7%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.92 ARS5,669.05	$2.11 ZAR36.15	-46.1%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.15 ARS1,664.69	$0.76 ZAR13.02	-33.9%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.96 ARS1,390.37	$0.71 ZAR12.19	-25.9%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.57 ARS819.15	$0.75 ZAR12.83	+32.4%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.14 ARS1,648.30	$0.76 ZAR13.02	-33.3%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.66 ARS952.66	$0.60 ZAR10.20	-9.5%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.58 ARS837.26	$0.55 ZAR9.34	-5.7%
Average			-24.0%

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pay 3.0 times more for transportation

	Buenos Aires	Pretoria
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.31 ARS6,237.99	$5.00 ZAR85.49	+15.8%
Monthly public transit pass	$20.00 ARS28,927.47	$170.26 ZAR2,913.51	+751.3%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$25,000.00 ARS36,159,331.25	$20,166.39 ZAR345,085.73	-19.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$9.51 ARS13,762.18	$12.96 ZAR221.84	+36.2%
Average			+196.0%

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pay 7.0% less for housing

	Buenos Aires	Pretoria
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$29.42 ARS42,555.70	$36.76 ZAR629.04	+24.9%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$659.06 ARS953,253.26	$407.94 ZAR6,980.59	-38.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$463.75 ARS670,751.66	$411.01 ZAR7,033.18	-11.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$100.98 ARS146,052.25	$97.62 ZAR1,670.51	-3.3%
Average			-7.0%

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pay 37.6% less for childcare

	Buenos Aires	Pretoria
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$367.39 ARS531,384.95	$202.82 ZAR3,470.58	-44.8%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$5,496.25 ARS7,949,628.98	$3,822.97 ZAR65,418.40	-30.4%
Average			-37.6%

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pay 28.1% less for entertainment and sports

	Buenos Aires	Pretoria
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.80 ARS5,496.22	$2.30 ZAR39.44	-39.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$4.13 ARS5,967.15	$2.15 ZAR36.72	-48.0%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$3.68 ARS5,322.65	$2.88 ZAR49.30	-21.7%
Monthly membership at local gym	$43.59 ARS63,042.89	$35.87 ZAR613.80	-17.7%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$9.00 ARS13,017.36	$7.78 ZAR133.10	-13.6%
Average			-28.1%

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pay 46.5% less for clothing

	Buenos Aires	Pretoria
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$112.87 ARS163,247.52	$50.50 ZAR864.09	-55.3%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$91.59 ARS132,477.95	$33.12 ZAR566.83	-63.8%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$129.33 ARS187,064.27	$89.07 ZAR1,524.13	-31.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$134.94 ARS195,167.49	$86.43 ZAR1,478.94	-35.9%
Average			-46.5%

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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: December 2025

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