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Buenos Aires vs. Fremont Cost of Living Summary

Buenos Aires is 52.6% cheaper than Fremont.

Restaurants: pay 6.4% less in Buenos Aires
Groceries: pay 48.5% less in Buenos Aires
Transportation: pay 39.4% less in Buenos Aires
Housing: pay 73.1% less in Buenos Aires
Childcare: pay 76.1% less in Buenos Aires
Entertainment and Sports: pay 31.7% less in Buenos Aires
Clothing: pay 53.0% more in Buenos Aires

Expenses including childcare, housing, groceries, transportation, entertainment and sports, and restaurants are lower in Buenos Aires.

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Buenos Aires vs. Fremont Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 6.4% less for restaurants

	Fremont	Buenos Aires
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$20.00	$19.02 ARS28,867.92	-4.9%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$12.00	$12.96 ARS19,666.72	+8.0%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.70	$2.01 ARS3,046.07	-25.7%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$2.40	$1.59 ARS2,416.19	-33.7%
Average			-6.4%

Fremont vs. Buenos Aires - Cost of restaurants

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pay 48.5% less for groceries

	Fremont	Buenos Aires
Bread 1 loaf	$4.44	$2.48 ARS3,760.09	-44.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$9.82	$5.25 ARS7,963.70	-46.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.00	$5.52 ARS8,377.38	-8.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$6.50	$2.81 ARS4,263.39	-56.8%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$6.46	$4.60 ARS6,980.92	-28.8%
Apples (1 lb)	$2.39	$1.28 ARS1,941.94	-46.5%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.90	$0.97 ARS1,476.56	+8.7%
Oranges (1 lb)	$2.49	$0.65 ARS986.85	-73.9%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$2.50	$0.92 ARS1,393.21	-63.2%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.61	$0.56 ARS848.67	-65.2%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.34	$0.56 ARS844.69	-58.4%
Average			-48.5%

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pay 39.4% less for transportation

	Fremont	Buenos Aires
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.87	$5.28 ARS8,007.72	-10.2%
Monthly public transit pass	$84.00	$27.50 ARS41,740.44	-67.3%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$36,998.00	$28,500.00 ARS43M	-23.0%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$27.50	$9.60 ARS14,571.21	-65.1%
Average			-39.4%

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pay 73.1% less for housing

	Fremont	Buenos Aires
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$83.15	$31.11 ARS47,221.65	-62.6%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$2,910.00	$770.79 ARS1M	-73.5%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$2,582.00	$509.75 ARS774K	-80.3%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$282.08	$162.43 ARS247K	-42.4%
Average			-73.1%

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pay 76.1% less for childcare

	Fremont	Buenos Aires
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$1,822.00	$464.87 ARS706K	-74.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$39,800.00	$8,896.36 ARS14M	-77.6%
Average			-76.1%

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pay 31.7% less for entertainment and sports

	Fremont	Buenos Aires
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$9.00	$3.95 ARS6,000.81	-56.1%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$5.43	$3.86 ARS5,864.38	-28.8%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$11.71	$4.21 ARS6,386.52	-64.1%
Monthly membership at local gym	$36.66	$49.97 ARS75,852.96	+36.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$17.00	$10.38 ARS15,758.71	-38.9%
Average			-31.7%

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pay 53.0% more for clothing

	Fremont	Buenos Aires
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$59.81	$120.49 ARS183K	+101.4%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$51.33	$95.69 ARS145K	+86.4%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$91.67	$115.94 ARS176K	+26.5%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$119.91	$138.37 ARS210K	+15.4%
Average			+53.0%

Fremont vs. Buenos Aires - Cost of clothing

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