Cost of Living Guide

City comparison

Cost of living in Buenos Aires vs Tbilisi

One person needs about €936 a month in Buenos Aires and €884 in Tbilisi, rent included — Tbilisi is 6% cheaper overall.

🇦🇷
Buenos Aires
Argentina · 3.1M pop
vs
🇬🇪
Tbilisi
Georgia · 1.2M pop
Monthly rent (1BR)
€550€520
5% cheaper
Groceries / mo
€240€190
21% cheaper
Eating out (meal)
€7€8
14% pricier
Internet (100mbps)
€25€20
20% cheaper
Avg salary (tech)
€1,400€1,500
7% higher
Coworking / mo
€110€90
18% cheaper
Buenos AiresTbilisi
Rent€550€520
Groceries€240€190
Transport€15€15
Utilities€50€75

Salary you'd need to keep the same lifestyle

Enter your current net monthly pay. We scale it by the full cost basket — rent, groceries, transport, utilities, eating out and internet.

To live in Tbilisi the way you live in Buenos Aires on €3,000, you need

€2,833/ month net

6% less than today (-€167)

Buenos Aires today
Basket €936 · left over €2,064 (69%)
Tbilisi at the matched salary
Basket €884 · left over €1,949 (69%)

Local pay context: average tech net pay covers the basket 170% over in Tbilisi (comfortable) vs 150% in Buenos Aires. Purchasing power index · How we calculate this

🇦🇷 Buenos Aires

Very cheap in hard currency, with prices that move week to week.

Monthly budget: €936

Sources: Eurostat, Harmonised price indices (2025) · 0 community reports

🇬🇪 Tbilisi

One-year visa-free stays and the lowest cost base of any city we track in the region.

Monthly budget: €884

Sources: Geostat, CPI & average wages survey (2025) · 143 community reports

Should you move to Buenos Aires or Tbilisi?

On salary, Tbilisi pays more for tech roles (€1,500 versus €1,400 a month), so the money left over after costs is €616 in Tbilisi at the top end.

Rent drives most of the gap: €550 in Buenos Aires against €520 in Tbilisi. Groceries, transport and utilities move far less between the two.

For remote workers, the nomad index scores Buenos Aires at 72 and Tbilisi at 72 — see the full nomad index and our data methodology.

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