Is Argentina cheap to live in?

By international standards, yes, though less dramatically than the cheap-Argentina stories of a few years ago. CostLiving puts a moderate single-person lifestyle in Argentina at $1,675 a month, less than half the United States benchmark of $3,525. Housing is the biggest saving: $496 a month covers a one-bed at the moderate tier nationally, a figure that gets you a room share in most US metros. The nuance is volatility. Peso inflation has cooled from its worst stretch but prices still move, and the dollar-peso exchange story changes what “cheap” means month to month, especially for anyone earning in pesos. Dollar and euro earners still get one of the better cost-to-quality trades in the Americas: European-feeling cities, good food and wine, and a moderate budget that leaves room to save. Numbers for every tier are on our Argentina cost of living page.