Pricele #32: Milk (1 litre) in Argentina 🇦🇷
The puzzle for 1 August 2026 asked what one litre of milk costs in Argentina. Here is the answer and the context behind it.
The answer
Milk (1 litre) · Argentina
$1.38
2,054.07 ARS
About 24 minutes of the average local wage buys one.
Cheaper than 58% of the 32 countries in the game.
Source: Numbeo (crowd-sourced), retrieved 2026-08.
About milk
Milk is heavy, perishable and awkward to ship, so it is almost always produced close to where it is drunk. That makes its price a read on local farming costs rather than world markets — and in much of the EU, on agricultural subsidies, which push retail prices below what production alone would imply.
Where Argentina sits
Of the 32 countries priced for milk, Argentina ranks #19 from the top at $1.38 — 10% below the median of $1.54.
Argentina is the hardest country in the game to price. Years of high inflation and a gap between official and parallel exchange rates mean a peso figure can be weeks out of date, and converting it to dollars gives very different answers depending on which rate you use. Read the Argentine numbers as the roughest in the table.
| Nearby on the milk table | USD | Local | Work time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | $1.35 | 1.17 EUR | 4 min |
| France | $1.37 | 1.19 EUR | 5 min |
| Argentina | $1.38 | 2,054.07 ARS | 24 min |
| Vietnam | $1.45 | 37,977 VND | 31 min |
| Japan | $1.47 | 233 JPY | 6 min |
What else costs what in Argentina
| Item | USD | Local | Work time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Mac | $5.53 | 8,000 ARS | 1.6 h |
| Coca-Cola (330ml can) | $0.71 | 750 ARS | 12 min |
| Cappuccino | $3.53 | 5,254.24 ARS | 61 min |
| Eggs (dozen) | $2.66 | 3,959.29 ARS | 46 min |
| Apples (1 kg) | $2.47 | 3,676.48 ARS | 42 min |
| Gasoline (1 litre) | $1.22 | 1,815.91 ARS | 21 min |
Go deeper
See the full table for milk in every country or everything priced in Argentina.