Abuja vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Abuja	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1502	$1160
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3792	$2923
🏠 One person rent	$1135	$603
🏘️ Family rent	$2756	$1214
🍽️ Food expenses	$244	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$71.5	$78.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$277	$709
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	38	92
😀 Quality of life	19	67
🏙️ Population	1.69M	9.21M

The cost of living in Abuja is 29% more expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 3416th and 4604th ($1502 vs $1160) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 7th in Nigeria and Mexico, respectively. Check Nigeria vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Abuja compared to 0.6 months in Mexico City. Abuja ranked 4th best city to live in Nigeria vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 8901st and 3470th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abuja vs Mexico City

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	Abuja	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.45	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.3	$46.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.62	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$1.91	$3.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.53	$1.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1823	$846
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$872	$475
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4523	$1732
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2198	$998
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.3	$27.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.2	$42.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.1	$26.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.42%	11.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1406	$2952
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1124	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.67	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.9	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.14	$3.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.27	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.23	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.37	$2.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.18	$9.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.63	$7.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$2.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$1.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.11	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.5	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.97	$5.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.81	$4.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.14	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.6	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.3	$56.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.24	$4.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13	$45
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.74	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.4	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$54.5	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$133	$401
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1951	$9034

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Cities near Abuja

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 74 mi	Minna	$743
163 km or 101 mi	Kaduna	$371
181 km or 113 mi	Jos	$820
225 km or 140 mi	Zaria	$526
291 km or 181 mi	Enugu	$462
293 km or 182 mi	Bauchi	$759
296 km or 184 mi	Owo	$651
297 km or 185 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
321 km or 199 mi	Awka	$805
323 km or 201 mi	Akure	$634
329 km or 204 mi	Ilorin	$535
331 km or 205 mi	Onitsha	$972
346 km or 215 mi	Kano	$553
352 km or 219 mi	Osogbo	$695
357 km or 222 mi	Gusau	$587
367 km or 228 mi	Ife	$779
368 km or 229 mi	Benin	$558
392 km or 243 mi	Umuahia	$883
400 km or 249 mi	Owerri	$1611
414 km or 257 mi	Oyo	$677
434 km or 270 mi	Ibadan	$776
438 km or 272 mi	Katsina	$579
438 km or 272 mi	Warri	$881
438 km or 272 mi	Aba	$621
456 km or 283 mi	Bamenda	$553
466 km or 289 mi	Calabar	$384
482 km or 299 mi	Port Harcourt	$679
496 km or 308 mi	Maradi	$972
503 km or 312 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
509 km or 316 mi	Sokoto	$426
513 km or 319 mi	Bafoussam	$555
536 km or 333 mi	Lagos	$1113
537 km or 334 mi	Kumba	$764
552 km or 343 mi	Zinder	$974
562 km or 349 mi	Save	$613
574 km or 357 mi	Damaturu	$553
577 km or 358 mi	Buea	$601
592 km or 368 mi	Limbe	$655
606 km or 377 mi	Malabo	$741
608 km or 378 mi	Douala	$1265

Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$800
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$747
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$761
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$696
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$752
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$858
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$632
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$825
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$981
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$788
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$821
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$983
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$770
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$485
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$638
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$635
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$717
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$693
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$724
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$725
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$700
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$574
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$634
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$667
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$804