Amsterdam vs Guadalajara - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Amsterdam	Guadalajara
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2791	$1017
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6603	$2509
🏠 One person rent	$1828	$480
🏘️ Family rent	$3238	$932
🍽️ Food expenses	$586	$349
🚐 Transport expenses	$226	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4145	$652
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	95	49
😀 Quality of life	95	57
🏙️ Population	921K	1.46M

The cost of living in Amsterdam is 175% more expensive than in Guadalajara. Cities ranked 331st and 5385th ($2791 vs $1017) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 15th in the Netherlands and Mexico, respectively. Check the Netherlands vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Amsterdam compared to 0.6 months in Guadalajara. Amsterdam ranked 1st best city to live in the Netherlands vs Guadalajara ranked 7th in Mexico, while ranked 29th and 5625th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amsterdam vs Guadalajara

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	Amsterdam	Guadalajara
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21	$9.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$93.8	$36.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.9	$7.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.3	$1.86
☕ Cappuccino	$4.22	$2.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.13	$1.19
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1920	$573
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1536	$403
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3785	$1233
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2716	$791
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$18.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$264	$28.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.6	$24.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.17%	11.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9911	$2393
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7140	$1599
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.59	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$93.9	$23.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.2	$15.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.11	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.08	$2.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.65	$2.37
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$8.43
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$7.23
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$9.59
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.93	$1.39
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.1	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.64	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$1.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$4.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.93	$6.86
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.67	$4.49
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$2.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.25	$1.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$59.3	$29.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.7	$4.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$25.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$30.2	$12.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.7	$47.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$93
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2405	$161
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18104	$5853

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Cities near Amsterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Purmerend	$1944
18 km or 11 mi	Haarlem	$2291
21 km or 13 mi	IJmuiden	$2085
22 km or 14 mi	Almere	$1937
25 km or 16 mi	Zandvoort	$2090
26 km or 16 mi	Hilversum	$2049
26 km or 16 mi	Huizen	$1957
35 km or 22 mi	Langedijk	$1995
36 km or 22 mi	Utrecht	$2251
38 km or 23 mi	Leiden	$2081
38 km or 24 mi	Oegstgeest	$1934
40 km or 25 mi	Zeist	$2180
42 km or 26 mi	Lelystad	$1357
48 km or 30 mi	Leidschendam	$2042
49 km or 30 mi	Harderwijk	$1844
52 km or 32 mi	The Hague	$2199
53 km or 33 mi	Scheveningen	$2049
55 km or 34 mi	Delft	$1861
57 km or 36 mi	Dronten	$1760
59 km or 36 mi	Rotterdam	$2359
60 km or 37 mi	Veenendaal	$1631
61 km or 38 mi	Ridderkerk	$2062
64 km or 40 mi	Sliedrecht	$1969
64 km or 40 mi	Ede	$1651
65 km or 40 mi	Elburg	$1829
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$2432
67 km or 42 mi	Zaltbommel	$2026
70 km or 43 mi	Wageningen	$2105
72 km or 45 mi	Kampen	$1823
75 km or 47 mi	Apeldoorn	$1893
76 km or 47 mi	Texel	$1941
81 km or 50 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$1975
82 km or 51 mi	Arnhem	$1613
83 km or 51 mi	Zwolle	$1764
83 km or 52 mi	Zwartewaterland	$1813
86 km or 54 mi	Deventer	$1851
89 km or 55 mi	Nijmegen	$1999
89 km or 55 mi	Sneek	$1890
89 km or 55 mi	Breda	$1739
91 km or 57 mi	Tilburg	$1862

Cities near Guadalajara

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Tlaquepaque	$660
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Zapopan	$1021
92 km or 57 mi	La Barca	$778
108 km or 67 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$780
135 km or 84 mi	Zamora	$773
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$906
159 km or 99 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$721
164 km or 102 mi	Colima	$634
165 km or 103 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$831
173 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$796
180 km or 112 mi	Leon	$684
185 km or 115 mi	Tepic	$587
188 km or 117 mi	Zacapu	$804
194 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$673
196 km or 122 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1162
202 km or 125 mi	Silao	$768
204 km or 127 mi	Tecoman	$744
205 km or 127 mi	Apatzingan	$753
207 km or 129 mi	Manzanillo	$813
208 km or 129 mi	Irapuato	$667
219 km or 136 mi	Sayulita	$977
221 km or 137 mi	Guanajuato	$853
224 km or 139 mi	Salamanca	$634
237 km or 147 mi	Yuriria	$725
246 km or 153 mi	Zacatecas	$677
249 km or 155 mi	Cortazar	$693
250 km or 155 mi	Morelia	$717
264 km or 164 mi	Celaya	$638
272 km or 169 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
282 km or 175 mi	Fresnillo	$760
295 km or 183 mi	San Luis Potosi	$808
308 km or 191 mi	Queretaro	$983
326 km or 203 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$781
350 km or 218 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
352 km or 219 mi	Rioverde	$846
364 km or 226 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
387 km or 241 mi	Zihuatanejo	$856
396 km or 246 mi	Durango	$662
416 km or 258 mi	Toluca	$696
425 km or 264 mi	Mazatlan	$1214