Amsterdam vs Leon - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Amsterdam	Leon
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3118	$815
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7329	$1884
🏠 One person rent	$2031	$307
🏘️ Family rent	$3485	$437
🍽️ Food expenses	$654	$343
🚐 Transport expenses	$260	$89.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4702	$524
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	25 km
🎓 Higher education	95	30
😀 Quality of life	96	41
🏙️ Population	921K	1.58M

The cost of living in Amsterdam is 283% more expensive than in Leon. Cities ranked 143rd and 6610th ($3118 vs $815) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 116th 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 Leon. Amsterdam ranked 1st best city to live in the Netherlands vs Leon ranked 62nd in Mexico, while ranked 31st and 7634th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amsterdam vs Leon

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	Amsterdam	Leon
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.3	$11.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$103	$15
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.4	$7.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.2	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$4.94	$4.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.76	$1.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2130	$492
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1705	$205
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3833	$696
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2970	$301
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$24.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$292	$37.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$19.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.81%	11.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10418	$1730
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7591	$1236
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.92	$0.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$113	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$33.2	$7.93
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.31	$1.3
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$0.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.47	$2.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$8.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.8	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.9	$2.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.47	$1.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$2.18
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$0.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.85	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.23	$10.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$1.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.2	$3.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.84	$5.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.62	$3.37
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.5	$1.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.96	$1.25
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.9	$32.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.3	$4.46
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$44.2	$29
💇 Haircut, simple	$37.4	$11.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$103	$45
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$70.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2892	$190
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19920	$2924

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Cities near Amsterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Purmerend	$2178
18 km or 11 mi	Haarlem	$2589
21 km or 13 mi	IJmuiden	$2252
22 km or 14 mi	Almere	$2230
25 km or 16 mi	Zandvoort	$1846
26 km or 16 mi	Hilversum	$2568
26 km or 16 mi	Huizen	$2256
35 km or 22 mi	Langedijk	$2235
36 km or 22 mi	Utrecht	$2718
38 km or 23 mi	Leiden	$2222
38 km or 24 mi	Oegstgeest	$2134
40 km or 25 mi	Zeist	$2414
42 km or 26 mi	Lelystad	$1514
48 km or 30 mi	Leidschendam	$2392
49 km or 30 mi	Harderwijk	$2111
52 km or 32 mi	The Hague	$2581
53 km or 33 mi	Scheveningen	$2374
55 km or 34 mi	Delft	$2228
57 km or 36 mi	Dronten	$2011
59 km or 36 mi	Rotterdam	$2615
60 km or 37 mi	Veenendaal	$1829
61 km or 38 mi	Ridderkerk	$2329
64 km or 40 mi	Sliedrecht	$2262
64 km or 40 mi	Ede	$1860
65 km or 40 mi	Elburg	$2082
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$2706
67 km or 42 mi	Zaltbommel	$2302
70 km or 43 mi	Wageningen	$2318
72 km or 45 mi	Kampen	$2070
75 km or 47 mi	Apeldoorn	$2154
76 km or 47 mi	Texel	$2187
81 km or 50 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$2263
82 km or 51 mi	Arnhem	$1986
83 km or 51 mi	Zwolle	$1992
83 km or 52 mi	Zwartewaterland	$2058
86 km or 54 mi	Deventer	$2107
89 km or 55 mi	Nijmegen	$2164
89 km or 55 mi	Sneek	$2100
89 km or 55 mi	Breda	$2087
91 km or 57 mi	Tilburg	$2238

Cities near Leon

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 13 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$843
33 km or 20 mi	Silao	$832
37 km or 23 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$953
45 km or 28 mi	Guanajuato	$753
60 km or 38 mi	Irapuato	$860
79 km or 49 mi	Salamanca	$896
100 km or 62 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1491
103 km or 64 mi	Cortazar	$846
106 km or 66 mi	Aguascalientes	$1006
111 km or 69 mi	Celaya	$764
116 km or 72 mi	Yuriria	$894
131 km or 81 mi	La Barca	$913
136 km or 84 mi	San Luis Potosi	$941
141 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$929
145 km or 90 mi	Zacapu	$1030
147 km or 91 mi	Queretaro	$1184
166 km or 103 mi	Morelia	$873
176 km or 110 mi	Rioverde	$943
178 km or 110 mi	Tlaquepaque	$728
180 km or 112 mi	Guadalajara	$1120
183 km or 114 mi	Zapopan	$1162
193 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$873
193 km or 120 mi	San Juan del Rio	$981
206 km or 128 mi	Zacatecas	$615
236 km or 147 mi	Apatzingan	$861
243 km or 151 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$856
251 km or 156 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$905
259 km or 161 mi	Fresnillo	$803
292 km or 181 mi	Ciudad Valles	$936
293 km or 182 mi	Toluca	$926
299 km or 186 mi	Colima	$749
305 km or 189 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$818
307 km or 190 mi	Zumpango	$868
307 km or 191 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$942
309 km or 192 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$869
310 km or 193 mi	Tultepec	$851
313 km or 195 mi	Tlalnepantla	$932
314 km or 195 mi	Naucalpan	$908
318 km or 197 mi	Autlan	$1058
322 km or 200 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$777