Amsterdam vs Puebla - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Amsterdam	Puebla
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2791	$981
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6603	$2527
🏠 One person rent	$1828	$458
🏘️ Family rent	$3238	$914
🍽️ Food expenses	$586	$311
🚐 Transport expenses	$226	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4145	$651
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	95	35
😀 Quality of life	95	53
🏙️ Population	921K	1.43M

The cost of living in Amsterdam is 185% more expensive than in Puebla. Cities ranked 331st and 5623rd ($2791 vs $981) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 19th 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 0.7 months in Puebla. Amsterdam ranked 1st best city to live in the Netherlands vs Puebla ranked 12th in Mexico, while ranked 29th and 6026th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amsterdam vs Puebla

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	Amsterdam	Puebla
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21	$7.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$93.8	$34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.9	$7.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.3	$2.38
☕ Cappuccino	$4.22	$2.78
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.13	$1.07
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1920	$461
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1536	$384
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3785	$908
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2716	$821
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$264	$47.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.6	$28.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.17%	11.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9911	$772
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7140	$601
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.59	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$93.9	$29.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.2	$17.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.11	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.08	$2.61
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$1.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.65	$2.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$6.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$5.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.39
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.93	$1.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$0.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.1	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.64	$9.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$3.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.93	$5.99
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.67	$3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$1.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.25	$1.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$59.3	$45.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.7	$4.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$35.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$30.2	$9.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.7	$50.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$103
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2405	$284
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18104	$9705

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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 Puebla

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 18 mi	Atlixco	$825
75 km or 47 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
82 km or 51 mi	Cuautla	$858
82 km or 51 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
86 km or 53 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
90 km or 56 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
103 km or 64 mi	Jiutepec	$752
106 km or 66 mi	Mexico City	$1160
107 km or 66 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
108 km or 67 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
109 km or 68 mi	Tehuacan	$485
116 km or 72 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
117 km or 73 mi	Naucalpan	$800
119 km or 74 mi	Tultepec	$747
120 km or 74 mi	Orizaba	$724
120 km or 74 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
122 km or 76 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
124 km or 77 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
124 km or 77 mi	Teziutlan	$770
124 km or 77 mi	Zumpango	$761
131 km or 81 mi	Pachuca	$632
136 km or 85 mi	Cordoba	$759
140 km or 87 mi	Coatepec	$700
147 km or 91 mi	Xalapa	$574
153 km or 95 mi	Toluca	$696
156 km or 97 mi	Taxco	$788
160 km or 99 mi	Iguala	$821
183 km or 114 mi	Poza Rica	$635
206 km or 128 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
215 km or 134 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
217 km or 135 mi	Veracruz	$724
238 km or 148 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
260 km or 162 mi	Alvarado	$716
268 km or 167 mi	Oaxaca	$812
284 km or 177 mi	Queretaro	$983
301 km or 187 mi	Acapulco	$756
314 km or 195 mi	Santiago Tuxtla	$700
318 km or 197 mi	Celaya	$638
320 km or 199 mi	Morelia	$717
323 km or 201 mi	San Andres Tuxtla	$699