Arlington vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Arlington	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1907	$1428
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4693	$3399
🏠 One person rent	$1121	$774
🏘️ Family rent	$1937	$1379
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$431
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.4	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3714	$1028
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	90	93
😀 Quality of life	78	72
🏙️ Population	394K	9.21M

The cost of living in Arlington is 34% more expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 2397th and 4274th ($1907 vs $1428) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1784th and 6th in the United States and Mexico, respectively. Check the United States vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Arlington compared to 0.7 months in Mexico City. Arlington ranked 264th best city to live in the United States vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 894th and 3354th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Mexico City

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	Arlington	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$11.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.8	$43.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.17	$3.53
☕ Cappuccino	$5.41	$4.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.78	$1.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1271	$1035
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$867	$623
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2259	$1886
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1561	$1143
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$53.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.4	$33.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.24%	11.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$3740
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$2224
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.7	$24.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$6.19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.44
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.82	$2.4
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$1.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.01	$2.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.89	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$8.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$2.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.55	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$1.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.11
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$2.23
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.87
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$2.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$1.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.59	$4.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.18	$6.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.11	$4.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.46	$1.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.02	$1.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$56.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.1	$6.33
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$105	$50.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$17.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$53	$65.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1389	$473
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25323	$11420

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2127
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2302
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2127
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2126
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2114
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2145
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2141
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$2114
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2124
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2219
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2198
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2195
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2128
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2076
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2175
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2105
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2129
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2193
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2193
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2152
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2142
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2461
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2155
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2190
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2212
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2258
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2135
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2188
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2076
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2196
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2177
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2208
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2246
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2233
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2147
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2177
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2357
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2127
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2225
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2393

Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$975
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$1008
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$969
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$1015
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$842
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$941
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$1040
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$880
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$982
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$917
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$1015
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$934
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$986
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$887
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$907
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$1032
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$771
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$987
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$971
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$1075
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$981
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$1004
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1041
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$1241
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$950
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$766
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$926
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$803
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$928
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$926
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$894
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$944
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$952
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$846
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$670
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1469
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$962
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$950
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$910
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$1023