Atlanta vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Atlanta	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2570	$1160
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5742	$2923
🏠 One person rent	$1586	$603
🏘️ Family rent	$2465	$1214
🍽️ Food expenses	$690	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$133	$78.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5431	$709
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	95	92
😀 Quality of life	90	67
🏙️ Population	499K	9.21M

The cost of living in Atlanta is 121% more expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 704th and 4604th ($2570 vs $1160) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 650th and 7th 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 2.1 months in Atlanta compared to 0.6 months in Mexico City. Atlanta ranked 38th best city to live in the United States vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 165th and 3470th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Atlanta vs Mexico City

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	Atlanta	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$78.1	$46.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.39	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$5.32	$3.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.74	$1.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1651	$846
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1325	$475
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2827	$1732
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2042	$998
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$27.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$42.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67	$26.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.58%	11.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2730	$2952
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2292	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.51	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$93.7	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.1	$3.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.67	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.88	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.85	$2.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$9.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$7.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.73	$2.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.2	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.85	$1.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.77	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$1.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$2	$0.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.72	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.58	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.06	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$5.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.97	$4.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.13	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.45	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.8	$56.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.5	$4.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$94.9	$45
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.7	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.6	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.9	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1442	$401
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27299	$9034

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Cities near Atlanta

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	East Point	$2339
11 km or 7 mi	Candler-McAfee	$2331
12 km or 7.7 mi	Brookhaven	$2277
17 km or 11 mi	Chamblee	$2284
17 km or 11 mi	Smyrna	$2441
19 km or 12 mi	Tucker	$2268
20 km or 13 mi	Sandy Springs	$2285
21 km or 13 mi	Stonecrest	$2254
22 km or 13 mi	Dunwoody	$2302
26 km or 16 mi	Marietta	$2319
29 km or 18 mi	Stockbridge	$2235
29 km or 18 mi	Peachtree Corners	$2282
31 km or 19 mi	Douglasville	$2166
31 km or 19 mi	Roswell	$2390
35 km or 22 mi	Johns Creek	$2290
35 km or 22 mi	Duluth	$2208
36 km or 22 mi	Kennesaw	$1993
37 km or 23 mi	Alpharetta	$2657
40 km or 25 mi	Woodstock	$1928
41 km or 26 mi	McDonough	$2195
43 km or 26 mi	Milton	$2435
43 km or 27 mi	Acworth	$1541
43 km or 27 mi	Lawrenceville	$1974
43 km or 27 mi	Peachtree	$2213
53 km or 33 mi	Canton	$2094
56 km or 35 mi	Newnan	$2148
58 km or 36 mi	Griffin	$2159
66 km or 41 mi	Carrollton	$2149
67 km or 42 mi	Winder	$2076
80 km or 49 mi	Gainesville	$2127
92 km or 57 mi	Rome	$1888
96 km or 59 mi	Athens	$1839
100 km or 62 mi	LaGrange	$2128
124 km or 77 mi	Macon	$1704
125 km or 78 mi	Dalton	$1636
128 km or 80 mi	Valley	$1652
133 km or 83 mi	Anniston	$1726
135 km or 84 mi	Oxford	$1736
146 km or 90 mi	Warner Robins	$1901
150 km or 93 mi	Columbus	$1982

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