Baltimore vs Tijuana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Baltimore	Tijuana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2287	$1047
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5428	$2573
🏠 One person rent	$1367	$463
🏘️ Family rent	$2370	$898
🍽️ Food expenses	$617	$355
🚐 Transport expenses	$127	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4207	$822
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	97	22
😀 Quality of life	90	58
🏙️ Population	586K	1.96M

The cost of living in Baltimore is 118% more expensive than in Tijuana. Cities ranked 1182nd and 5176th ($2287 vs $1047) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1076th and 12th 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 1.8 months in Baltimore compared to 0.8 months in Tijuana. Baltimore ranked 24th best city to live in the United States vs Tijuana ranked 6th in Mexico, while ranked 131st and 5576th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Baltimore vs Tijuana infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/baltimore/tijuana.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Baltimore vs Tijuana infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/baltimore/tijuana" target="_blank">Baltimore vs Tijuana - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Baltimore vs Tijuana

Prices for goods and services in Baltimore and Tijuana are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Baltimore	Tijuana
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.3	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$70.2	$36.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$7.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.37	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$5.16	$4.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.41	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1496	$564
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1104	$363
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2801	$1158
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1959	$737
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$33.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$51.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$80.7	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.61%	11.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2120	$3302
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1975	$2141
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.58	$0.88
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$84.8	$32
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$20.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.39	$2.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$1.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.29	$2.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$7.09
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$5.98
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$9.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.66	$2.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.14	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.55	$1.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$1.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.65	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.47	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.8	$3.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.05	$5.69
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.34	$3.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.76	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.12	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$59.2	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.2	$3.93
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$156	$41
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$10.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.7	$37.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.9	$72.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1264	$181
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22681	$2569

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Baltimore

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Catonsville	$2500
21 km or 13 mi	Owings Mills	$2584
23 km or 14 mi	Columbia	$2760
30 km or 19 mi	Laurel	$2299
31 km or 19 mi	Edgewood	$2909
32 km or 20 mi	Eldersburg	$2499
35 km or 22 mi	Bel Air South	$2727
36 km or 22 mi	Annapolis	$2961
37 km or 23 mi	Bel Air North	$2640
37 km or 23 mi	Bowie	$2566
40 km or 25 mi	Greenbelt	$2471
42 km or 26 mi	College Park	$2548
47 km or 29 mi	Silver Spring	$2273
52 km or 32 mi	Rockville	$2596
54 km or 34 mi	Bethesda	$2777
55 km or 34 mi	Gaithersburg	$2425
57 km or 35 mi	Washington	$3149
57 km or 36 mi	Georgetown	$2893
58 km or 36 mi	Germantown	$2791
65 km or 41 mi	Alexandria	$2856
66 km or 41 mi	Bailey's Crossroads	$2543
66 km or 41 mi	Hanover	$2210
71 km or 44 mi	Frederick	$2389
73 km or 45 mi	Reston	$2617
74 km or 46 mi	Springfield	$2309
75 km or 47 mi	Waldorf	$2498
75 km or 47 mi	Herndon	$2513
76 km or 47 mi	York	$1979
77 km or 48 mi	Fairfax	$2786
80 km or 50 mi	Ashburn	$2696
84 km or 52 mi	Leesburg	$2197
86 km or 54 mi	Newark	$2085
87 km or 54 mi	Centreville	$3174
88 km or 55 mi	Lancaster	$2033
91 km or 56 mi	Woodbridge	$2601
91 km or 57 mi	Marumsco	$2539
95 km or 59 mi	Dover	$2250
95 km or 59 mi	Manassas	$2640
98 km or 61 mi	Waynesboro	$2217
103 km or 64 mi	Hagerstown	$2149

Cities near Tijuana

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.5 mi	Imperial Beach	$2911
11 km or 6.9 mi	Chula Vista	$3017
15 km or 9.5 mi	Las Delicias	$912
18 km or 11 mi	National	$2962
21 km or 13 mi	Rosarito Beach	$910
22 km or 14 mi	Coronado	$3065
23 km or 15 mi	Lemon Grove	$2914
24 km or 15 mi	San Diego	$3428
27 km or 17 mi	La Mesa	$2916
30 km or 19 mi	El Cajon	$3043
38 km or 24 mi	Santee	$2898
42 km or 26 mi	La Jolla	$2964
48 km or 30 mi	Poway	$2930
62 km or 38 mi	Encinitas	$3124
66 km or 41 mi	Escondido	$3279
69 km or 43 mi	San Marcos	$2917
76 km or 47 mi	Carlsbad	$3273
77 km or 48 mi	Vista	$2834
81 km or 50 mi	Oceanside	$3199
84 km or 52 mi	Ensenada	$880
96 km or 59 mi	Fallbrook	$2907
109 km or 67 mi	Temecula	$2637
115 km or 72 mi	San Clemente	$2945
117 km or 73 mi	Murrieta	$3109
119 km or 74 mi	French Valley	$2732
121 km or 75 mi	Wildomar	$2763
122 km or 76 mi	Dana Point	$2936
123 km or 77 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2950
128 km or 80 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3188
128 km or 80 mi	Menifee	$2578
131 km or 82 mi	Laguna Beach	$2996
131 km or 82 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2694
134 km or 83 mi	Mission Viejo	$3496
135 km or 84 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2971
135 km or 84 mi	Laguna Hills	$3082
135 km or 84 mi	Hemet	$2764
138 km or 86 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3326
138 km or 86 mi	Lake Forest	$3020
139 km or 87 mi	El Centro	$2698
140 km or 87 mi	San Jacinto	$2677