Boston vs Leon - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Boston	Leon
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3345	$812
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7700	$2006
🏠 One person rent	$2257	$288
🏘️ Family rent	$3867	$501
🍽️ Food expenses	$739	$343
🚐 Transport expenses	$146	$95.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5860	$789
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	26 km
🎓 Higher education	100	30
😀 Quality of life	92	41
🏙️ Population	676K	1.58M

The cost of living in Boston is 312% more expensive than in Leon. Cities ranked 35th and 6346th ($3345 vs $812) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 30th and 96th 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 Boston compared to 1 months in Leon. Boston ranked 10th best city to live in the United States vs Leon ranked 45th in Mexico, while ranked 83rd and 7030th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Boston vs Leon

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	Boston	Leon
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$22.1	$11.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$90.5	$15
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$7.03
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.95	$2.15
☕ Cappuccino	$5.4	$5.43
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.65	$1.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2636	$361
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1919	$205
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4850	$796
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3294	$344
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$26.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$194	$41.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.3	$24.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.55%	11.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11687	$465
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6831	$590
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.4	$0.73
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$90.6	$39.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$8.08
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$1.3
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.14	$1.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.26	$1.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.29	$2.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.4	$8.89
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$9.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.6	$12.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.47	$2.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.3	$0.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.24	$1.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.3	$1.65
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.6	$12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.91	$1.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.1	$4.11
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.3	$5.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.01	$3.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.02	$1.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.01	$1.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$93	$36.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16	$4.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$165	$33
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.2	$12
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.3	$58.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.5	$77
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2399	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27937	$3169

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Cities near Boston

Distance	City	Cost of living
4 km or 2.5 mi	Cambridge	$3795
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Chelsea	$3105
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Somerville	$3630
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Everett	$2892
5.7 km or 3.5 mi	Brookline	$3114
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Revere	$2953
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Malden	$2770
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Medford	$2989
10 km or 6.2 mi	Belmont	$3022
10 km or 6.2 mi	Arlington	$3023
10 km or 6.2 mi	Watertown	$2958
11 km or 6.9 mi	Melrose	$2802
12 km or 7.5 mi	Milton	$2947
12 km or 7.5 mi	Winchester	$2820
12 km or 7.7 mi	Newton	$2890
13 km or 7.8 mi	Saugus	$2841
13 km or 8.1 mi	Quincy	$3122
14 km or 8.6 mi	Stoneham	$2761
14 km or 8.9 mi	Waltham	$2846
15 km or 9.4 mi	Lynn	$3042
15 km or 9.5 mi	Woburn	$2618
16 km or 9.6 mi	Dedham	$2847
16 km or 10 mi	Needham	$2796
16 km or 10 mi	Lexington	$2723
16 km or 10 mi	Wakefield	$2746
18 km or 11 mi	Braintree	$2915
18 km or 11 mi	Weymouth	$2905
19 km or 12 mi	Reading	$2698
19 km or 12 mi	Hingham	$2859
20 km or 12 mi	Burlington	$2338
20 km or 13 mi	Wellesley	$2677
21 km or 13 mi	Norwood	$2773
22 km or 14 mi	Peabody	$2556
22 km or 14 mi	Randolph	$2823
22 km or 14 mi	Salem	$2537
23 km or 14 mi	Wilmington	$2522
23 km or 14 mi	Marblehead	$2594
23 km or 14 mi	Canton	$2787
25 km or 16 mi	Natick	$2395
26 km or 16 mi	Stoughton	$2750

Cities near Leon

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 13 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$818
33 km or 20 mi	Silao	$912
37 km or 23 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$846
45 km or 28 mi	Guanajuato	$1076
60 km or 38 mi	Irapuato	$763
79 km or 49 mi	Salamanca	$707
100 km or 62 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1384
103 km or 64 mi	Cortazar	$774
106 km or 66 mi	Aguascalientes	$818
111 km or 69 mi	Celaya	$682
116 km or 72 mi	Yuriria	$812
131 km or 81 mi	La Barca	$873
136 km or 84 mi	San Luis Potosi	$984
141 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$865
145 km or 90 mi	Zacapu	$881
147 km or 91 mi	Queretaro	$996
166 km or 103 mi	Morelia	$765
176 km or 110 mi	Rioverde	$915
178 km or 110 mi	Tlaquepaque	$785
180 km or 112 mi	Guadalajara	$1035
183 km or 114 mi	Zapopan	$1217
193 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$789
193 km or 120 mi	San Juan del Rio	$913
206 km or 128 mi	Zacatecas	$630
236 km or 147 mi	Apatzingan	$830
243 km or 151 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$867
251 km or 156 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$856
259 km or 161 mi	Fresnillo	$784
292 km or 181 mi	Ciudad Valles	$879
293 km or 182 mi	Toluca	$781
299 km or 186 mi	Colima	$672
305 km or 189 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$816
307 km or 190 mi	Zumpango	$875
307 km or 191 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$1009
309 km or 192 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$874
310 km or 193 mi	Tultepec	$861
313 km or 195 mi	Tlalnepantla	$887
314 km or 195 mi	Naucalpan	$905
318 km or 197 mi	Autlan	$854
322 km or 200 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$904