Boston vs Leon - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Boston	Leon
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3652	$815
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$8068	$1884
🏠 One person rent	$2548	$307
🏘️ Family rent	$4099	$437
🍽️ Food expenses	$735	$343
🚐 Transport expenses	$144	$89.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$6190	$524
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	25 km
🎓 Higher education	100	30
😀 Quality of life	94	41
🏙️ Population	676K	1.58M

The cost of living in Boston is 348% more expensive than in Leon. Cities ranked 27th and 6610th ($3652 vs $815) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 21st and 116th 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 1.7 months in Boston compared to 0.6 months in Leon. Boston ranked 12th best city to live in the United States vs Leon ranked 62nd in Mexico, while ranked 71st and 7634th 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	$11.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$104	$15
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$7.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.06	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$5.6	$4.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$1.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2890	$492
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2183	$205
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5272	$696
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3425	$301
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$150	$24.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$231	$37.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.5	$19.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.39%	11.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9693	$1730
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6005	$1236
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.39	$0.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$89.8	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$7.93
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.3
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.68	$0.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.54	$2.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$8.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.2	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.6	$2.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.14	$1.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.83	$1.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.32	$1.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$2.18
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$0.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.82	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17	$10.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.29	$1.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.4	$3.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.56	$5.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.02	$3.37
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.01	$1.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.01	$1.25
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$93.3	$32.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.5	$4.46
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$189	$29
💇 Haircut, simple	$27.9	$11.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$66.5	$45
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$70.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2782	$190
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27427	$2924

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Cities near Boston

Distance	City	Cost of living
4 km or 2.5 mi	Cambridge	$3768
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Chelsea	$3107
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Somerville	$3647
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Everett	$2977
5.7 km or 3.5 mi	Brookline	$3134
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Revere	$2960
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Malden	$3002
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Medford	$2701
10 km or 6.2 mi	Belmont	$2997
10 km or 6.2 mi	Arlington	$2937
10 km or 6.2 mi	Watertown	$2952
11 km or 6.9 mi	Melrose	$2865
12 km or 7.5 mi	Milton	$2981
12 km or 7.5 mi	Winchester	$2821
12 km or 7.7 mi	Newton	$2811
13 km or 7.8 mi	Saugus	$2815
13 km or 8.1 mi	Quincy	$3159
14 km or 8.6 mi	Stoneham	$2785
14 km or 8.9 mi	Waltham	$2866
15 km or 9.4 mi	Lynn	$2732
15 km or 9.5 mi	Woburn	$2646
16 km or 9.6 mi	Dedham	$2915
16 km or 10 mi	Needham	$2854
16 km or 10 mi	Lexington	$2769
16 km or 10 mi	Wakefield	$2750
18 km or 11 mi	Braintree	$2922
18 km or 11 mi	Weymouth	$2929
19 km or 12 mi	Reading	$2728
19 km or 12 mi	Hingham	$2913
20 km or 12 mi	Burlington	$2414
20 km or 13 mi	Wellesley	$2838
21 km or 13 mi	Norwood	$2862
22 km or 14 mi	Peabody	$2837
22 km or 14 mi	Randolph	$2869
22 km or 14 mi	Salem	$3016
23 km or 14 mi	Wilmington	$2582
23 km or 14 mi	Marblehead	$2817
23 km or 14 mi	Canton	$2855
25 km or 16 mi	Natick	$2920
26 km or 16 mi	Stoughton	$2833

Cities near Leon

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 13 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$843
33 km or 20 mi	Silao	$832
37 km or 23 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$953
45 km or 28 mi	Guanajuato	$753
60 km or 38 mi	Irapuato	$860
79 km or 49 mi	Salamanca	$896
100 km or 62 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1491
103 km or 64 mi	Cortazar	$846
106 km or 66 mi	Aguascalientes	$1006
111 km or 69 mi	Celaya	$764
116 km or 72 mi	Yuriria	$894
131 km or 81 mi	La Barca	$913
136 km or 84 mi	San Luis Potosi	$941
141 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$929
145 km or 90 mi	Zacapu	$1030
147 km or 91 mi	Queretaro	$1184
166 km or 103 mi	Morelia	$873
176 km or 110 mi	Rioverde	$943
178 km or 110 mi	Tlaquepaque	$728
180 km or 112 mi	Guadalajara	$1120
183 km or 114 mi	Zapopan	$1162
193 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$873
193 km or 120 mi	San Juan del Rio	$981
206 km or 128 mi	Zacatecas	$615
236 km or 147 mi	Apatzingan	$861
243 km or 151 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$856
251 km or 156 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$905
259 km or 161 mi	Fresnillo	$803
292 km or 181 mi	Ciudad Valles	$936
293 km or 182 mi	Toluca	$926
299 km or 186 mi	Colima	$749
305 km or 189 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$818
307 km or 190 mi	Zumpango	$868
307 km or 191 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$942
309 km or 192 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$869
310 km or 193 mi	Tultepec	$851
313 km or 195 mi	Tlalnepantla	$932
314 km or 195 mi	Naucalpan	$908
318 km or 197 mi	Autlan	$1058
322 km or 200 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$777