Buenos Aires vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Buenos Aires	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$909	$1190
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2348	$3028
🏠 One person rent	$402	$611
🏘️ Family rent	$817	$1253
🍽️ Food expenses	$346	$376
🚐 Transport expenses	$65.6	$92.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$433	$740
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	79	90
😀 Quality of life	72	68
🏙️ Population	3.12M	9.21M

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 24% less expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 6099th and 4630th ($909 vs $1190) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 6th in Argentina and Mexico, respectively. Check Argentina vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Buenos Aires compared to 0.6 months in Mexico City. Buenos Aires ranked 1st best city to live in Argentina vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 1789th and 3360th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Buenos Aires vs Mexico City

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	Buenos Aires	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.98	$10.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40	$45.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.03	$8.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.65	$2.69
☕ Cappuccino	$2.77	$3.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.43	$1.08
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$433	$838
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$322	$489
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$982	$1747
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$679	$1045
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.8	$27.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.4	$42.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.6	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	35.31%	11.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2462	$2781
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1826	$2233
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.4	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.04	$22.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.36	$5.65
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.13	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.28	$2.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$9.69
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.81	$7.51
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$2.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.45
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$1.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.08	$1.85
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.65	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.25	$1.59
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.98	$3.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.32	$7.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.11	$4.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.86	$2.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.04	$2.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.2	$61
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.03	$5.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.9	$53.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.3	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.5	$55.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$94.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$195	$396
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4474	$8550

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Cities near Buenos Aires

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Villa Dominico	$672
11 km or 7 mi	Lanus	$808
13 km or 7.9 mi	Wilde	$620
13 km or 8.1 mi	Remedios de Escalada	$783
14 km or 8.7 mi	Caseros	$770
14 km or 8.8 mi	Florida Este	$777
14 km or 8.9 mi	Ciudad Madero	$773
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bernal	$540
15 km or 9.4 mi	Monte Chingolo	$717
15 km or 9.6 mi	Lomas del Mirador	$777
17 km or 10 mi	La Tablada	$779
17 km or 10 mi	Quilmes	$481
18 km or 11 mi	Ramos Mejia	$764
18 km or 11 mi	San Justo	$790
19 km or 12 mi	El Palomar	$756
19 km or 12 mi	Temperley	$766
19 km or 12 mi	Lomas de Zamora	$801
19 km or 12 mi	San Isidro	$812
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Evita	$769
19 km or 12 mi	San Francisco Solano	$672
20 km or 12 mi	Villa Luzuriaga	$760
20 km or 13 mi	Rafael Calzada	$752
22 km or 13 mi	Isidro Casanova	$771
22 km or 13 mi	Ezpeleta	$627
22 km or 14 mi	Moron	$751
24 km or 15 mi	San Fernando de la Buena Vista	$801
24 km or 15 mi	Florencio Varela	$748
24 km or 15 mi	Burzaco	$740
24 km or 15 mi	Berazategui	$683
25 km or 15 mi	Gregorio de Laferrere	$770
25 km or 16 mi	Rafael Castillo	$759
25 km or 16 mi	Monte Grande	$752
29 km or 18 mi	Ezeiza	$749
29 km or 18 mi	Longchamps	$728
29 km or 18 mi	Libertad	$748
31 km or 19 mi	Gonzalez Catan	$757
32 km or 20 mi	Glew	$721
32 km or 20 mi	Merlo	$754
36 km or 23 mi	Jose C. Paz	$767
37 km or 23 mi	Virrey del Pino	$742

Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$835
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$783
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$723
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$884
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$734
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$775
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$835
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$731
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$794
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$757
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$816
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$772
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$844
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$729
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$734
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$843
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$704
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$811
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$792
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$939
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$789
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$797
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$828
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$941
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$763
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$623
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$504
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$601
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$660
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$748
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$691
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$723
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$729
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$694
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$589
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1223
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$659
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$674
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$709