Canberra vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Canberra	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2604	$1288
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5825	$3248
🏠 One person rent	$1591	$663
🏘️ Family rent	$2539	$1322
🍽️ Food expenses	$722	$407
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2863	$819
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	30	90
😀 Quality of life	82	66
🏙️ Population	381K	9.21M

The cost of living in Canberra is 102% more expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 522nd and 4206th ($2604 vs $1288) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 8th in Australia and Mexico, respectively. Check Australia vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Canberra compared to 0.6 months in Mexico City. Canberra ranked 7th best city to live in Australia vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 367th and 4184th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Canberra vs Mexico City

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	Canberra	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$32.8	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$136	$46.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.67	$8.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.84	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$3.75	$3.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.83	$1.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1634	$928
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1297	$520
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2762	$1792
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2099	$1104
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$34.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$238	$52.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.3	$27.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	10.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8209	$3145
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6798	$2277
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.11	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$118	$22.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.4	$7.07
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.36	$1.4
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$1.64
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.44	$2.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$2.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.99	$8.59
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$12.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$3.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$1.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.73	$1.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$2.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$2.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$2.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.16	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26.1	$4.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.64	$8.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.51	$3.53
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.96	$2.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.97	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$66.9	$56.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$5.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.4	$45.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$95.1	$65.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$133	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1861	$426
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14837	$10204

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Cities near Canberra

Distance	City	Cost of living
81 km or 50 mi	Goulburn	$1723
161 km or 100 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1528
187 km or 116 mi	Wollongong	$1430
212 km or 132 mi	Bathurst	$1610
223 km or 139 mi	Orange	$1463
235 km or 146 mi	Blacktown	$1691
238 km or 148 mi	Parramatta	$2348
243 km or 151 mi	Kellyville	$1903
247 km or 154 mi	Sydney	$2741
261 km or 162 mi	Dee Why	$1998
303 km or 188 mi	Griffith	$1669
341 km or 212 mi	Dubbo	$1404
357 km or 222 mi	Shepparton	$1672
358 km or 222 mi	Newcastle	$1461
397 km or 246 mi	Traralgon	$1707
448 km or 278 mi	Pakenham	$1719
454 km or 282 mi	Berwick	$1716
459 km or 285 mi	Dandenong	$1693
464 km or 288 mi	Cranbourne	$1701
466 km or 289 mi	South Yarra	$1702
466 km or 290 mi	Bendigo	$1317
466 km or 290 mi	Melbourne	$2356
470 km or 292 mi	Sunbury	$1746
477 km or 297 mi	Frankston	$1707
485 km or 302 mi	Melton	$1708
488 km or 303 mi	Tarneit	$1658
489 km or 304 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1673
531 km or 330 mi	Geelong	$1688
535 km or 332 mi	Ballarat	$1327
554 km or 344 mi	Port Macquarie	$1688
583 km or 362 mi	Armidale	$1354
649 km or 403 mi	Mildura	$1462
669 km or 415 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1481
684 km or 425 mi	Warrnambool	$1639
698 km or 434 mi	Devonport	$1819
706 km or 438 mi	Launceston	$1723
796 km or 495 mi	Mount Gambier	$1622
852 km or 529 mi	Byron Bay	$1862
858 km or 533 mi	Hobart	$2203
902 km or 560 mi	Toowoomba	$1552

Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$905
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$887
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$828
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$1009
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$904
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$874
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$924
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$816
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$899
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$861
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$910
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$875
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$781
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$767
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$804
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$927
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$826
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$915
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$856
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$1066
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$853
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$851
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$913
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$996
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$810
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$702
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$596
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$682
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$768
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$765
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$774
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$833
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$812
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$779
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$662
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1384
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$853
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$707
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$763
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$881