Canberra vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Canberra	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2223	$1428
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4990	$3399
🏠 One person rent	$1398	$774
🏘️ Family rent	$2158	$1379
🍽️ Food expenses	$563	$431
🚐 Transport expenses	$119	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4087	$1028
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	30	93
😀 Quality of life	85	72
🏙️ Population	381K	9.21M

The cost of living in Canberra is 56% more expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 1443rd and 4274th ($2223 vs $1428) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 6th in Australia and Mexico, respectively. Check Australia vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Canberra compared to 0.7 months in Mexico City. Canberra ranked 13th best city to live in Australia vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 479th and 3354th 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	$15.5	$11.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.1	$43.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.54	$3.53
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$4.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.98	$1.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1538	$1035
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1150	$623
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2721	$1886
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1726	$1143
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$53.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.8	$33.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.89%	11.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8609	$3740
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5425	$2224
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.53	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88.3	$24.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.6	$6.19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.33	$1.44
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$1.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$2.4
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.14	$2.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.61	$8.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$2.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$1.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.47	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.44	$1.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$2.11
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$2.23
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$0.87
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.28	$2.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.4	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.86	$1.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26.9	$4.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.98	$6.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.81	$4.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.5	$1.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.08	$1.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.5	$56.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$6.33
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.8	$50.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$17.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$79.1	$65.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2023	$473
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15408	$11420

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Cities near Canberra

Distance	City	Cost of living
81 km or 50 mi	Goulburn	$1821
161 km or 100 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
187 km or 116 mi	Wollongong	$1695
212 km or 132 mi	Bathurst	$1699
223 km or 139 mi	Orange	$1477
235 km or 146 mi	Blacktown	$1710
238 km or 148 mi	Parramatta	$2482
243 km or 151 mi	Kellyville	$2050
247 km or 154 mi	Sydney	$2844
261 km or 162 mi	Dee Why	$2379
303 km or 188 mi	Griffith	$1824
341 km or 212 mi	Dubbo	$1867
357 km or 222 mi	Shepparton	$1815
358 km or 222 mi	Newcastle	$1997
397 km or 246 mi	Traralgon	$1979
448 km or 278 mi	Pakenham	$1896
454 km or 282 mi	Berwick	$1860
459 km or 285 mi	Dandenong	$1894
464 km or 288 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
466 km or 289 mi	South Yarra	$1829
466 km or 290 mi	Bendigo	$1487
466 km or 290 mi	Melbourne	$2496
470 km or 292 mi	Sunbury	$1928
477 km or 297 mi	Frankston	$1889
485 km or 302 mi	Melton	$1906
488 km or 303 mi	Tarneit	$1822
489 km or 304 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
531 km or 330 mi	Geelong	$2217
535 km or 332 mi	Ballarat	$1604
554 km or 344 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
583 km or 362 mi	Armidale	$1288
649 km or 403 mi	Mildura	$1904
669 km or 415 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
684 km or 425 mi	Warrnambool	$1870
698 km or 434 mi	Devonport	$1898
706 km or 438 mi	Launceston	$1753
796 km or 495 mi	Mount Gambier	$1901
852 km or 529 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
858 km or 533 mi	Hobart	$2308
902 km or 560 mi	Toowoomba	$1766

Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$975
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$1008
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$969
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$1015
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$842
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$941
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$1040
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$880
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$982
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$917
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$1015
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$934
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$986
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$887
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$907
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$1032
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$771
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$987
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$971
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$1075
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$981
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$1004
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1041
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$1241
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$950
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$766
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$926
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$803
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$928
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$926
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$894
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$944
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$952
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$846
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$670
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1469
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$962
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$950
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$910
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$1023