Changhua vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Changhua	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$813	$1160
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2423	$2923
🏠 One person rent	$308	$603
🏘️ Family rent	$764	$1214
🍽️ Food expenses	$352	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.6	$78.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1485	$709
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	83	92
😀 Quality of life	62	67
🏙️ Population	225K	9.21M

The cost of living in Changhua is 30% less expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 6385th and 4604th ($813 vs $1160) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 7th in Taiwan and Mexico, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Changhua compared to 0.6 months in Mexico City. Changhua ranked 14th best city to live in Taiwan vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 4970th and 3470th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Changhua vs Mexico City

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	Changhua	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.44	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.1	$46.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.77	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.25	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$2.54	$3.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.98	$1.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$312	$846
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$231	$475
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$891	$1732
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$628	$998
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42	$27.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.7	$42.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.5	$26.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.08%	11.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5666	$2952
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3781	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.69	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.3	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$3.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.34	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.72	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.87	$2.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$9.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.89	$7.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$2.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$1.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.63	$0.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.71	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.47	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.65	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$5.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.35	$4.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.82	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.37	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.7	$56.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.25	$4.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.3	$45
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.3	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.3	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$310	$401
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17014	$9034

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Cities near Changhua

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Taichung	$894
23 km or 14 mi	Nantou	$796
40 km or 25 mi	Douliu	$770
63 km or 39 mi	Miaoli	$728
66 km or 41 mi	Chiayi	$747
93 km or 58 mi	Hsinchu	$897
98 km or 61 mi	Zhubei	$821
111 km or 69 mi	Taoyuan	$875
126 km or 78 mi	Tainan	$814
140 km or 87 mi	New Taipei	$1073
145 km or 90 mi	Yilan	$731
149 km or 92 mi	Taipei	$1181
158 km or 98 mi	Taitung	$788
163 km or 101 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
170 km or 106 mi	Keelung	$967
215 km or 133 mi	Jinjiang	$627
217 km or 135 mi	Putian	$625
218 km or 136 mi	Quanzhou	$644
227 km or 141 mi	Kinmen	$823
253 km or 157 mi	Xiamen	$688
256 km or 159 mi	Fuzhou	$669
295 km or 183 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
307 km or 191 mi	Ningde	$648
368 km or 229 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
372 km or 231 mi	Nanping	$630
373 km or 231 mi	Longyan	$649
381 km or 237 mi	Sanming	$603
398 km or 248 mi	Shantou	$581
399 km or 248 mi	Chaozhou	$451
413 km or 257 mi	Rui'an	$681
428 km or 266 mi	Jieyang	$443
437 km or 272 mi	Wenzhou	$726
448 km or 279 mi	Meizhou	$655
452 km or 281 mi	Puning	$569
481 km or 299 mi	Wuyishan	$601
487 km or 302 mi	Wenling	$671
488 km or 303 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
491 km or 305 mi	Lishui	$682
536 km or 333 mi	Linhai	$661
550 km or 342 mi	Shangrao	$671

Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$800
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$747
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$761
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$696
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$752
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$858
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$632
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$825
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$981
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$788
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$821
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$983
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$770
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$485
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$638
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$635
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$717
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$693
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$724
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$725
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$700
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$574
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$634
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$667
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$804