Colorado Springs vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Colorado Springs	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2421	$1160
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5340	$2923
🏠 One person rent	$1548	$603
🏘️ Family rent	$2311	$1214
🍽️ Food expenses	$620	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$78.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4230	$709
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	62	92
😀 Quality of life	84	67
🏙️ Population	479K	9.21M

The cost of living in Colorado Springs is 109% more expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 917th and 4604th ($2421 vs $1160) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 840th and 7th 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 Colorado Springs compared to 0.6 months in Mexico City. Colorado Springs ranked 104th best city to live in the United States vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 387th and 3470th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Colorado Springs vs Mexico City infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/colorado-springs/mexico-city.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Colorado Springs vs Mexico City infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/colorado-springs/mexico-city" target="_blank">Colorado Springs vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Colorado Springs vs Mexico City

Prices for goods and services in Colorado Springs and Mexico City are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Colorado Springs	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.9	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71	$46.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.6	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.35	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$6.15	$3.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$1.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1534	$846
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1308	$475
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2318	$1732
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1993	$998
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$27.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$170	$42.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$83.3	$26.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.62%	11.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2384	$2952
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2406	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$64.6	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.9	$3.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.05	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.12	$2.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$9.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$7.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$2.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.59	$1.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$1.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$0.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.11	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.3	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.99	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$5.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.97	$4.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.76	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.55	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.9	$56.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$4.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$111	$45
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.1	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.3	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1681	$401
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24682	$9034

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Colorado Springs

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 9 mi	Security-Widefield	$2369
21 km or 13 mi	Fountain	$2373
57 km or 35 mi	Castle Rock	$2508
68 km or 42 mi	Pueblo	$2425
73 km or 45 mi	Parker	$2509
77 km or 48 mi	Highlands Ranch	$2639
82 km or 51 mi	Centennial	$2525
86 km or 53 mi	Littleton	$2315
89 km or 55 mi	Englewood	$2381
94 km or 59 mi	Aurora	$2674
97 km or 61 mi	Lakewood	$2495
99 km or 61 mi	Denver	$2717
104 km or 65 mi	Wheat Ridge	$2548
108 km or 67 mi	Arvada	$2577
109 km or 68 mi	Commerce	$2432
110 km or 68 mi	Westminster	$2618
116 km or 72 mi	Northglenn	$2737
116 km or 72 mi	Thornton	$2784
121 km or 75 mi	Broomfield	$2958
124 km or 77 mi	Brighton	$2568
129 km or 80 mi	Lafayette	$2661
136 km or 84 mi	Boulder	$2624
148 km or 92 mi	Longmont	$2661
173 km or 107 mi	Greeley	$2001
173 km or 108 mi	Loveland	$2451
191 km or 119 mi	Fort Collins	$2193
254 km or 158 mi	Cheyenne	$1768
281 km or 174 mi	Laramie	$1892
283 km or 176 mi	Taos	$2396
327 km or 203 mi	Grand Junction	$1974
337 km or 210 mi	Espanola	$2211
347 km or 216 mi	Scottsbluff	$1854
356 km or 221 mi	Garden	$1711
370 km or 230 mi	Santa Fe	$2170
380 km or 236 mi	Farmington	$2623
395 km or 245 mi	Liberal	$1706
426 km or 264 mi	North Platte	$1824
434 km or 270 mi	Dodge	$1768
436 km or 271 mi	Rio Rancho	$1942
447 km or 278 mi	Albuquerque	$1985

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