Dallas vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dallas	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2550	$1190
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5986	$3028
🏠 One person rent	$1562	$611
🏘️ Family rent	$2711	$1253
🍽️ Food expenses	$635	$376
🚐 Transport expenses	$196	$92.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5410	$740
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	92	90
😀 Quality of life	91	68
🏙️ Population	1.3M	9.21M

The cost of living in Dallas is 114% more expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 700th and 4630th ($2550 vs $1190) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 627th and 6th 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 2.1 months in Dallas compared to 0.6 months in Mexico City. Dallas ranked 19th best city to live in the United States vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 113th and 3360th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dallas vs Mexico City

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	Dallas	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.5	$10.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.1	$45.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$8.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.93	$2.69
☕ Cappuccino	$5.35	$3.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.8	$1.08
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1643	$838
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1280	$489
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3063	$1747
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2267	$1045
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$27.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$220	$42.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$64.9	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.44%	11.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4445	$2781
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2304	$2233
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.02	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$97.5	$22.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.2	$5.65
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.11	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.97	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.39	$2.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$9.69
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$7.51
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$2.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.45
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$1.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$1.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.08	$1.85
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.1	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.67	$1.59
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.72	$3.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$7.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.46	$4.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.91	$2.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.13	$2.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.1	$61
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$5.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$98.2	$53.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.8	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.8	$55.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$94.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1291	$396
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26874	$8550

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Cities near Dallas

Distance	City	Cost of living
8 km or 5 mi	University Park	$2243
14 km or 8.5 mi	Irving	$1887
18 km or 11 mi	Duncanville	$2159
18 km or 11 mi	Farmers Branch	$2187
19 km or 12 mi	Mesquite	$2079
19 km or 12 mi	Balch Springs	$2150
20 km or 12 mi	Lancaster	$2188
21 km or 13 mi	DeSoto	$2175
21 km or 13 mi	Grand Prairie	$2085
22 km or 13 mi	Garland	$2061
22 km or 14 mi	Richardson	$2282
25 km or 15 mi	Carrollton	$2236
25 km or 15 mi	Cedar Hill	$2170
27 km or 17 mi	Coppell	$2122
28 km or 17 mi	Euless	$2085
28 km or 18 mi	Rowlett	$2202
30 km or 19 mi	Sachse	$2330
30 km or 19 mi	Arlington	$1869
31 km or 19 mi	Plano	$2506
31 km or 19 mi	Grapevine	$2022
32 km or 20 mi	Bedford	$2096
32 km or 20 mi	Forney	$2135
34 km or 21 mi	Colleyville	$2103
34 km or 21 mi	Lewisville	$2102
35 km or 22 mi	Hurst	$2100
35 km or 22 mi	The Colony	$2336
36 km or 22 mi	Rockwall	$2153
37 km or 23 mi	Southlake	$2111
37 km or 23 mi	Mansfield	$2299
37 km or 23 mi	Midlothian	$2189
37 km or 23 mi	Wylie	$2609
38 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2140
38 km or 24 mi	Allen	$2411
39 km or 24 mi	North Richland Hills	$2122
40 km or 25 mi	Frisco	$2602
42 km or 26 mi	Waxahachie	$2173
42 km or 26 mi	Watauga	$2127
43 km or 27 mi	Keller	$2103
43 km or 27 mi	Haltom	$2105
44 km or 28 mi	Little Elm	$2284

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