Detroit vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Detroit	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2133	$1331
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5076	$3182
🏠 One person rent	$1225	$721
🏘️ Family rent	$2140	$1296
🍽️ Food expenses	$655	$410
🚐 Transport expenses	$110	$93.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3098	$892
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	77	92
😀 Quality of life	88	72
🏙️ Population	639K	9.21M

The cost of living in Detroit is 60% more expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 1636th and 4418th ($2133 vs $1331) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1374th and 5th 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 1.5 months in Detroit compared to 0.7 months in Mexico City. Detroit ranked 99th best city to live in the United States vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 311th and 3317th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Detroit vs Mexico City

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	Detroit	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.9	$12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.4	$41.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$8.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.03	$3.22
☕ Cappuccino	$4.82	$4.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.58	$1.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1309	$988
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$949	$578
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2383	$1819
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1719	$1067
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$153	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$236	$47.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.1	$30
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.39%	11.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1383	$3569
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1272	$2491
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.02	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.4	$22.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.8	$5.33
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.91	$1.34
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.36	$2.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.96	$1.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.6	$2.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$7.93
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.56	$2.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.85	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.1	$1.95
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$2.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.81
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.08	$2.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.63	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.93	$4.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.9	$8.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.96	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.51	$2.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.77	$1.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.1	$53.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$5.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$88.4	$44.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$15.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.1	$57.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.3	$98.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1177	$427
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16684	$11015

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Cities near Detroit

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.9 km or 1.2 mi	Windsor	$1961
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Hamtramck	$2062
14 km or 8.6 mi	Dearborn	$2052
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lincoln Park	$1940
16 km or 9.8 mi	Allen Park	$2048
16 km or 10 mi	Ferndale	$2080
17 km or 10 mi	Wyandotte	$1737
17 km or 11 mi	Eastpointe	$2032
18 km or 11 mi	Madison Heights	$2124
18 km or 11 mi	Warren	$1963
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Park	$2061
19 km or 12 mi	Southgate	$1911
19 km or 12 mi	Royal Oak	$2085
20 km or 12 mi	Dearborn Heights	$2041
21 km or 13 mi	Roseville	$2039
21 km or 13 mi	Taylor	$2167
21 km or 13 mi	Southfield	$2062
22 km or 14 mi	St. Clair Shores	$2036
22 km or 14 mi	Inkster	$2053
24 km or 15 mi	Garden	$1996
26 km or 16 mi	Amherstburg	$1913
27 km or 17 mi	Birmingham	$2045
28 km or 17 mi	Sterling Heights	$1973
28 km or 17 mi	Livonia	$1874
29 km or 18 mi	Troy	$1958
29 km or 18 mi	Westland	$2048
30 km or 19 mi	Clinton Township	$2100
31 km or 19 mi	Romulus	$2078
32 km or 20 mi	Farmington Hills	$2345
37 km or 23 mi	Rochester Hills	$2002
39 km or 24 mi	Novi	$2295
40 km or 25 mi	Pontiac	$1822
42 km or 26 mi	Auburn Hills	$1957
54 km or 34 mi	Monroe	$1721
58 km or 36 mi	Ann Arbor	$2276
71 km or 44 mi	Chatham-Kent	$1832
86 km or 54 mi	Toledo	$1642
88 km or 54 mi	Burton	$1611
88 km or 54 mi	Port Huron	$1949
89 km or 55 mi	Sarnia	$1608

Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$908
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$932
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$898
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$942
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$777
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$869
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$962
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$818
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$904
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$851
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$938
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$868
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$926
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$819
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$842
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$977
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$717
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$914
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$905
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$998
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$912
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$936
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$981
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$1184
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$875
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$724
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$860
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$764
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$858
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$873
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$846
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$875
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$894
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$784
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$643
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1491
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$893
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$896
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$860
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$1030