Douala vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Douala	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1265	$1160
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3165	$2923
🏠 One person rent	$676	$603
🏘️ Family rent	$1351	$1214
🍽️ Food expenses	$411	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$77.5	$78.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$147	$709
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	21	92
😀 Quality of life	34	67
🏙️ Population	2.77M	9.21M

The cost of living in Douala is 9% more expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 4304th and 4604th ($1265 vs $1160) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th in Cameroon and Mexico, respectively. Check Cameroon vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Douala compared to 0.6 months in Mexico City. Douala ranked 1st best city to live in Cameroon vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 7681st and 3470th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Douala vs Mexico City

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	Douala	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.07	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$112	$46.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.75	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$1.56	$3.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.52	$1.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$746	$846
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$478	$475
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1743	$1732
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1010	$998
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.8	$27.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$142	$42.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.9	$26.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.25%	11.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1890	$2952
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$920	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.75	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.88	$3.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.58	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.39	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.88	$2.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.9	$9.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.19	$7.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.9	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$2.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.36	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.58	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.2	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$5.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.23	$4.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.61	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19.9	$56.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.99	$4.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.9	$45
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.73	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.2	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$130	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$478	$401
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3126	$9034

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Cities near Douala

Distance	City	Cost of living
53 km or 33 mi	Buea	$601
54 km or 33 mi	Limbe	$655
71 km or 44 mi	Kumba	$764
108 km or 67 mi	Malabo	$741
176 km or 110 mi	Bafoussam	$555
182 km or 113 mi	Calabar	$384
203 km or 126 mi	Yaounde	$747
216 km or 134 mi	Bamenda	$553
245 km or 152 mi	Bata	$1121
285 km or 177 mi	Aba	$621
296 km or 184 mi	Umuahia	$883
309 km or 192 mi	Port Harcourt	$679
336 km or 209 mi	Owerri	$1611
361 km or 224 mi	Enugu	$462
377 km or 234 mi	Awka	$805
400 km or 248 mi	Onitsha	$972
408 km or 253 mi	Libreville	$668
467 km or 290 mi	Warri	$881
518 km or 322 mi	Benin	$558
529 km or 328 mi	Sao Tome	$900
536 km or 333 mi	Trindade	$900
540 km or 335 mi	Port-Gentil	$625
563 km or 350 mi	Ngaoundere	$527
573 km or 356 mi	Owo	$651
608 km or 378 mi	Abuja	$1502
612 km or 381 mi	Akure	$634
635 km or 395 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
660 km or 410 mi	Jos	$820
675 km or 419 mi	Berberati	$482
683 km or 425 mi	Ife	$779
697 km or 433 mi	Bauchi	$759
702 km or 436 mi	Osogbo	$695
709 km or 441 mi	Minna	$743
712 km or 443 mi	Garoua	$556
740 km or 460 mi	Ibadan	$776
747 km or 464 mi	Lagos	$1113
754 km or 469 mi	Ilorin	$535
762 km or 473 mi	Kaduna	$371
764 km or 475 mi	Oyo	$677
783 km or 486 mi	Abeokuta	$1030

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