Dusseldorf vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dusseldorf	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1979	$1331
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4769	$3182
🏠 One person rent	$1090	$721
🏘️ Family rent	$1897	$1296
🍽️ Food expenses	$553	$410
🚐 Transport expenses	$178	$93.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3937	$892
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	92	92
😀 Quality of life	96	72
🏙️ Population	631K	9.21M

The cost of living in Dusseldorf is 49% more expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 2065th and 4418th ($1979 vs $1331) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 5th in Germany and Mexico, respectively. Check Germany vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Dusseldorf compared to 0.7 months in Mexico City. Dusseldorf ranked 3rd best city to live in Germany vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 25th and 3317th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dusseldorf vs Mexico City

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	Dusseldorf	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.2	$12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.6	$41.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13	$8.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.4	$3.22
☕ Cappuccino	$4.31	$4.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.46	$1.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1139	$988
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$859	$578
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2011	$1819
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1558	$1067
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$47.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.2	$30
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	11.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7326	$3569
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6067	$2491
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.96	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$64.8	$22.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.7	$5.33
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.02	$1.34
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.23	$2.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.11	$2.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$7.93
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.7	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$2.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$1.95
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$2.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.81
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.54	$2.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.25	$12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.19	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.24	$4.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.61	$8.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.29	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.6	$2.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$1.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.2	$53.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.5	$5.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$60.7	$44.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$15.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$115	$57.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$121	$98.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$789	$427
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23360	$11015

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Cities near Dusseldorf

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.5 km or 4 mi	Neuss	$1650
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Ratingen	$1631
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Erkrath	$1661
10 km or 6.3 mi	Kaarst	$1645
13 km or 8.3 mi	Hilden	$1674
14 km or 8.5 mi	Mettmann	$1613
16 km or 9.8 mi	Dormagen	$1711
16 km or 9.9 mi	Willich	$1616
17 km or 11 mi	Monheim am Rhein	$1740
17 km or 11 mi	Haan	$1645
17 km or 11 mi	Heiligenhaus	$1567
18 km or 11 mi	Langenfeld	$1727
18 km or 11 mi	Krefeld	$1626
19 km or 12 mi	Korschenbroich	$1634
19 km or 12 mi	Wulfrath	$1574
20 km or 13 mi	Grevenbroich	$1659
21 km or 13 mi	Leichlingen	$1708
22 km or 14 mi	Tonisvorst	$1596
22 km or 14 mi	Velbert	$1555
22 km or 14 mi	Duisburg	$1340
23 km or 14 mi	Solingen	$1691
23 km or 14 mi	Mulheim	$1543
24 km or 15 mi	Monchengladbach	$1651
26 km or 16 mi	Pulheim	$1741
26 km or 16 mi	Leverkusen	$2037
27 km or 17 mi	Viersen	$1605
27 km or 17 mi	Oberhausen	$1605
27 km or 17 mi	Moers	$1525
28 km or 17 mi	Neukirchen-Vluyn	$1544
28 km or 17 mi	Wuppertal	$1488
29 km or 18 mi	Kempen	$1586
29 km or 18 mi	Remscheid	$1608
30 km or 18 mi	Bedburg	$1650
30 km or 18 mi	Essen	$1516
31 km or 19 mi	Bergheim	$1678
32 km or 20 mi	Wermelskirchen	$1630
34 km or 21 mi	Bottrop	$1474
34 km or 21 mi	Kamp-Lintfort	$1552
34 km or 21 mi	Hattingen	$1547
35 km or 22 mi	Cologne	$1968

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