Ecatepec de Morelos vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ecatepec de Morelos	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$704	$916
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1478	$2694
🏠 One person rent	$346	$478
🏘️ Family rent	$367	$1142
🍽️ Food expenses	$237	$261
🚐 Transport expenses	$71.3	$85.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$610	$1771
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	87	96
😀 Quality of life	51	80
🏙️ Population	1.93M	17.7M

The cost of living in Ecatepec de Morelos is 23% less expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 6869th and 5950th ($704 vs $916) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 108th and 12th in Mexico and China, respectively. Check Mexico vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Ecatepec de Morelos compared to 1.9 months in Shenzhen. Ecatepec de Morelos ranked 19th best city to live in Mexico vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 6189th and 545th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ecatepec de Morelos vs Shenzhen

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	Ecatepec de Morelos	Shenzhen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.88	$3.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$9.98	$27.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6	$5.23
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.03	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$3.34	$3.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.16	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$347	$667
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$287	$360
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$540	$1650
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$246	$917
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$28.1	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.5	$65.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.1	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.13%	4.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2214	$12583
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1605	$6551
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.76	$0.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$23.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.97	$4.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.97	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.01	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.33	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.69	$4.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.82	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.41	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.08	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.35	$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.73	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.02	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.32	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.31	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.5	$48.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.02	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.9	$33.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.83	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$37.7	$60.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$55	$78
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$316	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6402	$22267

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Cities near Ecatepec de Morelos

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.9 mi	Tultepec	$747
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
17 km or 10 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
18 km or 11 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
21 km or 13 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
21 km or 13 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
22 km or 14 mi	Mexico City	$1160
22 km or 14 mi	Zumpango	$761
23 km or 14 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
24 km or 15 mi	Naucalpan	$800
26 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
41 km or 25 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
67 km or 41 mi	Pachuca	$632
72 km or 45 mi	Toluca	$696
78 km or 49 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
81 km or 50 mi	Jiutepec	$752
88 km or 55 mi	Cuautla	$858
100 km or 62 mi	Atlixco	$825
107 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$981
118 km or 73 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
130 km or 81 mi	Taxco	$788
132 km or 82 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
149 km or 92 mi	Iguala	$821
178 km or 110 mi	Queretaro	$983
178 km or 111 mi	Teziutlan	$770
197 km or 122 mi	Poza Rica	$635
211 km or 131 mi	Celaya	$638
215 km or 134 mi	Tehuacan	$485
220 km or 137 mi	Coatepec	$700
221 km or 137 mi	Orizaba	$724
222 km or 138 mi	Cortazar	$693
224 km or 139 mi	Xalapa	$574
225 km or 140 mi	Morelia	$717
228 km or 141 mi	Yuriria	$725
229 km or 143 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
233 km or 145 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
236 km or 146 mi	Cordoba	$759
249 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$634
265 km or 165 mi	Ciudad Valles	$778
268 km or 166 mi	Irapuato	$667

Cities near Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2432
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$653
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$656
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1588
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$461
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$601
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$804
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$774
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$611
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$936
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$812
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$764
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$794
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$823
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$877
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$569
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$818
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$443
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$581
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$655
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$451
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$803
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$755
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$758
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$761
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$756
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$761
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$724
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$771
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$649
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$702
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$688
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$650
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$823
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$522
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$609