Ecatepec de Morelos vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Ecatepec de Morelos	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$777	$771
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1633	$2209
🏠 One person rent	$381	$265
🏘️ Family rent	$405	$448
🍽️ Food expenses	$266	$292
🚐 Transport expenses	$75.4	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$852	$1127
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	88	70
😀 Quality of life	57	71
🏙️ Population	1.93M	12.7M

The cost of living in Ecatepec de Morelos is 0.7% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 6759th and 6778th ($777 vs $771) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 125th and 31st in Mexico and China, respectively. Check Mexico vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Ecatepec de Morelos compared to 1.5 months in Suzhou. Ecatepec de Morelos ranked 14th best city to live in Mexico vs Suzhou ranked 23rd in China, while ranked 6128th and 3523rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ecatepec de Morelos vs Suzhou

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	Ecatepec de Morelos	Suzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.95	$4.17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11	$42.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.96	$4.91
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.21	$2.54
☕ Cappuccino	$3.62	$3.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.49	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$382	$328
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$317	$163
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$599	$581
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$272	$291
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.7	$57.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.3	$87.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20.9	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.39%	3.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2782	$5716
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1882	$2955
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.86	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.1	$41.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.93	$4.46
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$2.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$2.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.79	$20.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.16	$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$8.05
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.54	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.99	$12.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.58	$4.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.18	$8.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.33	$4.46
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.44	$1.21
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.43	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$36.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.49	$6.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$78.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.55	$7.93
👖 Brand Jeans	$41	$50.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60.4	$72.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$354	$778
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6991	$15339

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Cities near Ecatepec de Morelos

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.9 mi	Tultepec	$851
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$869
17 km or 10 mi	Tlalnepantla	$932
18 km or 11 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$818
21 km or 13 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$904
21 km or 13 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$942
22 km or 14 mi	Mexico City	$1331
22 km or 14 mi	Zumpango	$868
23 km or 14 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$898
24 km or 15 mi	Naucalpan	$908
26 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$962
41 km or 25 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$938
67 km or 41 mi	Pachuca	$717
72 km or 45 mi	Toluca	$926
78 km or 49 mi	Cuernavaca	$819
81 km or 50 mi	Jiutepec	$842
88 km or 55 mi	Cuautla	$977
100 km or 62 mi	Atlixco	$914
107 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$998
118 km or 73 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$905
130 km or 81 mi	Taxco	$912
132 km or 82 mi	San Juan del Rio	$981
149 km or 92 mi	Iguala	$936
178 km or 110 mi	Queretaro	$1184
178 km or 111 mi	Teziutlan	$875
197 km or 122 mi	Poza Rica	$858
211 km or 131 mi	Celaya	$764
215 km or 134 mi	Tehuacan	$860
220 km or 137 mi	Coatepec	$784
221 km or 137 mi	Orizaba	$875
222 km or 138 mi	Cortazar	$846
224 km or 139 mi	Xalapa	$643
225 km or 140 mi	Morelia	$873
228 km or 141 mi	Yuriria	$894
229 km or 143 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1491
233 km or 145 mi	Chilpancingo	$724
236 km or 146 mi	Cordoba	$893
249 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$896
265 km or 165 mi	Ciudad Valles	$936
268 km or 166 mi	Irapuato	$860

Cities near Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$696
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$632
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$679
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$673
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$597
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$631
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$634
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$674
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$547
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1128
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$601
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$612
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$621
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1003
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$639
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$622
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$696
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$630
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$642
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$826
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$597
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$597
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$634
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$740
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$651
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$618
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$602
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$637
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$590
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$664
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$659
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$713
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$753
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$663
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$617
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$576
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$672
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$610