El Paso vs Guadalajara - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	El Paso	Guadalajara
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1828	$1241
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4149	$2983
🏠 One person rent	$1019	$607
🏘️ Family rent	$1739	$1060
🍽️ Food expenses	$595	$416
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.2	$113
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3236	$750
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	34	47
😀 Quality of life	85	62
🏙️ Population	679K	1.39M

The cost of living in El Paso is 47% more expensive than in Guadalajara. Cities ranked 2753rd and 4689th ($1828 vs $1241) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1911th and 14th 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 1.8 months in El Paso compared to 0.6 months in Guadalajara. El Paso ranked 154th best city to live in the United States vs Guadalajara ranked 7th in Mexico, while ranked 472nd and 5768th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in El Paso vs Guadalajara

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	El Paso	Guadalajara
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$22	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$70.6	$43.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.1	$9.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.03	$2.49
☕ Cappuccino	$6.59	$3.79
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.29	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1025	$776
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$817	$492
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1758	$1418
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1466	$879
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.6	$27.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$42.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.5	$30.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.36%	11.18%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1787	$3091
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1767	$2058
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.49	$0.58
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.1	$31.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.9	$14.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.74	$1.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$1.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.96	$2.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.86	$2.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$10.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$9.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$2.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$2.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$1.74
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$2.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$2.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.36	$2.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.18	$11.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.05	$1.87
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.2	$4.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.06	$6.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.95	$5.14
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.95	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.97	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.2	$30.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$5.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$63.3	$30.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$19
👖 Brand Jeans	$45	$61.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$120
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$571	$252
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6914	$11768

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Cities near El Paso

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$1002
24 km or 15 mi	Socorro	$1876
68 km or 42 mi	Las Cruces	$1641
136 km or 85 mi	Alamogordo	$1734
202 km or 125 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$896
224 km or 139 mi	Carlsbad	$1855
258 km or 160 mi	Roswell	$1928
294 km or 183 mi	Agua Prieta	$863
332 km or 206 mi	Hobbs	$1924
349 km or 217 mi	Chihuahua	$1008
359 km or 223 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
374 km or 232 mi	Albuquerque	$2026
375 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Cuauhtemoc	$1055
387 km or 240 mi	Rio Rancho	$2040
390 km or 242 mi	Odessa	$2231
408 km or 254 mi	Delicias	$953
415 km or 258 mi	Midland	$2045
422 km or 262 mi	Tucson	$1930
424 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$2110
425 km or 264 mi	Sahuarita	$2059
425 km or 264 mi	Clovis	$1724
425 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$776
429 km or 267 mi	Oro Valley	$2050
431 km or 268 mi	Casas Adobes	$2005
437 km or 272 mi	Santa Fe	$2216
442 km or 275 mi	Marana	$2089
467 km or 290 mi	Gallup	$2190
473 km or 294 mi	Espanola	$2220
476 km or 296 mi	Lubbock	$1934
476 km or 296 mi	Big Spring	$2140
481 km or 299 mi	Florence	$2444
508 km or 316 mi	Apache Junction	$2490
509 km or 317 mi	Casa Grande	$2366
511 km or 317 mi	Queen Creek	$3022
521 km or 323 mi	Plainview	$2023
522 km or 324 mi	Hermosillo	$1087
522 km or 324 mi	Taos	$2418
527 km or 328 mi	Gilbert	$2381
530 km or 330 mi	Chandler	$2396
532 km or 330 mi	Fountain Hills	$2384

Cities near Guadalajara

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Tlaquepaque	$784
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Zapopan	$1280
92 km or 57 mi	La Barca	$990
108 km or 67 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$925
135 km or 84 mi	Zamora	$983
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$1157
159 km or 99 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$910
164 km or 102 mi	Colima	$806
165 km or 103 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$1007
173 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$999
180 km or 112 mi	Leon	$885
185 km or 115 mi	Tepic	$746
188 km or 117 mi	Zacapu	$1023
194 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$899
196 km or 122 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1417
202 km or 125 mi	Silao	$914
204 km or 127 mi	Tecoman	$920
205 km or 127 mi	Apatzingan	$946
207 km or 129 mi	Manzanillo	$956
208 km or 129 mi	Irapuato	$910
219 km or 136 mi	Sayulita	$1202
221 km or 137 mi	Guanajuato	$817
224 km or 139 mi	Salamanca	$950
237 km or 147 mi	Yuriria	$952
246 km or 153 mi	Zacatecas	$664
249 km or 155 mi	Cortazar	$894
250 km or 155 mi	Morelia	$926
264 km or 164 mi	Celaya	$803
272 km or 169 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1469
282 km or 175 mi	Fresnillo	$866
295 km or 183 mi	San Luis Potosi	$1028
308 km or 191 mi	Queretaro	$1241
326 km or 203 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$913
350 km or 218 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1041
352 km or 219 mi	Rioverde	$1044
364 km or 226 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$971
387 km or 241 mi	Zihuatanejo	$914
396 km or 246 mi	Durango	$747
416 km or 258 mi	Toluca	$986
425 km or 264 mi	Mazatlan	$1102