El Paso vs Guadalajara - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	El Paso	Guadalajara
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1813	$1017
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4267	$2509
🏠 One person rent	$980	$480
🏘️ Family rent	$1800	$932
🍽️ Food expenses	$620	$349
🚐 Transport expenses	$92	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3350	$652
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	35	49
😀 Quality of life	79	57
🏙️ Population	679K	1.46M

The cost of living in El Paso is 78% more expensive than in Guadalajara. Cities ranked 2363rd and 5385th ($1813 vs $1017) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1931st and 15th 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 179th best city to live in the United States vs Guadalajara ranked 7th in Mexico, while ranked 633rd and 5625th 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	$18.9	$9.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.5	$36.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$7.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.49	$1.86
☕ Cappuccino	$5.96	$2.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.81	$1.19
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$921	$573
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$759	$403
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1644	$1233
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1529	$791
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$18.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$28.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.2	$24.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.62%	11.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1815	$2393
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1759	$1599
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.51	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.5	$23.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.8	$15.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.38	$2.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.82	$2.37
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$8.43
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$7.23
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$9.59
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$2.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.28	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$1.39
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$1.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.37	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12	$4.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.13	$6.86
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.01	$4.49
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.95	$2.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$1.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.1	$29.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$4.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$63.2	$25.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.2	$12.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$36.7	$47.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.4	$93
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$578	$161
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6903	$5853

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Cities near El Paso

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$948
24 km or 15 mi	Socorro	$1875
68 km or 42 mi	Las Cruces	$1695
136 km or 85 mi	Alamogordo	$1661
202 km or 125 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$797
224 km or 139 mi	Carlsbad	$1832
258 km or 160 mi	Roswell	$1854
294 km or 183 mi	Agua Prieta	$791
332 km or 206 mi	Hobbs	$1856
349 km or 217 mi	Chihuahua	$814
359 km or 223 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
374 km or 232 mi	Albuquerque	$1985
375 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Cuauhtemoc	$770
387 km or 240 mi	Rio Rancho	$1942
390 km or 242 mi	Odessa	$2224
408 km or 254 mi	Delicias	$762
415 km or 258 mi	Midland	$1683
422 km or 262 mi	Tucson	$1957
424 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$2077
425 km or 264 mi	Sahuarita	$2037
425 km or 264 mi	Clovis	$1618
425 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$830
429 km or 267 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
431 km or 268 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
437 km or 272 mi	Santa Fe	$2170
442 km or 275 mi	Marana	$2073
467 km or 290 mi	Gallup	$2262
473 km or 294 mi	Espanola	$2211
476 km or 296 mi	Lubbock	$1717
476 km or 296 mi	Big Spring	$1996
481 km or 299 mi	Florence	$2319
508 km or 316 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
509 km or 317 mi	Casa Grande	$2296
511 km or 317 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
521 km or 323 mi	Plainview	$1896
522 km or 324 mi	Hermosillo	$814
522 km or 324 mi	Taos	$2396
527 km or 328 mi	Gilbert	$2417
530 km or 330 mi	Chandler	$2306
532 km or 330 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353

Cities near Guadalajara

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Tlaquepaque	$660
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Zapopan	$1021
92 km or 57 mi	La Barca	$778
108 km or 67 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$780
135 km or 84 mi	Zamora	$773
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$906
159 km or 99 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$721
164 km or 102 mi	Colima	$634
165 km or 103 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$831
173 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$796
180 km or 112 mi	Leon	$684
185 km or 115 mi	Tepic	$587
188 km or 117 mi	Zacapu	$804
194 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$673
196 km or 122 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1162
202 km or 125 mi	Silao	$768
204 km or 127 mi	Tecoman	$744
205 km or 127 mi	Apatzingan	$753
207 km or 129 mi	Manzanillo	$813
208 km or 129 mi	Irapuato	$667
219 km or 136 mi	Sayulita	$977
221 km or 137 mi	Guanajuato	$853
224 km or 139 mi	Salamanca	$634
237 km or 147 mi	Yuriria	$725
246 km or 153 mi	Zacatecas	$677
249 km or 155 mi	Cortazar	$693
250 km or 155 mi	Morelia	$717
264 km or 164 mi	Celaya	$638
272 km or 169 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
282 km or 175 mi	Fresnillo	$760
295 km or 183 mi	San Luis Potosi	$808
308 km or 191 mi	Queretaro	$983
326 km or 203 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$781
350 km or 218 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
352 km or 219 mi	Rioverde	$846
364 km or 226 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
387 km or 241 mi	Zihuatanejo	$856
396 km or 246 mi	Durango	$662
416 km or 258 mi	Toluca	$696
425 km or 264 mi	Mazatlan	$1214