El Paso vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	El Paso	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1813	$1160
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4267	$2923
🏠 One person rent	$980	$603
🏘️ Family rent	$1800	$1214
🍽️ Food expenses	$620	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$92	$78.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3350	$709
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	35	92
😀 Quality of life	79	67
🏙️ Population	679K	9.21M

The cost of living in El Paso is 56% more expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 2363rd and 4604th ($1813 vs $1160) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1931st and 7th 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 Mexico City. El Paso ranked 179th best city to live in the United States vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 633rd and 3470th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in El Paso vs Mexico City

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	El Paso	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.5	$46.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.49	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$5.96	$3.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.81	$1.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$921	$846
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$759	$475
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1644	$1732
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1529	$998
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$27.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$42.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.2	$26.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.62%	11.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1815	$2952
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1759	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.51	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.5	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.8	$3.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.38	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.82	$2.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$9.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$7.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$2.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.28	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$1.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$0.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.37	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.13	$5.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.01	$4.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.95	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.1	$56.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$4.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$63.2	$45
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.2	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$36.7	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.4	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$578	$401
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6903	$9034

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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 Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$800
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$747
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$761
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$696
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$752
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$858
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$632
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$825
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$981
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$788
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$821
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$983
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$770
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$485
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$638
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$635
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$717
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$693
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$724
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$725
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$700
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$574
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$634
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$667
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$804