El Paso vs Tijuana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	El Paso	Tijuana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1813	$1047
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4267	$2573
🏠 One person rent	$980	$463
🏘️ Family rent	$1800	$898
🍽️ Food expenses	$620	$355
🚐 Transport expenses	$92	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3350	$822
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	35	22
😀 Quality of life	79	58
🏙️ Population	679K	1.96M

The cost of living in El Paso is 73% more expensive than in Tijuana. Cities ranked 2363rd and 5176th ($1813 vs $1047) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1931st and 12th 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 0.8 months in Tijuana. El Paso ranked 179th best city to live in the United States vs Tijuana ranked 6th in Mexico, while ranked 633rd and 5576th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in El Paso vs Tijuana

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	El Paso	Tijuana
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.5	$36.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$7.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.49	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$5.96	$4.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.81	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$921	$564
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$759	$363
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1644	$1158
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1529	$737
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$33.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$51.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.2	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.62%	11.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1815	$3302
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1759	$2141
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.51	$0.88
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.5	$32
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.8	$20.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.38	$2.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$1.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.82	$2.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$7.09
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$5.98
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$9.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$2.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.28	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$1.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$1.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.37	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12	$3.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.13	$5.69
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.01	$3.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.95	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.1	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$3.93
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$63.2	$41
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.2	$10.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$36.7	$37.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.4	$72.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$578	$181
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6903	$2569

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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 Tijuana

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.5 mi	Imperial Beach	$2911
11 km or 6.9 mi	Chula Vista	$3017
15 km or 9.5 mi	Las Delicias	$912
18 km or 11 mi	National	$2962
21 km or 13 mi	Rosarito Beach	$910
22 km or 14 mi	Coronado	$3065
23 km or 15 mi	Lemon Grove	$2914
24 km or 15 mi	San Diego	$3428
27 km or 17 mi	La Mesa	$2916
30 km or 19 mi	El Cajon	$3043
38 km or 24 mi	Santee	$2898
42 km or 26 mi	La Jolla	$2964
48 km or 30 mi	Poway	$2930
62 km or 38 mi	Encinitas	$3124
66 km or 41 mi	Escondido	$3279
69 km or 43 mi	San Marcos	$2917
76 km or 47 mi	Carlsbad	$3273
77 km or 48 mi	Vista	$2834
81 km or 50 mi	Oceanside	$3199
84 km or 52 mi	Ensenada	$880
96 km or 59 mi	Fallbrook	$2907
109 km or 67 mi	Temecula	$2637
115 km or 72 mi	San Clemente	$2945
117 km or 73 mi	Murrieta	$3109
119 km or 74 mi	French Valley	$2732
121 km or 75 mi	Wildomar	$2763
122 km or 76 mi	Dana Point	$2936
123 km or 77 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2950
128 km or 80 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3188
128 km or 80 mi	Menifee	$2578
131 km or 82 mi	Laguna Beach	$2996
131 km or 82 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2694
134 km or 83 mi	Mission Viejo	$3496
135 km or 84 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2971
135 km or 84 mi	Laguna Hills	$3082
135 km or 84 mi	Hemet	$2764
138 km or 86 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3326
138 km or 86 mi	Lake Forest	$3020
139 km or 87 mi	El Centro	$2698
140 km or 87 mi	San Jacinto	$2677