El Paso vs Zapopan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	El Paso	Zapopan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1813	$1021
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4267	$2412
🏠 One person rent	$980	$449
🏘️ Family rent	$1800	$742
🍽️ Food expenses	$620	$358
🚐 Transport expenses	$92	$131
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3350	$925
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	35	49
😀 Quality of life	79	59
🏙️ Population	679K	1.48M

The cost of living in El Paso is 78% more expensive than in Zapopan. Cities ranked 2363rd and 5351st ($1813 vs $1021) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1931st 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 0.9 months in Zapopan. El Paso ranked 179th best city to live in the United States vs Zapopan ranked 3rd in Mexico, while ranked 633rd and 5375th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in El Paso vs Zapopan

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	El Paso	Zapopan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$9.72
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.5	$38.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$8.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.49	$2.2
☕ Cappuccino	$5.96	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.81	$1.18
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$921	$542
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$759	$330
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1644	$978
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1529	$553
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$50.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$78.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.2	$25.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.62%	11.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1815	$5058
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1759	$452
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.51	$0.47
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.5	$24.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.8	$21
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.38	$2.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.82	$1.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$8.33
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$7.34
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$9.71
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$2.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.28	$1.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$1.88
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$2.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$0.73
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.37	$1.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$9.85
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.59
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12	$3.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.13	$5.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.01	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.95	$1.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.1	$44.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$4.67
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$63.2	$27.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.2	$8.88
👖 Brand Jeans	$36.7	$46.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.4	$94.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$578	$162
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6903	$5821

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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 Zapopan

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Guadalajara	$1017
11 km or 6.9 mi	Tlaquepaque	$660
99 km or 61 mi	La Barca	$778
113 km or 70 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$780
142 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$773
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$906
163 km or 101 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$721
167 km or 104 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$831
168 km or 104 mi	Colima	$634
172 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$796
179 km or 111 mi	Tepic	$587
183 km or 114 mi	Leon	$684
192 km or 119 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1162
195 km or 121 mi	Zacapu	$804
200 km or 124 mi	Uruapan	$673
206 km or 128 mi	Silao	$768
208 km or 129 mi	Tecoman	$744
209 km or 130 mi	Manzanillo	$813
212 km or 131 mi	Apatzingan	$753
213 km or 132 mi	Irapuato	$667
214 km or 133 mi	Sayulita	$977
224 km or 139 mi	Guanajuato	$853
229 km or 142 mi	Salamanca	$634
243 km or 151 mi	Yuriria	$725
243 km or 151 mi	Zacatecas	$677
254 km or 158 mi	Cortazar	$693
256 km or 159 mi	Morelia	$717
269 km or 167 mi	Celaya	$638
276 km or 172 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
278 km or 173 mi	Fresnillo	$760
296 km or 184 mi	San Luis Potosi	$808
313 km or 194 mi	Queretaro	$983
332 km or 206 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$781
354 km or 220 mi	Rioverde	$846
355 km or 221 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
370 km or 230 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
389 km or 242 mi	Durango	$662
394 km or 245 mi	Zihuatanejo	$856
419 km or 260 mi	Mazatlan	$1214
422 km or 262 mi	Toluca	$696