Fort Worth vs Tijuana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Fort Worth	Tijuana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2289	$1047
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5688	$2573
🏠 One person rent	$1368	$463
🏘️ Family rent	$2517	$898
🍽️ Food expenses	$621	$355
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4336	$822
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	82	22
😀 Quality of life	88	58
🏙️ Population	919K	1.96M

The cost of living in Fort Worth is 119% more expensive than in Tijuana. Cities ranked 1178th and 5176th ($2289 vs $1047) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1073rd 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 1.9 months in Fort Worth compared to 0.8 months in Tijuana. Fort Worth ranked 47th best city to live in the United States vs Tijuana ranked 6th in Mexico, while ranked 210th and 5576th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Fort Worth vs Tijuana

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	Fort Worth	Tijuana
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.3	$36.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.92	$7.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.99	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$5.87	$4.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.47	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1480	$564
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1079	$363
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2669	$1158
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2125	$737
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$33.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$213	$51.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.68%	11.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2229	$3302
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2097	$2141
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.24	$0.88
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$79.5	$32
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$20.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.42	$2.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$1.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.15	$2.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$7.09
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$5.98
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.4	$9.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.22	$2.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.6	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$1.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$1.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.79	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.02	$3.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$5.69
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.84	$3.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.36	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.92	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.3	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$3.93
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$98.9	$41
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$10.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.1	$37.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.6	$72.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1782	$181
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23220	$2569

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Cities near Fort Worth

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Haltom	$2143
12 km or 7.5 mi	Saginaw	$2148
14 km or 8.8 mi	Benbrook	$2165
15 km or 9.3 mi	Watauga	$2126
15 km or 9.5 mi	North Richland Hills	$2119
17 km or 10 mi	Hurst	$2093
21 km or 13 mi	Arlington	$1883
21 km or 13 mi	Bedford	$2086
21 km or 13 mi	Keller	$2079
22 km or 14 mi	Colleyville	$2105
25 km or 15 mi	Burleson	$2159
25 km or 15 mi	Euless	$2081
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2089
28 km or 17 mi	Mansfield	$2305
30 km or 19 mi	Grand Prairie	$2065
30 km or 19 mi	Grapevine	$2012
36 km or 23 mi	Irving	$1808
37 km or 23 mi	Coppell	$2095
39 km or 24 mi	Flower Mound	$2103
41 km or 25 mi	Cedar Hill	$2163
41 km or 26 mi	Duncanville	$2149
42 km or 26 mi	Weatherford	$2111
44 km or 27 mi	Lewisville	$2025
45 km or 28 mi	Midlothian	$2224
45 km or 28 mi	Cleburne	$2155
47 km or 29 mi	Farmers Branch	$2169
48 km or 30 mi	DeSoto	$2164
49 km or 30 mi	Carrollton	$2184
49 km or 30 mi	Dallas	$2471
49 km or 31 mi	Corinth	$2219
52 km or 32 mi	University Park	$2214
54 km or 34 mi	Denton	$2014
55 km or 34 mi	Lancaster	$2176
56 km or 35 mi	The Colony	$2258
58 km or 36 mi	Little Elm	$2246
60 km or 38 mi	Waxahachie	$2190
62 km or 39 mi	Richardson	$2242
63 km or 39 mi	Plano	$2538
65 km or 40 mi	Frisco	$2395
67 km or 42 mi	Balch Springs	$2158

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