Fresno vs Guadalajara - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Fresno	Guadalajara
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2371	$1017
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5290	$2509
🏠 One person rent	$1530	$480
🏘️ Family rent	$2614	$932
🍽️ Food expenses	$585	$349
🚐 Transport expenses	$107	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3697	$652
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	42	49
😀 Quality of life	78	57
🏙️ Population	542K	1.46M

The cost of living in Fresno is 133% more expensive than in Guadalajara. Cities ranked 1005th and 5385th ($2371 vs $1017) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 920th 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 1.6 months in Fresno compared to 0.6 months in Guadalajara. Fresno ranked 188th best city to live in the United States vs Guadalajara ranked 7th in Mexico, while ranked 659th and 5625th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Fresno vs Guadalajara

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	Fresno	Guadalajara
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.1	$9.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.1	$36.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$7.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.5	$1.86
☕ Cappuccino	$4.85	$2.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.58	$1.19
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1417	$573
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1287	$403
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2393	$1233
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2299	$791
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$18.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$28.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$64.9	$24.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.52%	11.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2797	$2393
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2801	$1599
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.37	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.9	$23.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$15.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3	$2.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$2.37
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$8.43
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.83	$7.23
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.8	$9.59
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.26	$2.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$1.39
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.81	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.23	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$1.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.1	$4.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.05	$6.86
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.18	$4.49
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.61	$2.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$1.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.7	$29.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.4	$4.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$25.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$12.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.9	$47.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.7	$93
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$978	$161
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12984	$5853

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Cities near Fresno

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Clovis	$2361
23 km or 14 mi	Sanger	$2490
28 km or 18 mi	Selma	$2506
31 km or 19 mi	Madera	$2773
37 km or 23 mi	Reedley	$2501
44 km or 28 mi	Dinuba	$2453
52 km or 32 mi	Hanford	$2494
53 km or 33 mi	Lemoore	$2559
66 km or 41 mi	Visalia	$2120
76 km or 47 mi	Tulare	$2303
79 km or 49 mi	Corcoran	$2599
84 km or 52 mi	Merced	$2154
96 km or 60 mi	Atwater	$2370
99 km or 61 mi	Los Banos	$2775
105 km or 65 mi	Porterville	$2555
123 km or 76 mi	Delano	$2603
124 km or 77 mi	Turlock	$2490
138 km or 86 mi	Ceres	$2422
138 km or 86 mi	Wasco	$2588
142 km or 88 mi	Patterson	$2792
143 km or 89 mi	Soledad	$2801
143 km or 89 mi	Hollister	$2934
144 km or 89 mi	Sonora	$2740
145 km or 90 mi	Modesto	$2346
145 km or 90 mi	Oakdale	$2571
147 km or 91 mi	Riverbank	$2433
150 km or 93 mi	Paso Robles	$2238
161 km or 100 mi	Gilroy	$3006
165 km or 102 mi	Atascadero	$2033
166 km or 103 mi	Salinas	$3074
168 km or 104 mi	Bakersfield	$2306
170 km or 106 mi	Manteca	$2622
170 km or 106 mi	Morgan Hill	$3090
175 km or 109 mi	Lathrop	$2646
176 km or 109 mi	Watsonville	$3437
179 km or 112 mi	Marina	$2536
180 km or 112 mi	Tracy	$2135
184 km or 114 mi	Seaside	$1995
185 km or 115 mi	San Luis Obispo	$2717
188 km or 117 mi	Stockton	$2170

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