Fresno vs Leon - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Fresno	Leon
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2485	$885
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5571	$2044
🏠 One person rent	$1592	$334
🏘️ Family rent	$2728	$474
🍽️ Food expenses	$624	$373
🚐 Transport expenses	$108	$98.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3630	$571
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	25 km
🎓 Higher education	42	29
😀 Quality of life	83	45
🏙️ Population	542K	1.58M

The cost of living in Fresno is 181% more expensive than in Leon. Cities ranked 909th and 6426th ($2485 vs $885) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 790th and 112th 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 1.5 months in Fresno compared to 0.6 months in Leon. Fresno ranked 183rd best city to live in the United States vs Leon ranked 56th in Mexico, while ranked 558th and 7210th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Fresno vs Leon

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	Fresno	Leon
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.8	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$70	$16.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$9.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.03	$2.62
☕ Cappuccino	$5.11	$4.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.18	$1.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1505	$536
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1285	$222
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2435	$759
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2351	$325
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$26.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$284	$40.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.5	$22.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.09%	11.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2696	$1993
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3015	$1323
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.38	$0.82
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.4	$35.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.5	$8.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$1.4
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.83	$1.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.6	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.22	$2.65
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.49	$9.49
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$12.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.96	$2.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.32	$1.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.61	$1.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.76	$1.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$2.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.87	$0.77
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.6	$1.87
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.9	$11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$1.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.8	$4.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.12	$6.48
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.16	$3.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.57	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.79	$1.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$66.7	$34.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$4.46
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$114	$31
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$12
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.6	$48.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.9	$75.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1123	$205
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12990	$3118

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Cities near Fresno

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Clovis	$2440
23 km or 14 mi	Sanger	$2523
28 km or 18 mi	Selma	$2517
31 km or 19 mi	Madera	$2562
37 km or 23 mi	Reedley	$2494
44 km or 28 mi	Dinuba	$2454
52 km or 32 mi	Hanford	$2454
53 km or 33 mi	Lemoore	$2547
66 km or 41 mi	Visalia	$2107
76 km or 47 mi	Tulare	$2276
79 km or 49 mi	Corcoran	$2435
84 km or 52 mi	Merced	$2146
96 km or 60 mi	Atwater	$2391
99 km or 61 mi	Los Banos	$2797
105 km or 65 mi	Porterville	$2565
123 km or 76 mi	Delano	$2605
124 km or 77 mi	Turlock	$2440
138 km or 86 mi	Ceres	$2390
138 km or 86 mi	Wasco	$2608
142 km or 88 mi	Patterson	$2851
143 km or 89 mi	Soledad	$2854
143 km or 89 mi	Hollister	$2992
144 km or 89 mi	Sonora	$2768
145 km or 90 mi	Modesto	$2300
145 km or 90 mi	Oakdale	$2586
147 km or 91 mi	Riverbank	$2445
150 km or 93 mi	Paso Robles	$2276
161 km or 100 mi	Gilroy	$3017
165 km or 102 mi	Atascadero	$1940
166 km or 103 mi	Salinas	$3067
168 km or 104 mi	Bakersfield	$2261
170 km or 106 mi	Manteca	$2651
170 km or 106 mi	Morgan Hill	$3181
175 km or 109 mi	Lathrop	$2658
176 km or 109 mi	Watsonville	$3676
179 km or 112 mi	Marina	$2468
180 km or 112 mi	Tracy	$2089
184 km or 114 mi	Seaside	$1923
185 km or 115 mi	San Luis Obispo	$2864
188 km or 117 mi	Stockton	$2280

Cities near Leon

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 13 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$910
33 km or 20 mi	Silao	$914
37 km or 23 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$1007
45 km or 28 mi	Guanajuato	$817
60 km or 38 mi	Irapuato	$910
79 km or 49 mi	Salamanca	$950
100 km or 62 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1469
103 km or 64 mi	Cortazar	$894
106 km or 66 mi	Aguascalientes	$999
111 km or 69 mi	Celaya	$803
116 km or 72 mi	Yuriria	$952
131 km or 81 mi	La Barca	$990
136 km or 84 mi	San Luis Potosi	$1028
141 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$983
145 km or 90 mi	Zacapu	$1023
147 km or 91 mi	Queretaro	$1241
166 km or 103 mi	Morelia	$926
176 km or 110 mi	Rioverde	$1044
178 km or 110 mi	Tlaquepaque	$784
180 km or 112 mi	Guadalajara	$1241
183 km or 114 mi	Zapopan	$1280
193 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$899
193 km or 120 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1041
206 km or 128 mi	Zacatecas	$664
236 km or 147 mi	Apatzingan	$946
243 km or 151 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$925
251 km or 156 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$971
259 km or 161 mi	Fresnillo	$866
292 km or 181 mi	Ciudad Valles	$1007
293 km or 182 mi	Toluca	$986
299 km or 186 mi	Colima	$806
305 km or 189 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$880
307 km or 190 mi	Zumpango	$934
307 km or 191 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$1015
309 km or 192 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$941
310 km or 193 mi	Tultepec	$917
313 km or 195 mi	Tlalnepantla	$1008
314 km or 195 mi	Naucalpan	$975
318 km or 197 mi	Autlan	$1157
322 km or 200 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$842