Glasgow vs Guadalajara - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Glasgow	Guadalajara
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2121	$1241
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5025	$2983
🏠 One person rent	$1212	$607
🏘️ Family rent	$2121	$1060
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$416
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$113
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3514	$750
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	93	47
😀 Quality of life	94	62
🏙️ Population	626K	1.39M

The cost of living in Glasgow is 71% more expensive than in Guadalajara. Cities ranked 1712th and 4689th ($2121 vs $1241) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 93rd and 14th in the United Kingdom and Mexico, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Glasgow compared to 0.6 months in Guadalajara. Glasgow ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Guadalajara ranked 7th in Mexico, while ranked 42nd and 5768th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Glasgow vs Guadalajara

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	Glasgow	Guadalajara
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$23	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.9	$43.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$9.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.57	$2.49
☕ Cappuccino	$4.91	$3.79
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.99	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1242	$776
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$896	$492
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$1418
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1636	$879
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$27.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$322	$42.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.2	$30.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.74%	11.18%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4206	$3091
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3169	$2058
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.14	$0.58
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$96.1	$31.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$14.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.94	$1.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$1.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.62	$2.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$1.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.8	$2.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$10.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.88	$9.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$2.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$2.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.74
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.03	$2.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$11.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.11	$1.87
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.6	$4.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.08	$6.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.66	$5.14
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.06	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.52	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47	$30.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.4	$5.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$87	$30.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$19
👖 Brand Jeans	$129	$61.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$120
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$963	$252
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20961	$11768

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Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1902
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1906
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1854
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1652
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1568
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1645
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1852
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1707
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1862
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1784
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1588
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1782
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2331
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1821
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1656
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1490
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1585
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1655
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1771
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1496
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1892
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1954
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$2053
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1945
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$2265
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$2012
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1848
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1975
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1827
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1803
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1784
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1784
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1540
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$1964
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1573
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1755
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1620
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1873
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1819
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1430

Cities near Guadalajara

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Tlaquepaque	$784
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Zapopan	$1280
92 km or 57 mi	La Barca	$990
108 km or 67 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$925
135 km or 84 mi	Zamora	$983
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$1157
159 km or 99 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$910
164 km or 102 mi	Colima	$806
165 km or 103 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$1007
173 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$999
180 km or 112 mi	Leon	$885
185 km or 115 mi	Tepic	$746
188 km or 117 mi	Zacapu	$1023
194 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$899
196 km or 122 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1417
202 km or 125 mi	Silao	$914
204 km or 127 mi	Tecoman	$920
205 km or 127 mi	Apatzingan	$946
207 km or 129 mi	Manzanillo	$956
208 km or 129 mi	Irapuato	$910
219 km or 136 mi	Sayulita	$1202
221 km or 137 mi	Guanajuato	$817
224 km or 139 mi	Salamanca	$950
237 km or 147 mi	Yuriria	$952
246 km or 153 mi	Zacatecas	$664
249 km or 155 mi	Cortazar	$894
250 km or 155 mi	Morelia	$926
264 km or 164 mi	Celaya	$803
272 km or 169 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1469
282 km or 175 mi	Fresnillo	$866
295 km or 183 mi	San Luis Potosi	$1028
308 km or 191 mi	Queretaro	$1241
326 km or 203 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$913
350 km or 218 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1041
352 km or 219 mi	Rioverde	$1044
364 km or 226 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$971
387 km or 241 mi	Zihuatanejo	$914
396 km or 246 mi	Durango	$747
416 km or 258 mi	Toluca	$986
425 km or 264 mi	Mazatlan	$1102