Gold Coast vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Gold Coast	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2528	$1428
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5661	$3399
🏠 One person rent	$1635	$774
🏘️ Family rent	$2683	$1379
🍽️ Food expenses	$646	$431
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3481	$1028
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	49	93
😀 Quality of life	92	72
🏙️ Population	608K	9.21M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 77% more expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 839th and 4274th ($2528 vs $1428) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 6th in Australia and Mexico, respectively. Check Australia vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Gold Coast compared to 0.7 months in Mexico City. Gold Coast ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 124th and 3354th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs Mexico City

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	Gold Coast	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.7	$11.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$108	$43.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.08	$3.53
☕ Cappuccino	$3.86	$4.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$1.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1886	$1035
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1330	$623
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2881	$1886
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2303	$1143
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$53.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$33.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.76%	11.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7538	$3740
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4593	$2224
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.84	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$57.5	$24.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$6.19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.29	$1.44
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.89	$2.4
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$1.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.06	$2.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.71	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.77	$8.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$2.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$1.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.44	$1.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$2.11
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.23
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.65	$0.87
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.15	$2.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.4	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.29	$1.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26.1	$4.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.19	$6.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.13	$4.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$1.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$1.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.4	$56.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.2	$6.33
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.9	$50.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$17.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.4	$65.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2105	$473
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8134	$11420

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Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2352
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2269
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1813
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1988
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1864
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1835
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1864
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1288
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1727
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1640
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1997
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1635
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1867
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2379
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$2050
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1710
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2844
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2482
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1699
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1477
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1695
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1821
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2223
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1824
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1839
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1815
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1904
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1487
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1979
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1928
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1896
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1860
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2496
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1829
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1894

Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$975
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$1008
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$969
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$1015
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$842
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$941
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$1040
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$880
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$982
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$917
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$1015
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$934
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$986
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$887
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$907
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$1032
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$771
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$987
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$971
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$1075
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$981
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$1004
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1041
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$1241
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$950
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$766
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$926
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$803
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$928
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$926
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$894
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$944
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$952
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$846
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$670
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1469
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$962
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$950
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$910
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$1023