Guadalajara vs Hong Kong - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Guadalajara	Hong Kong
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1017	$2737
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2509	$6793
🏠 One person rent	$480	$1830
🏘️ Family rent	$932	$3856
🍽️ Food expenses	$349	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$232
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$652	$3804
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	49	100
😀 Quality of life	57	88
🏙️ Population	1.46M	7.41M

The cost of living in Guadalajara is 63% less expensive than in Hong Kong. Cities ranked 5385th and 427th ($1017 vs $2737) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 15th and 1st in Mexico and China, respectively. Check Mexico vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Guadalajara compared to 1.4 months in Hong Kong. Guadalajara ranked 7th best city to live in Mexico vs Hong Kong ranked 1st in China, while ranked 5625th and 248th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Guadalajara vs Hong Kong

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	Guadalajara	Hong Kong
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.83	$8.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36.4	$57.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.35	$6.24
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$7.49
☕ Cappuccino	$2.92	$5.3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.19	$1.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$573	$2169
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$403	$1533
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1233	$4708
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$791	$3331
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$18.6	$144
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$28.5	$225
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.8	$25.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.41%	4.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2393	$26276
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1599	$16290
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$1.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.5	$69.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.2	$14.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$1.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$3.26
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.39	$2.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.37	$3.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.43	$24.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.23	$10.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$22.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$3.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$2.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$3.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$3.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.94
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$2.4
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$1.11
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$2.24
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.3	$18.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.52	$2.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.05	$13.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.86	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.49	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.14	$1.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.41	$2.73
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.6	$84.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.4	$13
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$25.8	$65.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.8	$23.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.1	$83.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93	$90.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$161	$1052
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5853	$22706

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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

Cities near Hong Kong

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Kowloon	$2432
30 km or 19 mi	Shenzhen	$916
61 km or 38 mi	Zhuhai	$653
64 km or 40 mi	Macau	$1588
88 km or 55 mi	Zhongshan	$461
95 km or 59 mi	Dongguan	$656
96 km or 60 mi	Huizhou	$601
116 km or 72 mi	Jiangmen	$804
132 km or 82 mi	Guangzhou	$774
132 km or 82 mi	Shanwei	$936
137 km or 85 mi	Foshan	$611
152 km or 94 mi	Kaiping	$812
173 km or 107 mi	Heyuan	$764
193 km or 120 mi	Qingyuan	$794
195 km or 121 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
229 km or 143 mi	Yunfu	$823
231 km or 144 mi	Yangjiang	$877
236 km or 147 mi	Puning	$569
267 km or 166 mi	Jieyang	$443
286 km or 178 mi	Shaoguan	$818
287 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$581
297 km or 184 mi	Chaozhou	$451
301 km or 187 mi	Meizhou	$655
320 km or 199 mi	Wuzhou	$803
333 km or 207 mi	Lianzhou	$755
341 km or 212 mi	Maoming	$756
343 km or 213 mi	Gaozhou	$761
357 km or 222 mi	Hezhou	$758
403 km or 250 mi	Ganzhou	$761
406 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
408 km or 254 mi	Chenzhou	$724
414 km or 257 mi	Yulin	$771
427 km or 266 mi	Longyan	$649
435 km or 270 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
469 km or 292 mi	Xiamen	$688
471 km or 292 mi	Haikou	$650
475 km or 295 mi	Guigang	$702
489 km or 304 mi	Kinmen	$823
516 km or 320 mi	Guilin	$522
529 km or 329 mi	Laibin	$598