Guadalajara vs Hong Kong - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Guadalajara	Hong Kong
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1222	$2663
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2949	$6085
🏠 One person rent	$575	$1742
🏘️ Family rent	$998	$3071
🍽️ Food expenses	$435	$540
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$237
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$795	$923
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	47	100
😀 Quality of life	63	80
🏙️ Population	1.39M	7.41M

The cost of living in Guadalajara is 54% less expensive than in Hong Kong. Cities ranked 4703rd and 640th ($1222 vs $2663) 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 0.7 months in Guadalajara compared to 0.3 months in Hong Kong. Guadalajara ranked 4th best city to live in Mexico vs Hong Kong ranked 1st in China, while ranked 5440th and 676th 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	$13.3	$7.74
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.3	$60.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.87	$6.29
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.83	$6.99
☕ Cappuccino	$4.4	$5.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.79	$1.33
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$783	$2008
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$447	$1474
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1440	$3693
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$792	$2621
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.2	$138
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$46	$213
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30	$22.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.63%	3.67%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3299	$27719
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2044	$17176
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.58	$1.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.6	$73.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.3	$14.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.47	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$3.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.44	$2.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.55	$3.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$24.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$9.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$20
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.9	$4.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$2.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$4.34
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$3.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$2.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.37	$2.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.2	$21.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.91	$2.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.96	$13.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.94	$17.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.62	$5.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.19	$1.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.2	$2.67
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35	$81.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.33	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.3	$66.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.6	$24.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.1	$65.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$116	$83.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$272	$1128
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11283	$22758

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Cities near Guadalajara

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Tlaquepaque	$775
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Zapopan	$1349
92 km or 57 mi	La Barca	$993
108 km or 67 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$937
135 km or 84 mi	Zamora	$984
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$1161
159 km or 99 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$910
164 km or 102 mi	Colima	$814
165 km or 103 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$1008
173 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$969
180 km or 112 mi	Leon	$869
185 km or 115 mi	Tepic	$760
188 km or 117 mi	Zacapu	$1005
194 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$895
196 km or 122 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1420
202 km or 125 mi	Silao	$941
204 km or 127 mi	Tecoman	$932
205 km or 127 mi	Apatzingan	$968
207 km or 129 mi	Manzanillo	$959
208 km or 129 mi	Irapuato	$920
219 km or 136 mi	Sayulita	$1211
221 km or 137 mi	Guanajuato	$874
224 km or 139 mi	Salamanca	$962
237 km or 147 mi	Yuriria	$961
246 km or 153 mi	Zacatecas	$660
249 km or 155 mi	Cortazar	$905
250 km or 155 mi	Morelia	$935
264 km or 164 mi	Celaya	$817
272 km or 169 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1472
282 km or 175 mi	Fresnillo	$864
295 km or 183 mi	San Luis Potosi	$1124
308 km or 191 mi	Queretaro	$1255
326 km or 203 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$902
350 km or 218 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1047
352 km or 219 mi	Rioverde	$1069
364 km or 226 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$976
387 km or 241 mi	Zihuatanejo	$909
396 km or 246 mi	Durango	$764
416 km or 258 mi	Toluca	$994
425 km or 264 mi	Mazatlan	$1085

Cities near Hong Kong

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Kowloon	$2396
30 km or 19 mi	Shenzhen	$995
61 km or 38 mi	Zhuhai	$678
64 km or 40 mi	Macau	$1734
88 km or 55 mi	Zhongshan	$548
95 km or 59 mi	Dongguan	$694
96 km or 60 mi	Huizhou	$638
116 km or 72 mi	Jiangmen	$873
132 km or 82 mi	Guangzhou	$785
132 km or 82 mi	Shanwei	$954
137 km or 85 mi	Foshan	$627
152 km or 94 mi	Kaiping	$858
173 km or 107 mi	Heyuan	$777
193 km or 120 mi	Qingyuan	$801
195 km or 121 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
229 km or 143 mi	Yunfu	$839
231 km or 144 mi	Yangjiang	$908
236 km or 147 mi	Puning	$600
267 km or 166 mi	Jieyang	$473
286 km or 178 mi	Shaoguan	$793
287 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$612
297 km or 184 mi	Chaozhou	$474
301 km or 187 mi	Meizhou	$682
320 km or 199 mi	Wuzhou	$828
333 km or 207 mi	Lianzhou	$766
341 km or 212 mi	Maoming	$797
343 km or 213 mi	Gaozhou	$802
357 km or 222 mi	Hezhou	$778
403 km or 250 mi	Ganzhou	$758
406 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$824
408 km or 254 mi	Chenzhou	$739
414 km or 257 mi	Yulin	$751
427 km or 266 mi	Longyan	$705
435 km or 270 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
469 km or 292 mi	Xiamen	$729
471 km or 292 mi	Haikou	$711
475 km or 295 mi	Guigang	$714
489 km or 304 mi	Kinmen	$892
516 km or 320 mi	Guilin	$528
529 km or 329 mi	Laibin	$620