Guadalajara vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Guadalajara	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1017	$916
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2509	$2694
🏠 One person rent	$480	$478
🏘️ Family rent	$932	$1142
🍽️ Food expenses	$349	$261
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$85.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$652	$1771
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	49	96
😀 Quality of life	57	80
🏙️ Population	1.46M	17.7M

The cost of living in Guadalajara is 11% more expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 5385th and 5950th ($1017 vs $916) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 15th and 12th 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 1.9 months in Shenzhen. Guadalajara ranked 7th best city to live in Mexico vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 5625th and 545th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Guadalajara vs Shenzhen

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	Guadalajara	Shenzhen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.83	$3.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36.4	$27.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.35	$5.23
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$2.92	$3.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.19	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$573	$667
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$403	$360
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1233	$1650
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$791	$917
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$18.6	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$28.5	$65.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.8	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.41%	4.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2393	$12583
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1599	$6551
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$0.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.5	$23.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.2	$4.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.39	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.37	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.43	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.23	$4.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.3	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.52	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.05	$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.86	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.49	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.14	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.41	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.6	$48.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.4	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$25.8	$33.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.8	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.1	$60.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93	$78
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$161	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5853	$22267

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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 Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2432
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$653
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$656
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1588
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$461
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$601
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$804
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$774
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$611
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$936
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$812
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$764
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$794
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$823
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$877
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$569
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$818
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$443
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$581
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$655
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$451
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$803
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$755
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$758
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$761
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$756
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$761
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$724
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$771
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$649
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$702
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$688
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$650
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$823
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$522
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$609