Guadalajara vs Tianjin - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Guadalajara	Tianjin
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1120	$646
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2706	$1842
🏠 One person rent	$529	$274
🏘️ Family rent	$919	$483
🍽️ Food expenses	$377	$226
🚐 Transport expenses	$117	$65.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$739	$940
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	49	89
😀 Quality of life	63	74
🏙️ Population	1.46M	13.9M

The cost of living in Guadalajara is 73% more expensive than in Tianjin. Cities ranked 4902nd and 7452nd ($1120 vs $646) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 18th and 98th 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 1.5 months in Tianjin. Guadalajara ranked 4th best city to live in Mexico vs Tianjin ranked 9th in China, while ranked 5577th and 2435th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Guadalajara vs Tianjin

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	Guadalajara	Tianjin
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.8	$3.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.6	$21.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.13	$5.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$3.49	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.44	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$674	$325
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$429	$215
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1245	$586
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$757	$390
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23.8	$30.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.7	$46.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.3	$7.05
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.86%	3.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2697	$5873
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2377	$2154
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.54	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27	$11.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.5	$4.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.35	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.52
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$1.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.34	$1.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$14.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.08	$3.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$0.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$0.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.3	$8.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$0.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.58	$4.06
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.55	$5.05
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.81	$3.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$1.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.79	$1.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.9	$14.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.26	$6.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.8	$57
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.6	$3.37
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.6	$31.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$77.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$220	$482
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10889	$18657

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Cities near Guadalajara

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Tlaquepaque	$728
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Zapopan	$1162
92 km or 57 mi	La Barca	$913
108 km or 67 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$856
135 km or 84 mi	Zamora	$929
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$1058
159 km or 99 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$843
164 km or 102 mi	Colima	$749
165 km or 103 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$953
173 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$1006
180 km or 112 mi	Leon	$815
185 km or 115 mi	Tepic	$717
188 km or 117 mi	Zacapu	$1030
194 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$873
196 km or 122 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1296
202 km or 125 mi	Silao	$832
204 km or 127 mi	Tecoman	$858
205 km or 127 mi	Apatzingan	$861
207 km or 129 mi	Manzanillo	$901
208 km or 129 mi	Irapuato	$860
219 km or 136 mi	Sayulita	$1108
221 km or 137 mi	Guanajuato	$753
224 km or 139 mi	Salamanca	$896
237 km or 147 mi	Yuriria	$894
246 km or 153 mi	Zacatecas	$615
249 km or 155 mi	Cortazar	$846
250 km or 155 mi	Morelia	$873
264 km or 164 mi	Celaya	$764
272 km or 169 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1491
282 km or 175 mi	Fresnillo	$803
295 km or 183 mi	San Luis Potosi	$941
308 km or 191 mi	Queretaro	$1184
326 km or 203 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$872
350 km or 218 mi	San Juan del Rio	$981
352 km or 219 mi	Rioverde	$943
364 km or 226 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$905
387 km or 241 mi	Zihuatanejo	$857
396 km or 246 mi	Durango	$687
416 km or 258 mi	Toluca	$926
425 km or 264 mi	Mazatlan	$1166

Cities near Tianjin

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Binhai	$641
60 km or 37 mi	Langfang	$707
71 km or 44 mi	Bazhou	$634
87 km or 54 mi	Huanghua	$619
93 km or 58 mi	Sanhe	$750
99 km or 61 mi	Cangzhou	$638
99 km or 62 mi	Tangshan	$688
107 km or 67 mi	Renqiu	$565
109 km or 68 mi	Beijing	$1029
111 km or 69 mi	Zhuozhou	$724
117 km or 73 mi	Gaobeidian	$634
124 km or 77 mi	Hejian	$558
131 km or 82 mi	Botou	$564
133 km or 82 mi	Zunhua	$660
144 km or 90 mi	Luanzhou	$614
152 km or 94 mi	Baoding	$456
157 km or 98 mi	Laoling	$580
160 km or 99 mi	Qian'an	$616
182 km or 113 mi	Anguo	$533
192 km or 119 mi	Shenzhou	$505
204 km or 127 mi	Dezhou	$480
205 km or 127 mi	Dingzhou	$574
205 km or 128 mi	Hengshui	$454
209 km or 130 mi	Binzhou	$741
212 km or 132 mi	Chengde	$694
218 km or 136 mi	Dongying	$654
219 km or 136 mi	Xinji	$523
223 km or 138 mi	Qinhuangdao	$558
225 km or 140 mi	Jinzhou	$527
228 km or 142 mi	Jizhou	$499
237 km or 147 mi	Xinle	$535
241 km or 150 mi	Gaocheng	$527
242 km or 150 mi	Pingquan	$615
251 km or 156 mi	Yucheng	$544
255 km or 158 mi	Nangong	$550
258 km or 161 mi	Zouping	$562
265 km or 164 mi	Shijiazhuang	$505
271 km or 168 mi	Zhangjiakou	$652
273 km or 170 mi	Zibo	$548
276 km or 172 mi	Jinan	$573