Guarulhos vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Guarulhos	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$733	$1288
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2283	$3248
🏠 One person rent	$219	$663
🏘️ Family rent	$694	$1322
🍽️ Food expenses	$286	$407
🚐 Transport expenses	$143	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$380	$819
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	94	90
😀 Quality of life	60	66
🏙️ Population	1.32M	9.21M

The cost of living in Guarulhos is 43% less expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 6649th and 4206th ($733 vs $1288) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 48th and 8th in Brazil and Mexico, respectively. Check Brazil vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Guarulhos compared to 0.6 months in Mexico City. Guarulhos ranked 4th best city to live in Brazil vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 5426th and 4184th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Guarulhos vs Mexico City

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	Guarulhos	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.01	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36.5	$46.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.09	$8.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.01	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$1.94	$3.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.33	$1.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$216	$928
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$144	$520
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$800	$1792
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$566	$1104
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.3	$34.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.6	$52.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.3	$27.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.61%	10.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1815	$3145
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1247	$2277
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.25	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$105	$22.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.66	$7.07
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.4
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$1.64
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.79	$2.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.22	$2.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.34	$8.59
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.79	$12.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$3.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$2.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$2.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$2.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.04	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.43	$4.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.44	$8.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.86	$3.53
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$2.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.66	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.5	$56.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.01	$5.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.2	$45.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.43	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.6	$65.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.7	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$395	$426
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11753	$10204

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Cities near Guarulhos

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.6 mi	Sao Paulo	$1042
17 km or 11 mi	Mairipora	$674
17 km or 11 mi	Sao Caetano do Sul	$768
19 km or 12 mi	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	$695
19 km or 12 mi	Itaquaquecetuba	$699
20 km or 13 mi	Poa	$680
21 km or 13 mi	Santo Andre	$680
23 km or 14 mi	Aruja	$677
24 km or 15 mi	Maua	$711
24 km or 15 mi	Caieiras	$668
25 km or 15 mi	Franco da Rocha	$669
25 km or 16 mi	Sao Bernardo do Campo	$766
26 km or 16 mi	Diadema	$744
27 km or 17 mi	Taboao da Serra	$695
27 km or 17 mi	Osasco	$690
30 km or 18 mi	Francisco Morato	$675
30 km or 19 mi	Ribeirao Pires	$682
31 km or 20 mi	Carapicuiba	$600
35 km or 22 mi	Mogi das Cruzes	$761
35 km or 22 mi	Barueri	$669
37 km or 23 mi	Cajamar	$662
38 km or 24 mi	Embu das Artes	$661
38 km or 24 mi	Jandira	$645
39 km or 24 mi	Campo Limpo Paulista	$687
39 km or 24 mi	Atibaia	$662
39 km or 24 mi	Santana de Parnaiba	$652
41 km or 26 mi	Varzea Paulista	$700
42 km or 26 mi	Itapevi	$652
42 km or 26 mi	Cotia	$651
43 km or 26 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$663
43 km or 27 mi	Itanhaem	$680
47 km or 30 mi	Jundiai	$763
49 km or 30 mi	Cubatao	$678
50 km or 31 mi	Embu-Guacu	$670
57 km or 35 mi	Sao Vicente	$558
59 km or 36 mi	Santos	$813
59 km or 37 mi	Bertioga	$678
60 km or 37 mi	Itatiba	$697
61 km or 38 mi	Jacarei	$704
61 km or 38 mi	Braganca Paulista	$683

Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$905
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$887
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$828
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$1009
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$904
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$874
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$924
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$816
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$899
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$861
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$910
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$875
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$781
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$767
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$804
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$927
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$826
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$915
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$856
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$1066
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$853
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$851
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$913
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$996
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$810
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$702
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$596
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$682
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$768
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$765
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$774
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$833
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$812
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$779
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$662
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1384
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$853
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$707
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$763
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$881