Hamburg City vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Hamburg City	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2189	$1475
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5149	$3516
🏠 One person rent	$1162	$792
🏘️ Family rent	$2021	$1397
🍽️ Food expenses	$588	$447
🚐 Transport expenses	$281	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3748	$1122
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	84	93
😀 Quality of life	94	73
🏙️ Population	1.91M	9.21M

The cost of living in Hamburg City is 48% more expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 1511th and 4074th ($2189 vs $1475) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 4th in Germany and Mexico, respectively. Check Germany vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Hamburg City compared to 0.8 months in Mexico City. Hamburg City ranked 6th best city to live in Germany vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 38th and 2482nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamburg City vs Mexico City

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	Hamburg City	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.5	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76	$44
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14	$10.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.84	$3.62
☕ Cappuccino	$4.81	$4.18
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.06	$1.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1230	$1061
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$909	$634
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2218	$1959
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1636	$1139
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$148	$40.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$229	$60.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.4	$33.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.8%	11.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10429	$3972
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5372	$2110
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.48	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.6	$24.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$32.2	$6.69
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.23	$1.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.43	$2.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$1.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.33	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$11.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$9.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.8	$15.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$2.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$2.16
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$2.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$2.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.92
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.32	$2.43
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.43	$15.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$2.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10	$5.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$7.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.38	$5.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.73	$2.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$2.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$63.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.2	$6.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$62.8	$58.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.5	$19.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.6	$69.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$338	$492
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19886	$13182

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Cities near Hamburg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Reinbek	$1617
17 km or 11 mi	Norderstedt	$1601
18 km or 11 mi	Pinneberg	$1582
20 km or 13 mi	Wedel	$1575
21 km or 13 mi	Ahrensburg	$1621
21 km or 13 mi	Buxtehude	$1556
21 km or 13 mi	Quickborn	$1579
25 km or 15 mi	Winsen	$1559
28 km or 17 mi	Geesthacht	$1622
32 km or 20 mi	Elmshorn	$1563
32 km or 20 mi	Kaltenkirchen	$1585
35 km or 22 mi	Stade	$1555
38 km or 24 mi	Bad Oldesloe	$1650
43 km or 27 mi	Luneburg	$1535
52 km or 33 mi	Itzehoe	$1544
57 km or 36 mi	Lubeck	$1725
58 km or 36 mi	Neumunster	$1551
62 km or 38 mi	Bad Schwartau	$1679
63 km or 39 mi	Rotenburg an der Wumme	$1577
64 km or 40 mi	Soltau	$1584
75 km or 47 mi	Uelzen	$1639
81 km or 50 mi	Walsrode	$1596
83 km or 52 mi	Geestland	$1507
86 km or 54 mi	Kiel	$1557
87 km or 54 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1590
87 km or 54 mi	Rendsburg	$1494
88 km or 54 mi	Osterholz-Scharmbeck	$1582
88 km or 55 mi	Achim	$1586
93 km or 57 mi	Cuxhaven	$1509
93 km or 58 mi	Heide	$1530
94 km or 58 mi	Bremerhaven	$1787
94 km or 58 mi	Schwerin	$1309
95 km or 59 mi	Bremen City	$1765
102 km or 63 mi	Nordenham	$1483
103 km or 64 mi	Celle	$1547
103 km or 64 mi	Eckernforde	$1533
104 km or 64 mi	Wismar	$1415
106 km or 66 mi	Syke	$1589
107 km or 66 mi	Delmenhorst	$1621
109 km or 68 mi	Salzwedel	$1457

Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$977
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$1003
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$959
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$1000
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$832
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$940
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$1050
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$878
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$981
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$914
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$1013
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$932
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$994
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$874
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$897
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$1034
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$763
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$971
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$976
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$1051
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$973
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$980
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1047
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$1255
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$960
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$755
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$924
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$817
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$916
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$935
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$905
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$952
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$961
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$852
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$673
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1472
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$974
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$962
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$920
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$1005