Hiroshima vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hiroshima	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$878	$1160
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2328	$2923
🏠 One person rent	$335	$603
🏘️ Family rent	$724	$1214
🍽️ Food expenses	$361	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$78.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2704	$709
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	33 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	63	92
😀 Quality of life	88	67
🏙️ Population	1.2M	9.21M

The cost of living in Hiroshima is 24% less expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 6156th and 4604th ($878 vs $1160) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 860th and 7th in Japan and Mexico, respectively. Check Japan vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 3.1 months in Hiroshima compared to 0.6 months in Mexico City. Hiroshima ranked 8th best city to live in Japan vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 218th and 3470th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hiroshima vs Mexico City

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	Hiroshima	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.03	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.3	$46.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.32	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.15	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$2.92	$3.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.05	$1.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$302	$846
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$210	$475
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$742	$1732
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$533	$998
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.4	$27.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$42.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.5	$26.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.26%	11.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1817	$2952
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1133	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.02	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.6	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.6	$3.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.12	$2.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.37	$9.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.23	$7.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$2.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$1.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$1.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$0.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.41	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.38	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.94	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.73	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$5.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.41	$4.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.33	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.9	$56.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$4.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$45
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.17	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.6	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$401
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6826	$9034

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Hiroshima

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Kaita	$854
12 km or 7.5 mi	Hatsukaichi	$857
13 km or 8.1 mi	Kumano	$859
18 km or 11 mi	Etajima	$865
18 km or 11 mi	Kure	$886
26 km or 16 mi	Higashihiroshima	$901
27 km or 17 mi	Otake	$874
33 km or 20 mi	Iwakuni	$881
39 km or 24 mi	Akitakata	$897
42 km or 26 mi	Takehara	$903
51 km or 32 mi	Mihara	$906
57 km or 35 mi	Yanai	$890
59 km or 37 mi	Miyoshi	$915
61 km or 38 mi	Imabari	$934
65 km or 40 mi	Masuda	$889
67 km or 41 mi	Hamada	$905
67 km or 41 mi	Hikari	$887
68 km or 42 mi	Matsuyama	$987
68 km or 42 mi	Kudamatsu	$876
69 km or 43 mi	Onomichi	$885
70 km or 44 mi	Shunan	$866
71 km or 44 mi	Masaki	$927
73 km or 45 mi	Gotsu	$912
73 km or 46 mi	Iyo	$928
73 km or 46 mi	Shobara	$921
74 km or 46 mi	Fuchu	$882
76 km or 47 mi	Toon	$937
77 km or 48 mi	Tobe	$934
84 km or 52 mi	Fukuyama	$883
85 km or 53 mi	Saijo	$951
89 km or 55 mi	Niihama	$952
90 km or 56 mi	Hofu	$827
90 km or 56 mi	Oda	$915
93 km or 58 mi	Yamaguchi	$781
95 km or 59 mi	Ibara	$900
97 km or 60 mi	Hagi	$846
97 km or 61 mi	Kasaoka	$896
98 km or 61 mi	Ozu	$934
103 km or 64 mi	Yawatahama	$931
105 km or 65 mi	Asakuchi	$936

Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$800
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$747
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$761
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$696
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$752
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$858
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$632
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$825
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$981
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$788
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$821
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$983
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$770
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$485
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$638
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$635
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$717
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$693
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$724
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$725
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$700
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$574
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$634
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$667
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$804