Hiroshima vs Tijuana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hiroshima	Tijuana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$878	$1047
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2328	$2573
🏠 One person rent	$335	$463
🏘️ Family rent	$724	$898
🍽️ Food expenses	$361	$355
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2704	$822
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	33 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	63	22
😀 Quality of life	88	58
🏙️ Population	1.2M	1.96M

The cost of living in Hiroshima is 16% less expensive than in Tijuana. Cities ranked 6156th and 5176th ($878 vs $1047) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 860th and 12th 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 0.8 months in Tijuana. Hiroshima ranked 8th best city to live in Japan vs Tijuana ranked 6th in Mexico, while ranked 218th and 5576th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hiroshima vs Tijuana

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	Hiroshima	Tijuana
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.03	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.3	$36.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.32	$7.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.15	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$2.92	$4.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.05	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$302	$564
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$210	$363
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$742	$1158
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$533	$737
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.4	$33.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$51.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.5	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.26%	11.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1817	$3302
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1133	$2141
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.02	$0.88
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.6	$32
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.6	$20.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$2.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$1.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.12	$2.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.37	$7.09
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.23	$5.98
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$9.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$2.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$1.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$1.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.41	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.38	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.94	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.73	$3.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$5.69
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.41	$3.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.33	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.9	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$3.93
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$41
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.17	$10.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.6	$37.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51	$72.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$181
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6826	$2569

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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 Tijuana

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.5 mi	Imperial Beach	$2911
11 km or 6.9 mi	Chula Vista	$3017
15 km or 9.5 mi	Las Delicias	$912
18 km or 11 mi	National	$2962
21 km or 13 mi	Rosarito Beach	$910
22 km or 14 mi	Coronado	$3065
23 km or 15 mi	Lemon Grove	$2914
24 km or 15 mi	San Diego	$3428
27 km or 17 mi	La Mesa	$2916
30 km or 19 mi	El Cajon	$3043
38 km or 24 mi	Santee	$2898
42 km or 26 mi	La Jolla	$2964
48 km or 30 mi	Poway	$2930
62 km or 38 mi	Encinitas	$3124
66 km or 41 mi	Escondido	$3279
69 km or 43 mi	San Marcos	$2917
76 km or 47 mi	Carlsbad	$3273
77 km or 48 mi	Vista	$2834
81 km or 50 mi	Oceanside	$3199
84 km or 52 mi	Ensenada	$880
96 km or 59 mi	Fallbrook	$2907
109 km or 67 mi	Temecula	$2637
115 km or 72 mi	San Clemente	$2945
117 km or 73 mi	Murrieta	$3109
119 km or 74 mi	French Valley	$2732
121 km or 75 mi	Wildomar	$2763
122 km or 76 mi	Dana Point	$2936
123 km or 77 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2950
128 km or 80 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3188
128 km or 80 mi	Menifee	$2578
131 km or 82 mi	Laguna Beach	$2996
131 km or 82 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2694
134 km or 83 mi	Mission Viejo	$3496
135 km or 84 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2971
135 km or 84 mi	Laguna Hills	$3082
135 km or 84 mi	Hemet	$2764
138 km or 86 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3326
138 km or 86 mi	Lake Forest	$3020
139 km or 87 mi	El Centro	$2698
140 km or 87 mi	San Jacinto	$2677