Hiroshima vs Zapopan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Hiroshima	Zapopan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$954	$1217
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2384	$2927
🏠 One person rent	$372	$619
🏘️ Family rent	$641	$1159
🍽️ Food expenses	$364	$396
🚐 Transport expenses	$144	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1957	$1017
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	33 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	63	49
😀 Quality of life	71	58
🏙️ Population	1.2M	1.48M

The cost of living in Hiroshima is 22% less expensive than in Zapopan. Cities ranked 5644th and 4389th ($954 vs $1217) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 584th and 10th in Japan and Mexico, respectively. Check Japan vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Hiroshima compared to 0.8 months in Zapopan. Hiroshima ranked 376th best city to live in Japan vs Zapopan ranked 4th in Mexico, while ranked 2347th and 5642nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hiroshima vs Zapopan

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	Hiroshima	Zapopan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.34	$10.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.5	$47.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.36	$9.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.31	$2.36
☕ Cappuccino	$3.01	$3.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.15	$1.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$430	$819
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$255	$451
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$783	$1657
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$470	$875
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.9	$58.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.7	$91.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$36.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.8%	12.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3758	$4200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2699	$1563
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$0.7
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.3	$23.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.1	$14.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.39
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.81	$2.84
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$2.01
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.8	$2.27
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.64	$8.62
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.04	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$2.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$1.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.88
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.88
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.82
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.38	$2.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.92	$11.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.44	$4.07
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.8	$5.57
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.34	$3.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.98	$1.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.34	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.9	$44.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$7.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.9	$29
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.14	$7.27
👖 Brand Jeans	$36.9	$64.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$49.2	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$241	$312
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8672	$5586

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Cities near Hiroshima

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Kaita	$884
12 km or 7.5 mi	Hatsukaichi	$883
13 km or 8.1 mi	Kumano	$889
18 km or 11 mi	Etajima	$887
18 km or 11 mi	Kure	$907
26 km or 16 mi	Higashihiroshima	$908
27 km or 17 mi	Otake	$885
33 km or 20 mi	Iwakuni	$885
39 km or 24 mi	Akitakata	$896
42 km or 26 mi	Takehara	$899
51 km or 32 mi	Mihara	$895
57 km or 35 mi	Yanai	$881
59 km or 37 mi	Miyoshi	$901
61 km or 38 mi	Imabari	$909
65 km or 40 mi	Masuda	$879
67 km or 41 mi	Hamada	$892
67 km or 41 mi	Hikari	$872
68 km or 42 mi	Matsuyama	$967
68 km or 42 mi	Kudamatsu	$860
69 km or 43 mi	Onomichi	$882
70 km or 44 mi	Shunan	$850
71 km or 44 mi	Masaki	$903
73 km or 45 mi	Gotsu	$895
73 km or 46 mi	Iyo	$906
73 km or 46 mi	Shobara	$904
74 km or 46 mi	Fuchu	$879
76 km or 47 mi	Toon	$911
77 km or 48 mi	Tobe	$909
84 km or 52 mi	Fukuyama	$907
85 km or 53 mi	Saijo	$919
89 km or 55 mi	Niihama	$915
90 km or 56 mi	Hofu	$815
90 km or 56 mi	Oda	$898
93 km or 58 mi	Yamaguchi	$771
95 km or 59 mi	Ibara	$888
97 km or 60 mi	Hagi	$827
97 km or 61 mi	Kasaoka	$885
98 km or 61 mi	Ozu	$909
103 km or 64 mi	Yawatahama	$906
105 km or 65 mi	Asakuchi	$902

Cities near Zapopan

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Guadalajara	$1035
11 km or 6.9 mi	Tlaquepaque	$785
99 km or 61 mi	La Barca	$873
113 km or 70 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$867
142 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$865
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$854
163 km or 101 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$818
167 km or 104 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$846
168 km or 104 mi	Colima	$672
172 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$818
179 km or 111 mi	Tepic	$681
183 km or 114 mi	Leon	$812
192 km or 119 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1303
195 km or 121 mi	Zacapu	$881
200 km or 124 mi	Uruapan	$789
206 km or 128 mi	Silao	$912
208 km or 129 mi	Tecoman	$774
209 km or 130 mi	Manzanillo	$741
212 km or 131 mi	Apatzingan	$830
213 km or 132 mi	Irapuato	$763
214 km or 133 mi	Sayulita	$1094
224 km or 139 mi	Guanajuato	$1076
229 km or 142 mi	Salamanca	$707
243 km or 151 mi	Yuriria	$812
243 km or 151 mi	Zacatecas	$630
254 km or 158 mi	Cortazar	$774
256 km or 159 mi	Morelia	$765
269 km or 167 mi	Celaya	$682
276 km or 172 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1384
278 km or 173 mi	Fresnillo	$784
296 km or 184 mi	San Luis Potosi	$984
313 km or 194 mi	Queretaro	$996
332 km or 206 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$900
354 km or 220 mi	Rioverde	$915
355 km or 221 mi	San Juan del Rio	$913
370 km or 230 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$856
389 km or 242 mi	Durango	$793
394 km or 245 mi	Zihuatanejo	$994
419 km or 260 mi	Mazatlan	$1185
422 km or 262 mi	Toluca	$781