Houston vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Houston	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2240	$1331
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5311	$3182
🏠 One person rent	$1275	$721
🏘️ Family rent	$2042	$1296
🍽️ Food expenses	$591	$410
🚐 Transport expenses	$199	$93.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4580	$892
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	100	92
😀 Quality of life	93	72
🏙️ Population	2.3M	9.21M

The cost of living in Houston is 68% more expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 1375th and 4418th ($2240 vs $1331) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1186th and 5th in the United States and Mexico, respectively. Check the United States vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Houston compared to 0.7 months in Mexico City. Houston ranked 15th best city to live in the United States vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 77th and 3317th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Houston vs Mexico City

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	Houston	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.5	$12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72	$41.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$8.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.31	$3.22
☕ Cappuccino	$5.42	$4.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$1.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1397	$988
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$997	$578
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2394	$1819
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1614	$1067
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$133	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$47.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.4	$30
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.45%	11.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2608	$3569
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1961	$2491
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.24	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$71	$22.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.5	$5.33
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.34
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.1	$2.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$1.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.7	$2.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$7.93
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.1	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.77	$2.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$1.95
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$2.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$2.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.42	$0.81
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.3	$2.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.4	$12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.01	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.68	$4.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.36	$8.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.92	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.88	$2.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.19	$1.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.6	$53.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$5.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$141	$44.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.5	$15.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$46	$57.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$98.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1504	$427
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23708	$11015

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Cities near Houston

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Pasadena	$2240
25 km or 15 mi	Pearland	$2177
25 km or 16 mi	Missouri	$2216
27 km or 17 mi	Deer Park	$2260
29 km or 18 mi	Sugar Land	$2229
32 km or 20 mi	Spring	$2094
33 km or 21 mi	Friendswood	$2155
35 km or 22 mi	La Porte	$2308
40 km or 25 mi	Baytown	$2376
41 km or 25 mi	League	$2110
42 km or 26 mi	Alvin	$2095
47 km or 29 mi	Rosenberg	$2209
48 km or 30 mi	The Woodlands	$2730
59 km or 37 mi	Texas City	$2067
62 km or 38 mi	Conroe	$1828
76 km or 47 mi	Galveston	$1948
81 km or 50 mi	Lake Jackson	$2129
108 km or 67 mi	Huntsville	$2020
126 km or 78 mi	Beaumont	$1592
129 km or 80 mi	College Station	$1900
138 km or 86 mi	Bryan	$1993
140 km or 87 mi	Port Arthur	$1881
186 km or 115 mi	Lufkin	$1883
188 km or 117 mi	Victoria	$2220
203 km or 126 mi	Sulphur	$2029
215 km or 134 mi	Lake Charles	$1975
217 km or 135 mi	Nacogdoches	$1493
229 km or 142 mi	Pflugerville	$2196
234 km or 145 mi	Austin	$2416
236 km or 146 mi	Round Rock	$2148
239 km or 149 mi	Temple	$2136
242 km or 150 mi	Kyle	$2222
242 km or 150 mi	Georgetown	$2188
247 km or 153 mi	San Marcos	$2215
249 km or 155 mi	Cedar Park	$2221
250 km or 156 mi	Seguin	$2210
254 km or 158 mi	Leander	$2241
261 km or 162 mi	Waco	$2279
262 km or 163 mi	Harker Heights	$2075
264 km or 164 mi	New Braunfels	$2233

Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$908
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$932
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$898
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$942
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$777
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$869
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$962
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$818
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$904
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$851
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$938
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$868
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$926
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$819
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$842
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$977
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$717
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$914
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$905
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$998
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$912
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$936
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$981
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$1184
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$875
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$724
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$860
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$764
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$858
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$873
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$846
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$875
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$894
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$784
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$643
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1491
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$893
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$896
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$860
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$1030