Ibadan vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ibadan	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$776	$1160
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2284	$2923
🏠 One person rent	$422	$603
🏘️ Family rent	$1314	$1214
🍽️ Food expenses	$221	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.1	$78.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$115	$709
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	48	92
😀 Quality of life	33	67
🏙️ Population	2.55M	9.21M

The cost of living in Ibadan is 33% less expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 6541st and 4604th ($776 vs $1160) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 7th in Nigeria and Mexico, respectively. Check Nigeria vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Ibadan compared to 0.6 months in Mexico City. Ibadan ranked 2nd best city to live in Nigeria vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 7755th and 3470th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ibadan vs Mexico City

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	Ibadan	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.81	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.7	$46.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.35	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.77	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$1.01	$3.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.28	$1.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$408	$846
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$385	$475
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1234	$1732
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1285	$998
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$13	$27.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.8	$42.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20	$26.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.27%	11.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$829	$2952
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$483	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.7	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.79	$3.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.35	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.17	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$2.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$9.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$7.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.12	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$2.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.21	$0.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.63	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.1	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.76	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.28	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.16	$5.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.71	$4.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.75	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.5	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30	$56.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.6	$4.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$5.03	$45
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.84	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.3	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$43.6	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$50.1	$401
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1898	$9034

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Cities near Ibadan

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Oyo	$677
68 km or 42 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
72 km or 45 mi	Ife	$779
83 km or 51 mi	Osogbo	$695
120 km or 74 mi	Lagos	$1113
141 km or 88 mi	Ilorin	$535
142 km or 88 mi	Akure	$634
145 km or 90 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
173 km or 107 mi	Save	$613
176 km or 109 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
185 km or 115 mi	Owo	$651
201 km or 125 mi	Cotonou	$709
214 km or 133 mi	Abomey	$590
223 km or 138 mi	Benin	$558
291 km or 181 mi	Warri	$881
308 km or 191 mi	Atakpame	$647
329 km or 204 mi	Lome	$755
345 km or 214 mi	Onitsha	$972
348 km or 216 mi	Sotouboua	$649
354 km or 220 mi	Sokode	$651
367 km or 228 mi	Kpalime	$632
372 km or 231 mi	Awka	$805
381 km or 237 mi	Hohoe	$575
381 km or 237 mi	Minna	$743
384 km or 238 mi	Kara	$658
390 km or 242 mi	Ho	$354
405 km or 252 mi	Owerri	$1611
409 km or 254 mi	Enugu	$462
434 km or 270 mi	Abuja	$1502
445 km or 277 mi	Umuahia	$883
450 km or 280 mi	Port Harcourt	$679
458 km or 285 mi	Aba	$621
475 km or 295 mi	Tema	$553
476 km or 295 mi	Ashaiman	$560
484 km or 301 mi	Koforidua	$588
495 km or 308 mi	Accra	$729
520 km or 323 mi	Kaduna	$371
558 km or 347 mi	Calabar	$384
570 km or 354 mi	Tamale	$507
582 km or 362 mi	Zaria	$526

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