Indianapolis vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Indianapolis	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2189	$1160
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5318	$2923
🏠 One person rent	$1304	$603
🏘️ Family rent	$2170	$1214
🍽️ Food expenses	$615	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$78.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4608	$709
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	71	92
😀 Quality of life	89	67
🏙️ Population	888K	9.21M

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 89% more expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 1378th and 4604th ($2189 vs $1160) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1239th and 7th 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 2.1 months in Indianapolis compared to 0.6 months in Mexico City. Indianapolis ranked 44th best city to live in the United States vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 191st and 3470th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Indianapolis vs Mexico City

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	Indianapolis	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.1	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.1	$46.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.98	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.05	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$4.95	$3.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$1.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1424	$846
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1026	$475
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2421	$1732
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1776	$998
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$27.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$194	$42.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.6	$26.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.64%	11.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1949	$2952
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1579	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.6	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$3.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.96	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.09	$2.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.38	$9.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$7.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$2.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.9	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$1.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.69	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.75	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$5.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.52	$4.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.45	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38	$56.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$4.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$110	$45
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.3	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.9	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1868	$401
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27149	$9034

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Cities near Indianapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Lawrence	$2023
18 km or 11 mi	Greenwood	$2010
22 km or 14 mi	Plainfield	$1953
22 km or 14 mi	Brownsburg	$1751
23 km or 14 mi	Carmel	$1981
24 km or 15 mi	Fishers	$1974
29 km or 18 mi	Westfield	$1951
32 km or 20 mi	Franklin	$2001
33 km or 21 mi	Greenfield	$1880
33 km or 21 mi	Noblesville	$1944
55 km or 34 mi	Anderson	$1806
65 km or 41 mi	Columbus	$1875
75 km or 46 mi	Bloomington	$2147
79 km or 49 mi	Kokomo	$1736
81 km or 50 mi	Muncie	$1613
95 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2007
96 km or 60 mi	Marion	$1870
99 km or 61 mi	West Lafayette	$2004
108 km or 67 mi	Richmond	$1872
111 km or 69 mi	Terre Haute	$1561
124 km or 77 mi	Oxford	$1839
132 km or 82 mi	Danville	$1875
143 km or 89 mi	Hamilton	$1895
147 km or 91 mi	Fairfield	$1914
155 km or 97 mi	Middletown	$1427
156 km or 97 mi	Florence	$1940
159 km or 99 mi	Cincinnati	$1925
160 km or 99 mi	Trotwood	$1870
162 km or 101 mi	Covington	$2490
165 km or 102 mi	Mason	$1853
165 km or 103 mi	Clarksville	$1863
166 km or 103 mi	Independence	$2145
166 km or 103 mi	New Albany	$1903
167 km or 104 mi	Dayton	$1783
168 km or 104 mi	Jeffersonville	$1731
168 km or 104 mi	Piqua	$1914
169 km or 105 mi	Troy	$1897
169 km or 105 mi	Fort Wayne	$1939
171 km or 106 mi	Lebanon	$1834
172 km or 107 mi	Kettering	$1890

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