Kano vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kano	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$553	$1160
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1362	$2923
🏠 One person rent	$208	$603
🏘️ Family rent	$429	$1214
🍽️ Food expenses	$218	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.3	$78.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$154	$709
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	24	92
😀 Quality of life	13	67
🏙️ Population	4.35M	9.21M

The cost of living in Kano is 52% less expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 8204th and 4604th ($553 vs $1160) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 27th and 7th in Nigeria and Mexico, respectively. Check Nigeria vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Kano compared to 0.6 months in Mexico City. Kano ranked 12th best city to live in Nigeria vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 9094th and 3470th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kano vs Mexico City

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	Kano	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.67	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$7.78	$46.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.26	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$4.68	$3.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.42	$1.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$372	$846
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$134	$475
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$851	$1732
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$283	$998
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$11.7	$27.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$18	$42.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.6	$26.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.51%	11.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1825	$2952
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1308	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.81	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.8	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.44	$3.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.34	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.56	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.41	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.68	$2.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$9.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$7.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$2.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$1.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.96	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.75	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.23	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.23	$5.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.07	$4.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.91	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.51	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.2	$56.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.41	$4.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.33	$45
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.75	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$12	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.5	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$35.2	$401
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1380	$9034

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Cities near Kano

Distance	City	Cost of living
137 km or 85 mi	Zaria	$526
148 km or 92 mi	Katsina	$579
202 km or 125 mi	Kaduna	$371
202 km or 126 mi	Gusau	$587
206 km or 128 mi	Zinder	$974
227 km or 141 mi	Maradi	$972
233 km or 145 mi	Jos	$820
237 km or 147 mi	Bauchi	$759
341 km or 212 mi	Minna	$743
346 km or 215 mi	Abuja	$1502
375 km or 233 mi	Sokoto	$426
376 km or 234 mi	Damaturu	$553
504 km or 313 mi	Maiduguri	$609
553 km or 344 mi	Mubi	$665
583 km or 362 mi	Ilorin	$535
607 km or 377 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
612 km or 380 mi	Garoua	$556
625 km or 388 mi	Owo	$651
628 km or 390 mi	Enugu	$462
639 km or 397 mi	Osogbo	$695
641 km or 399 mi	Akure	$634
653 km or 406 mi	Maroua	$533
664 km or 413 mi	Awka	$805
664 km or 413 mi	Ife	$779
676 km or 420 mi	Onitsha	$972
683 km or 424 mi	Oyo	$677
692 km or 430 mi	Bol	$485
698 km or 434 mi	Bamenda	$553
708 km or 440 mi	Benin	$558
711 km or 442 mi	N'Djamena	$523
715 km or 444 mi	Niamey	$1019
718 km or 446 mi	Ibadan	$776
728 km or 452 mi	Umuahia	$883
743 km or 461 mi	Owerri	$1611
756 km or 470 mi	Bafoussam	$555
761 km or 473 mi	Ngaoundere	$527
772 km or 480 mi	Bongor	$486
776 km or 482 mi	Aba	$621
782 km or 486 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
782 km or 486 mi	Warri	$881

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