Kansas vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kansas	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2121	$1160
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5385	$2923
🏠 One person rent	$1182	$603
🏘️ Family rent	$2164	$1214
🍽️ Food expenses	$649	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$110	$78.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4006	$709
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	64	92
😀 Quality of life	86	67
🏙️ Population	508K	9.21M

The cost of living in Kansas is 83% more expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 1532nd and 4604th ($2121 vs $1160) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1366th 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 1.9 months in Kansas compared to 0.6 months in Mexico City. Kansas ranked 85th best city to live in the United States vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 320th and 3470th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kansas vs Mexico City

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	Kansas	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.7	$46.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.1	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.99	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$5.35	$3.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.29	$1.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1212	$846
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$942	$475
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2362	$1732
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1791	$998
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$27.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$205	$42.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.3	$26.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.55%	11.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2153	$2952
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1909	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.04	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.5	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.3	$3.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.56	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.58	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.52	$2.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$9.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$7.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.44	$2.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.13	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.28	$1.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$1.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.92	$0.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.32	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.14	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.07	$5.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.96	$4.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.19	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.9	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58.7	$56.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$4.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$146	$45
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.3	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1376	$401
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$28999	$9034

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Cities near Kansas

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Prairie Village	$2312
10 km or 6.3 mi	Kansas City	$2196
12 km or 7.4 mi	Raytown	$2039
15 km or 9.2 mi	Leawood	$2325
15 km or 9.2 mi	Overland Park	$2437
15 km or 9.2 mi	Independence	$1825
16 km or 10 mi	Shawnee	$2259
18 km or 11 mi	Lenexa	$2322
18 km or 11 mi	Gladstone	$1992
19 km or 12 mi	Grandview	$2219
23 km or 14 mi	Lee's Summit	$2063
25 km or 16 mi	Liberty	$1922
26 km or 16 mi	Belton	$1821
27 km or 17 mi	Olathe	$2290
27 km or 17 mi	Blue Springs	$1979
39 km or 24 mi	Gardner	$2124
41 km or 26 mi	Leavenworth	$2092
57 km or 35 mi	Lawrence	$1720
82 km or 51 mi	St. Joseph	$2000
95 km or 59 mi	Topeka	$1649
123 km or 77 mi	Sedalia	$1912
156 km or 97 mi	Emporia	$1337
174 km or 108 mi	Manhattan	$1777
183 km or 113 mi	Pittsburg	$1902
195 km or 121 mi	Columbia	$1549
195 km or 121 mi	Junction	$1993
215 km or 134 mi	Jefferson	$1801
219 km or 136 mi	Joplin	$1896
235 km or 146 mi	Springfield	$1534
250 km or 155 mi	Nixa	$1689
261 km or 162 mi	Bellevue	$2014
263 km or 163 mi	Salina	$1569
265 km or 165 mi	Lincoln	$1698
265 km or 165 mi	Newton	$1730
268 km or 167 mi	Council Bluffs	$1794
275 km or 171 mi	Omaha	$2068
283 km or 176 mi	Bartlesville	$1856
284 km or 176 mi	Wichita	$1811
286 km or 178 mi	Ottumwa	$1750
287 km or 178 mi	Derby	$1846

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