Kobe vs Puebla - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kobe	Puebla
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1107	$981
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2821	$2527
🏠 One person rent	$460	$458
🏘️ Family rent	$848	$914
🍽️ Food expenses	$400	$311
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1696	$651
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	91	35
😀 Quality of life	78	53
🏙️ Population	1.52M	1.43M

The cost of living in Kobe is 13% more expensive than in Puebla. Cities ranked 4793rd and 5623rd ($1107 vs $981) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 127th and 19th in Japan and Mexico, respectively. Check Japan vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Kobe compared to 0.7 months in Puebla. Kobe ranked 31st best city to live in Japan vs Puebla ranked 12th in Mexico, while ranked 674th and 6026th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kobe vs Puebla

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	Kobe	Puebla
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.64	$7.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.7	$34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.64	$7.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.86	$2.38
☕ Cappuccino	$3.12	$2.78
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.88	$1.07
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$437	$461
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$318	$384
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$846	$908
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$646	$821
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$86.4	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$47.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.5	$28.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.78%	11.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4362	$772
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3074	$601
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.4	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$71.3	$29.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.8	$17.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.55	$2.61
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$2.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$6.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.17	$5.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$31.1	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.96	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.24	$1.39
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.56	$1.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$1.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$0.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.48	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.16	$9.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.01	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.32	$3.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.23	$5.99
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.47	$3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.06	$1.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.72	$1.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$60	$45.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$4.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20	$35.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.9	$9.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.2	$50.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$46.1	$103
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$342	$284
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16179	$9705

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Kobe

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Ashiya	$1049
15 km or 9 mi	Nishinomiya	$1127
18 km or 11 mi	Akashi	$1158
20 km or 13 mi	Takarazuka	$1072
20 km or 13 mi	Amagasaki	$1111
21 km or 13 mi	Miki	$1057
22 km or 14 mi	Sanda	$1048
23 km or 14 mi	Itami	$1062
25 km or 16 mi	Inami	$1072
26 km or 16 mi	Kawanishi	$1056
27 km or 17 mi	Ikeda	$1046
28 km or 17 mi	Toyonaka	$1063
29 km or 18 mi	Inagawa	$1045
29 km or 18 mi	Harima	$1073
29 km or 18 mi	Osaka	$1242
29 km or 18 mi	Ono	$1057
29 km or 18 mi	Izumiotsu	$1051
30 km or 19 mi	Minoh	$1059
30 km or 19 mi	Takaishi	$1051
31 km or 19 mi	Sakai	$1146
31 km or 19 mi	Kishiwada	$1074
32 km or 20 mi	Kato	$1049
32 km or 20 mi	Suita	$1302
32 km or 20 mi	Izumi	$1065
32 km or 20 mi	Kakogawa	$1110
32 km or 20 mi	Kaizuka	$1059
34 km or 21 mi	Izumisano	$1062
35 km or 22 mi	Moriguchi	$1117
36 km or 22 mi	Kumatori	$1059
36 km or 22 mi	Settsu	$1142
36 km or 22 mi	Matsubara	$1049
37 km or 23 mi	Takasago	$1076
37 km or 23 mi	Kadoma	$1101
37 km or 23 mi	Sennan	$1076
37 km or 23 mi	Hannan	$1084
38 km or 23 mi	Awaji	$1156
38 km or 24 mi	Ibaraki	$1136
38 km or 24 mi	Higashiosaka	$1106
39 km or 24 mi	Nishiwaki	$1046
39 km or 24 mi	Yao	$1079

Cities near Puebla

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 18 mi	Atlixco	$825
75 km or 47 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
82 km or 51 mi	Cuautla	$858
82 km or 51 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
86 km or 53 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
90 km or 56 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
103 km or 64 mi	Jiutepec	$752
106 km or 66 mi	Mexico City	$1160
107 km or 66 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
108 km or 67 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
109 km or 68 mi	Tehuacan	$485
116 km or 72 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
117 km or 73 mi	Naucalpan	$800
119 km or 74 mi	Tultepec	$747
120 km or 74 mi	Orizaba	$724
120 km or 74 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
122 km or 76 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
124 km or 77 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
124 km or 77 mi	Teziutlan	$770
124 km or 77 mi	Zumpango	$761
131 km or 81 mi	Pachuca	$632
136 km or 85 mi	Cordoba	$759
140 km or 87 mi	Coatepec	$700
147 km or 91 mi	Xalapa	$574
153 km or 95 mi	Toluca	$696
156 km or 97 mi	Taxco	$788
160 km or 99 mi	Iguala	$821
183 km or 114 mi	Poza Rica	$635
206 km or 128 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
215 km or 134 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
217 km or 135 mi	Veracruz	$724
238 km or 148 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
260 km or 162 mi	Alvarado	$716
268 km or 167 mi	Oaxaca	$812
284 km or 177 mi	Queretaro	$983
301 km or 187 mi	Acapulco	$756
314 km or 195 mi	Santiago Tuxtla	$700
318 km or 197 mi	Celaya	$638
320 km or 199 mi	Morelia	$717
323 km or 201 mi	San Andres Tuxtla	$699