La Paz vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	La Paz	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$688	$1160
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1656	$2923
🏠 One person rent	$304	$603
🏘️ Family rent	$525	$1214
🍽️ Food expenses	$236	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$71.5	$78.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$414	$709
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	33	92
😀 Quality of life	46	67
🏙️ Population	756K	9.21M

The cost of living in La Paz is 41% less expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 6947th and 4604th ($688 vs $1160) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 7th in Bolivia and Mexico, respectively. Check Bolivia vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in La Paz compared to 0.6 months in Mexico City. La Paz ranked 2nd best city to live in Bolivia vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 6481st and 3470th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in La Paz vs Mexico City

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	La Paz	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.01	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.5	$46.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.09	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$2.88	$3.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.14	$1.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$311	$846
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$232	$475
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$603	$1732
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$421	$998
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23.4	$27.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36	$42.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32	$26.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.98%	11.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1230	$2952
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$864	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.8	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.8	$3.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.66	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.9	$2.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.99	$9.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$7.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.88	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$2.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$0.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.65	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.88	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.98	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.6	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.45	$5.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.42	$4.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.59	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.3	$56.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.51	$4.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.7	$45
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.83	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.5	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$144	$401
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3313	$9034

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Cities near La Paz

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	El Alto	$673
197 km or 122 mi	Oruro	$600
213 km or 132 mi	Puno	$520
234 km or 145 mi	Cochabamba	$535
239 km or 149 mi	Juliaca	$547
246 km or 153 mi	Sacaba	$538
283 km or 176 mi	Tacna	$414
319 km or 198 mi	Arica	$748
362 km or 225 mi	Arequipa	$588
394 km or 245 mi	Trinidad	$774
417 km or 259 mi	Sucre	$666
427 km or 265 mi	Potosi	$507
447 km or 278 mi	Puerto Maldonado	$560
465 km or 289 mi	Iquique	$923
528 km or 328 mi	Cusco	$626
545 km or 339 mi	Santa Cruz de la Sierra	$780
600 km or 373 mi	Abancay	$591
665 km or 413 mi	Tarija	$630
669 km or 415 mi	Calama	$673
714 km or 443 mi	San Pedro de Atacama	$734
725 km or 451 mi	Rio Branco	$735
751 km or 467 mi	Ayacucho	$598
806 km or 501 mi	Tartagal	$804
829 km or 515 mi	Antofagasta	$1011
840 km or 522 mi	San Ramon de la Nueva Oran	$804
857 km or 533 mi	Ica	$656
868 km or 539 mi	Rolim de Moura	$576
885 km or 550 mi	Libertador General San Martin	$787
905 km or 562 mi	San Salvador de Jujuy	$729
907 km or 563 mi	Huancayo	$562
915 km or 568 mi	Ji-Parana	$575
917 km or 570 mi	Ariquemes	$575
918 km or 571 mi	Pisco	$614
926 km or 575 mi	San Pedro de Jujuy	$796
957 km or 594 mi	Vilhena	$577
965 km or 600 mi	Salta	$1121
975 km or 606 mi	Porto Velho	$606
1077 km or 669 mi	Lima	$977
1086 km or 675 mi	Callao	$790
1101 km or 684 mi	Cruzeiro do Sul	$580

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