Lahore vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lahore	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$411	$1160
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1052	$2923
🏠 One person rent	$163	$603
🏘️ Family rent	$338	$1214
🍽️ Food expenses	$142	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$78.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$179	$709
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	69	92
😀 Quality of life	46	67
🏙️ Population	11.1M	9.21M

The cost of living in Lahore is 65% less expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 8934th and 4604th ($411 vs $1160) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 7th in Pakistan and Mexico, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Lahore compared to 0.6 months in Mexico City. Lahore ranked 3rd best city to live in Pakistan vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 6486th and 3470th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lahore vs Mexico City

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	Lahore	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.06	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16	$46.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.31	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$2.09	$3.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$1.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$102	$846
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$65.8	$475
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$289	$1732
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$187	$998
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.1	$27.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$42.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.9	$26.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.71%	11.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$626	$2952
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$587	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.75	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.76	$3.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.65	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.2	$2.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.92	$9.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$7.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$1.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$1.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.7	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.55	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.97	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.04	$5.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.27	$4.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.84	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13	$56.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.36	$4.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13	$45
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.47	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$15	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.3	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$37.1	$401
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1172	$9034

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Cities near Lahore

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
49 km or 30 mi	Amritsar	$383
49 km or 30 mi	Kamoke	$321
68 km or 43 mi	Gujranwala	$308
85 km or 53 mi	Hafizabad	$380
107 km or 67 mi	Sialkot	$281
117 km or 72 mi	Gujrat	$373
118 km or 73 mi	Okara	$300
120 km or 74 mi	Jalandhar	$358
120 km or 75 mi	Sahiwal	$305
121 km or 75 mi	Faisalabad	$306
130 km or 81 mi	Chiniot	$389
140 km or 87 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
140 km or 87 mi	Jammu	$287
147 km or 91 mi	Pathankot	$355
160 km or 99 mi	Ludhiana	$441
164 km or 102 mi	Gojra	$342
169 km or 105 mi	Sargodha	$458
185 km or 115 mi	Mirpur	$354
195 km or 121 mi	Jhang	$292
222 km or 138 mi	Burewala	$356
244 km or 152 mi	Patiala	$365
250 km or 155 mi	Chandigarh	$369
257 km or 160 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
268 km or 167 mi	Islamabad	$442
269 km or 167 mi	Khanewal	$361
273 km or 170 mi	Shimla	$272
286 km or 178 mi	Srinagar	$354
294 km or 183 mi	Wah	$382
295 km or 183 mi	Baramulla	$273
299 km or 186 mi	Hisar	$251
317 km or 197 mi	Multan	$392
351 km or 218 mi	Bahawalpur	$342
352 km or 219 mi	Bhiwani	$321
353 km or 219 mi	Saharanpur	$283
354 km or 220 mi	Kohat	$379
364 km or 226 mi	Rohtak	$265
366 km or 227 mi	Mardan	$366
377 km or 234 mi	Dehradun	$372
381 km or 237 mi	Peshawar	$346

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