Las Vegas vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Las Vegas	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2271	$1160
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5203	$2923
🏠 One person rent	$1389	$603
🏘️ Family rent	$2398	$1214
🍽️ Food expenses	$604	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$142	$78.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4042	$709
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	51	92
😀 Quality of life	87	67
🏙️ Population	642K	9.21M

The cost of living in Las Vegas is 96% more expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 1211th and 4604th ($2271 vs $1160) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1100th 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 1.8 months in Las Vegas compared to 0.6 months in Mexico City. Las Vegas ranked 75th best city to live in the United States vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 290th and 3470th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Las Vegas vs Mexico City

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	Las Vegas	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.6	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71	$46.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.4	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.95	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$6.11	$3.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$1.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1329	$846
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1126	$475
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2493	$1732
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1986	$998
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$158	$27.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$246	$42.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65	$26.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.62%	11.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3295	$2952
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2677	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.99	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$63.9	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.5	$3.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.37	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.93	$2.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$9.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$7.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$2.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$1.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$1.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.76	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.7	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.22	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.95	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$5.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.43	$4.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.69	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.4	$56.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.2	$4.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$93.3	$45
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.4	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1017	$401
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13572	$9034

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Cities near Las Vegas

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.6 km or 4.1 mi	North Las Vegas	$2260
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Paradise	$2322
16 km or 10 mi	Enterprise	$2343
18 km or 11 mi	Summerlin South	$2261
21 km or 13 mi	Henderson	$2566
78 km or 48 mi	Pahrump	$2235
127 km or 79 mi	Bullhead	$1852
147 km or 91 mi	Kingman	$1926
174 km or 108 mi	St. George	$2126
181 km or 112 mi	Washington	$2146
202 km or 125 mi	Lake Havasu	$2013
221 km or 137 mi	Barstow	$2749
236 km or 146 mi	Ridgecrest	$2115
241 km or 150 mi	Twentynine Palms	$2592
249 km or 155 mi	Cedar	$2083
254 km or 158 mi	Yucca Valley	$2141
263 km or 163 mi	Apple Valley	$2550
266 km or 165 mi	Victorville	$2568
273 km or 169 mi	Adelanto	$2840
275 km or 171 mi	Desert Hot Springs	$2471
277 km or 172 mi	Hesperia	$2657
289 km or 179 mi	Cathedral	$2421
289 km or 180 mi	Blythe	$2763
290 km or 180 mi	Palm Springs	$2389
290 km or 180 mi	Indio	$2619
292 km or 181 mi	Coachella	$2778
294 km or 183 mi	Palm Desert	$2578
294 km or 183 mi	Yucaipa	$2502
295 km or 183 mi	Highland	$2888
296 km or 184 mi	Banning	$2501
297 km or 184 mi	La Quinta	$2619
299 km or 186 mi	San Bernardino	$2447
299 km or 186 mi	Redlands	$2768
300 km or 186 mi	Beaumont	$2544
303 km or 188 mi	Prescott	$2466
304 km or 189 mi	Loma Linda	$2726
305 km or 190 mi	Colton	$3060
306 km or 190 mi	Rialto	$2701
310 km or 192 mi	Prescott Valley	$2423
312 km or 194 mi	Moreno Valley	$2695

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