Leon vs Tijuana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Leon	Tijuana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$684	$1047
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1633	$2573
🏠 One person rent	$256	$463
🏘️ Family rent	$398	$898
🍽️ Food expenses	$280	$355
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.8	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$609	$822
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	25 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	30	22
😀 Quality of life	36	58
🏙️ Population	1.58M	1.96M

The cost of living in Leon is 35% less expensive than in Tijuana. Cities ranked 6965th and 5176th ($684 vs $1047) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 115th and 12th in Mexico.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Leon compared to 0.8 months in Tijuana. Ranked 55th vs 6th best cities to live in Mexico, and 7382nd vs 5576th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Leon vs Tijuana

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	Leon	Tijuana
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.42	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14	$36.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.8	$7.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.21	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$3.96	$4.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.43	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$564
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$180	$363
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$615	$1158
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$285	$737
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$17.2	$33.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26.4	$51.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20.1	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.56%	11.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$390	$3302
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$494	$2141
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.64	$0.88
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.8	$32
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.94	$20.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.9	$2.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.91	$2.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.23	$7.09
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.12	$5.98
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.27	$9.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$1.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.54	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.97	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.48	$3.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.42	$5.69
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.02	$3.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.75	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.15	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.4	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.98	$3.93
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$26.8	$41
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.69	$10.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$43	$37.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$64.3	$72.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$194	$181
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2639	$2569

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Cities near Leon

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 13 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$721
33 km or 20 mi	Silao	$768
37 km or 23 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$831
45 km or 28 mi	Guanajuato	$853
60 km or 38 mi	Irapuato	$667
79 km or 49 mi	Salamanca	$634
100 km or 62 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
103 km or 64 mi	Cortazar	$693
106 km or 66 mi	Aguascalientes	$796
111 km or 69 mi	Celaya	$638
116 km or 72 mi	Yuriria	$725
131 km or 81 mi	La Barca	$778
136 km or 84 mi	San Luis Potosi	$808
141 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$773
145 km or 90 mi	Zacapu	$804
147 km or 91 mi	Queretaro	$983
166 km or 103 mi	Morelia	$717
176 km or 110 mi	Rioverde	$846
178 km or 110 mi	Tlaquepaque	$660
180 km or 112 mi	Guadalajara	$1017
183 km or 114 mi	Zapopan	$1021
193 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$673
193 km or 120 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
206 km or 128 mi	Zacatecas	$677
236 km or 147 mi	Apatzingan	$753
243 km or 151 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$780
251 km or 156 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
259 km or 161 mi	Fresnillo	$760
292 km or 181 mi	Ciudad Valles	$778
293 km or 182 mi	Toluca	$696
299 km or 186 mi	Colima	$634
305 km or 189 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
307 km or 190 mi	Zumpango	$761
307 km or 191 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
309 km or 192 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
310 km or 193 mi	Tultepec	$747
313 km or 195 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
314 km or 195 mi	Naucalpan	$800
318 km or 197 mi	Autlan	$906
322 km or 200 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704

Cities near Tijuana

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.5 mi	Imperial Beach	$2911
11 km or 6.9 mi	Chula Vista	$3017
15 km or 9.5 mi	Las Delicias	$912
18 km or 11 mi	National	$2962
21 km or 13 mi	Rosarito Beach	$910
22 km or 14 mi	Coronado	$3065
23 km or 15 mi	Lemon Grove	$2914
24 km or 15 mi	San Diego	$3428
27 km or 17 mi	La Mesa	$2916
30 km or 19 mi	El Cajon	$3043
38 km or 24 mi	Santee	$2898
42 km or 26 mi	La Jolla	$2964
48 km or 30 mi	Poway	$2930
62 km or 38 mi	Encinitas	$3124
66 km or 41 mi	Escondido	$3279
69 km or 43 mi	San Marcos	$2917
76 km or 47 mi	Carlsbad	$3273
77 km or 48 mi	Vista	$2834
81 km or 50 mi	Oceanside	$3199
84 km or 52 mi	Ensenada	$880
96 km or 59 mi	Fallbrook	$2907
109 km or 67 mi	Temecula	$2637
115 km or 72 mi	San Clemente	$2945
117 km or 73 mi	Murrieta	$3109
119 km or 74 mi	French Valley	$2732
121 km or 75 mi	Wildomar	$2763
122 km or 76 mi	Dana Point	$2936
123 km or 77 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2950
128 km or 80 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3188
128 km or 80 mi	Menifee	$2578
131 km or 82 mi	Laguna Beach	$2996
131 km or 82 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2694
134 km or 83 mi	Mission Viejo	$3496
135 km or 84 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2971
135 km or 84 mi	Laguna Hills	$3082
135 km or 84 mi	Hemet	$2764
138 km or 86 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3326
138 km or 86 mi	Lake Forest	$3020
139 km or 87 mi	El Centro	$2698
140 km or 87 mi	San Jacinto	$2677