London vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	London	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3427	$1190
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$8384	$3028
🏠 One person rent	$2251	$611
🏘️ Family rent	$4328	$1253
🍽️ Food expenses	$587	$376
🚐 Transport expenses	$393	$92.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4627	$740
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	100	90
😀 Quality of life	99	68
🏙️ Population	8.8M	9.21M

The cost of living in London is 188% more expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 37th and 4630th ($3427 vs $1190) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 6th in the United Kingdom and Mexico, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in London compared to 0.6 months in Mexico City. London ranked 1st best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 2nd and 3360th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in London vs Mexico City

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	London	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$23	$10.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$87.8	$45.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$8.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.7	$2.69
☕ Cappuccino	$4.87	$3.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.51	$1.08
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2586	$838
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1894	$489
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5526	$1747
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3635	$1045
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$27.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$275	$42.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.5	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.35%	11.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$17558	$2781
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10692	$2233
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.73	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$103	$22.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.9	$5.65
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.8	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.54	$2.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$9.69
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.76	$7.51
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$2.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.45
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.34	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.67	$1.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.11	$1.85
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.68	$1.59
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.1	$3.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.92	$7.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.87	$4.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.94	$2.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.42	$2.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58	$61
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.6	$5.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$142	$53.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.2	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$99	$55.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$116	$94.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2404	$396
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25830	$8550

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Cities near London

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.3 km or 0.8 mi	Westminster	$3054
11 km or 7 mi	Wimbledon	$2446
13 km or 8.3 mi	Richmond	$2368
15 km or 9.3 mi	Croydon	$2624
16 km or 10 mi	Greenford	$2353
19 km or 12 mi	Ewell	$2322
21 km or 13 mi	Coulsdon	$2372
23 km or 14 mi	Esher	$2268
24 km or 15 mi	Walton-on-Thames	$2248
25 km or 15 mi	Watford	$2381
27 km or 17 mi	Upminster	$2255
28 km or 17 mi	Rickmansworth	$2245
31 km or 19 mi	St Albans	$2491
32 km or 20 mi	Grays	$2184
32 km or 20 mi	Hertford	$2173
32 km or 20 mi	Slough	$2202
32 km or 20 mi	Brentwood	$2589
35 km or 22 mi	Harlow	$2328
35 km or 22 mi	Gravesend	$2106
35 km or 22 mi	Hemel Hempstead	$2227
37 km or 23 mi	Woking	$2363
38 km or 24 mi	Harpenden	$2179
40 km or 25 mi	Billericay	$2228
41 km or 25 mi	Maidenhead	$2630
43 km or 27 mi	East Grinstead	$2157
43 km or 27 mi	Basildon	$2020
43 km or 27 mi	Guildford	$2451
44 km or 27 mi	Crawley	$2159
44 km or 27 mi	Stevenage	$2040
44 km or 27 mi	Bracknell	$2310
44 km or 28 mi	Rochester	$1963
44 km or 28 mi	Tonbridge	$2033
45 km or 28 mi	High Wycombe	$2202
46 km or 28 mi	Bishop's Stortford	$2152
46 km or 28 mi	Luton	$2053
47 km or 29 mi	Chatham	$2033
49 km or 30 mi	Chelmsford	$2041
49 km or 30 mi	Gillingham	$2028
49 km or 30 mi	Godalming	$2477
49 km or 31 mi	Farnborough	$2055

Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$835
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$783
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$723
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$884
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$734
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$775
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$835
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$731
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$794
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$757
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$816
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$772
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$844
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$729
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$734
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$843
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$704
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$811
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$792
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$939
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$789
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$797
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$828
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$941
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$763
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$623
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$504
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$601
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$660
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$748
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$691
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$723
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$729
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$694
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$589
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1223
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$659
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$674
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$709