London vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	London	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3851	$1331
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$8597	$3182
🏠 One person rent	$2689	$721
🏘️ Family rent	$4575	$1296
🍽️ Food expenses	$592	$410
🚐 Transport expenses	$400	$93.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4336	$892
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	100	92
😀 Quality of life	99	72
🏙️ Population	8.8M	9.21M

The cost of living in London is 189% more expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 8th and 4418th ($3851 vs $1331) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th 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 1.1 months in London compared to 0.7 months in Mexico City. London ranked 1st best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 5th and 3317th 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	$22.2	$12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$91.7	$41.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$8.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.11	$3.22
☕ Cappuccino	$5.24	$4.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.08	$1.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$3237	$988
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2291	$578
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4710	$1819
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4163	$1067
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$170	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$264	$47.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.1	$30
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.83%	11.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$21687	$3569
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11040	$2491
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.04	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$101	$22.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$31.5	$5.33
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.85	$1.34
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.65	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.11	$2.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.16	$2.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.17	$7.93
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$2.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$1.95
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$2.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$2.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$0.81
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.31	$2.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.2	$12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.12	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$22.4	$4.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.31	$8.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.76	$2.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.97	$1.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$59	$53.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18.6	$5.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69.9	$44.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$15.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$57.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$98.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2511	$427
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27583	$11015

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Cities near London

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.3 km or 0.8 mi	Westminster	$2960
11 km or 7 mi	Wimbledon	$2512
13 km or 8.3 mi	Richmond	$2449
15 km or 9.3 mi	Croydon	$2514
16 km or 10 mi	Greenford	$2435
19 km or 12 mi	Ewell	$2367
21 km or 13 mi	Coulsdon	$2352
23 km or 14 mi	Esher	$2337
24 km or 15 mi	Walton-on-Thames	$2326
25 km or 15 mi	Watford	$2633
27 km or 17 mi	Upminster	$2299
28 km or 17 mi	Rickmansworth	$2374
31 km or 19 mi	St Albans	$2456
32 km or 20 mi	Grays	$2200
32 km or 20 mi	Hertford	$2197
32 km or 20 mi	Slough	$2273
32 km or 20 mi	Brentwood	$2655
35 km or 22 mi	Harlow	$2091
35 km or 22 mi	Gravesend	$2176
35 km or 22 mi	Hemel Hempstead	$2274
37 km or 23 mi	Woking	$2515
38 km or 24 mi	Harpenden	$2224
40 km or 25 mi	Billericay	$2205
41 km or 25 mi	Maidenhead	$2785
43 km or 27 mi	East Grinstead	$2206
43 km or 27 mi	Basildon	$2164
43 km or 27 mi	Guildford	$2559
44 km or 27 mi	Crawley	$2275
44 km or 27 mi	Stevenage	$2223
44 km or 27 mi	Bracknell	$2469
44 km or 28 mi	Rochester	$1780
44 km or 28 mi	Tonbridge	$2118
45 km or 28 mi	High Wycombe	$2122
46 km or 28 mi	Bishop's Stortford	$2132
46 km or 28 mi	Luton	$2160
47 km or 29 mi	Chatham	$2419
49 km or 30 mi	Chelmsford	$2000
49 km or 30 mi	Gillingham	$2245
49 km or 30 mi	Godalming	$2416
49 km or 31 mi	Farnborough	$2165

Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$908
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$932
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$898
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$942
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$777
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$869
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$962
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$818
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$904
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$851
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$938
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$868
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$926
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$819
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$842
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$977
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$717
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$914
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$905
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$998
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$912
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$936
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$981
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$1184
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$875
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$724
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$860
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$764
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$858
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$873
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$846
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$875
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$894
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$784
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$643
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1491
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$893
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$896
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$860
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$1030