Los Angeles vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Los Angeles	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3196	$1160
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7594	$2923
🏠 One person rent	$2049	$603
🏘️ Family rent	$3732	$1214
🍽️ Food expenses	$709	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$220	$78.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4771	$709
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	99	92
😀 Quality of life	93	67
🏙️ Population	3.9M	9.21M

The cost of living in Los Angeles is 175% more expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 80th and 4604th ($3196 vs $1160) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 71st 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 1.5 months in Los Angeles compared to 0.6 months in Mexico City. Los Angeles ranked 7th best city to live in the United States vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 58th and 3470th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Los Angeles vs Mexico City

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	Los Angeles	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.7	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$87.7	$46.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.9	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.51	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$5.77	$3.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$1.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2168	$846
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1758	$475
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4056	$1732
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3293	$998
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$142	$27.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$220	$42.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.8	$26.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.74%	11.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8056	$2952
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7115	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.5	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.8	$3.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.1	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.56	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.05	$2.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$9.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$7.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.12	$2.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$1.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.63	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$0.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.26	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.4	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.92	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.7	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$5.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7	$4.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.25	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.63	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.3	$56.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18.1	$4.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$190	$45
💇 Haircut, simple	$27.8	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.3	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1650	$401
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$28838	$9034

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Cities near Los Angeles

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Huntington Park	$2887
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Maywood	$2803
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Florence-Graham	$2873
10 km or 6.2 mi	Bell	$2798
10 km or 6.2 mi	Monterey Park	$2735
11 km or 6.6 mi	Alhambra	$2936
11 km or 6.6 mi	South Pasadena	$2902
11 km or 7 mi	Cudahy	$2768
12 km or 7.6 mi	San Gabriel	$3061
12 km or 7.7 mi	Bell Gardens	$2727
12 km or 7.8 mi	West Hollywood	$3105
13 km or 7.8 mi	Montebello	$2739
13 km or 8 mi	South Gate	$2786
13 km or 8.2 mi	Glendale	$3659
14 km or 8.8 mi	Inglewood	$3014
15 km or 9 mi	Beverly Hills	$2903
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lynwood	$2788
15 km or 9.3 mi	Rosemead	$2780
15 km or 9.5 mi	Culver	$3033
15 km or 9.6 mi	Pasadena	$3416
16 km or 9.9 mi	Pico Rivera	$2750
16 km or 10 mi	Burbank	$3370
16 km or 10 mi	Downey	$2735
17 km or 11 mi	Compton	$2851
18 km or 11 mi	La Canada Flintridge	$3086
18 km or 11 mi	Hawthorne	$3104
18 km or 11 mi	Temple	$2824
18 km or 11 mi	South El Monte	$2787
18 km or 11 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2750
18 km or 11 mi	Paramount	$2720
19 km or 12 mi	Gardena	$3022
20 km or 12 mi	El Monte	$2775
21 km or 13 mi	Lawndale	$3162
21 km or 13 mi	Arcadia	$2758
21 km or 13 mi	Bellflower	$2669
22 km or 14 mi	Norwalk	$2662
22 km or 14 mi	Santa Monica	$3573
22 km or 14 mi	Whittier	$2789
23 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3256
24 km or 15 mi	Carson	$2919

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