Los Angeles vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Los Angeles	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3361	$1331
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7751	$3182
🏠 One person rent	$2151	$721
🏘️ Family rent	$3720	$1296
🍽️ Food expenses	$750	$410
🚐 Transport expenses	$245	$93.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4549	$892
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	99	92
😀 Quality of life	94	72
🏙️ Population	3.9M	9.21M

The cost of living in Los Angeles is 152% more expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 65th and 4418th ($3361 vs $1331) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 51st and 5th 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 1.4 months in Los Angeles compared to 0.7 months in Mexico City. Los Angeles ranked 14th best city to live in the United States vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 74th and 3317th 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	$22.6	$12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$90.5	$41.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.2	$8.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.27	$3.22
☕ Cappuccino	$6.49	$4.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.83	$1.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2364	$988
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1847	$578
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4128	$1819
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3274	$1067
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$205	$47.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$69.6	$30
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.62%	11.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7753	$3569
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6833	$2491
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.9	$22.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.5	$5.33
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.34
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.99	$2.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$1.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$7.62	$2.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$7.93
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.3	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$2.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$1.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.64	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.76	$1.95
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$2.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$2.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$0.81
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$4.04	$2.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.97	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.2	$4.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$8.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$9.09	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.34	$2.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.8	$1.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$68.9	$53.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18	$5.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$168	$44.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$31.8	$15.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$62	$57.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$98.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1849	$427
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26874	$11015

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Cities near Los Angeles

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Huntington Park	$2803
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Maywood	$2786
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Florence-Graham	$2844
10 km or 6.2 mi	Bell	$2780
10 km or 6.2 mi	Monterey Park	$2722
11 km or 6.6 mi	Alhambra	$2940
11 km or 6.6 mi	South Pasadena	$2952
11 km or 7 mi	Cudahy	$2764
12 km or 7.6 mi	San Gabriel	$3132
12 km or 7.7 mi	Bell Gardens	$2728
12 km or 7.8 mi	West Hollywood	$3036
13 km or 7.8 mi	Montebello	$2739
13 km or 8 mi	South Gate	$2762
13 km or 8.2 mi	Glendale	$3656
14 km or 8.8 mi	Inglewood	$2947
15 km or 9 mi	Beverly Hills	$2917
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lynwood	$2807
15 km or 9.3 mi	Rosemead	$2822
15 km or 9.5 mi	Culver	$3002
15 km or 9.6 mi	Pasadena	$3706
16 km or 9.9 mi	Pico Rivera	$2758
16 km or 10 mi	Burbank	$3288
16 km or 10 mi	Downey	$2650
17 km or 11 mi	Compton	$2856
18 km or 11 mi	La Canada Flintridge	$3119
18 km or 11 mi	Hawthorne	$2970
18 km or 11 mi	Temple	$2855
18 km or 11 mi	South El Monte	$2794
18 km or 11 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2769
18 km or 11 mi	Paramount	$2731
19 km or 12 mi	Gardena	$3004
20 km or 12 mi	El Monte	$2810
21 km or 13 mi	Lawndale	$3122
21 km or 13 mi	Arcadia	$3008
21 km or 13 mi	Bellflower	$2725
22 km or 14 mi	Norwalk	$2682
22 km or 14 mi	Santa Monica	$3595
22 km or 14 mi	Whittier	$2788
23 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3191
24 km or 15 mi	Carson	$2927

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