Lyon vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lyon	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1570	$1160
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3820	$2923
🏠 One person rent	$773	$603
🏘️ Family rent	$1432	$1214
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$134	$78.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2651	$709
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	93	92
😀 Quality of life	89	67
🏙️ Population	521K	9.21M

The cost of living in Lyon is 35% more expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 3152nd and 4604th ($1570 vs $1160) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 34th and 7th in France and Mexico, respectively. Check France vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Lyon compared to 0.6 months in Mexico City. Lyon ranked 5th best city to live in France vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 195th and 3470th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lyon vs Mexico City

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	Lyon	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.5	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62	$46.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.9	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$3.63	$3.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.91	$1.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$824	$846
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$563	$475
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1593	$1732
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1107	$998
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$27.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$42.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.2	$26.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.74%	11.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6408	$2952
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4049	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.09	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74.5	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$3.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.86	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$2.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$9.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$7.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.4	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$2.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$1.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.31	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.26	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.48	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.6	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.44	$5.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.46	$4.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.96	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.3	$56.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.3	$4.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$26	$45
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$95.3	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.1	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$584	$401
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10816	$9034

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Cities near Lyon

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.1 km or 1.9 mi	Villeurbanne	$1567
50 km or 31 mi	Saint-Etienne	$1081
61 km or 38 mi	Macon	$1256
67 km or 42 mi	Roanne	$1348
84 km or 52 mi	Aix-les-Bains	$1470
87 km or 54 mi	Chambery	$1310
92 km or 57 mi	Valence	$1182
94 km or 58 mi	Grenoble	$1434
101 km or 63 mi	Annecy	$1522
109 km or 68 mi	Vernier	$3017
109 km or 68 mi	Meyrin	$2937
110 km or 68 mi	Lancy	$2970
111 km or 69 mi	Carouge	$3028
112 km or 70 mi	Geneva	$3195
114 km or 71 mi	Chalon-sur-Saone	$1247
117 km or 73 mi	Vichy	$1205
118 km or 73 mi	Annemasse	$1352
120 km or 74 mi	Le Creusot	$1050
128 km or 80 mi	Nyon	$3278
136 km or 85 mi	Clermont-Ferrand	$1299
158 km or 98 mi	Chamonix	$1723
159 km or 99 mi	Renens	$2738
163 km or 101 mi	Lausanne	$2732
175 km or 108 mi	Dijon	$1314
177 km or 110 mi	Montreux	$3088
179 km or 111 mi	Yverdon-les-Bains	$2776
184 km or 115 mi	Montlucon	$1485
188 km or 117 mi	Besancon	$1110
188 km or 117 mi	Nevers	$1316
192 km or 120 mi	Aosta	$1474
195 km or 121 mi	Bulle	$2658
201 km or 125 mi	Avignon	$1338
202 km or 125 mi	Sion	$1950
211 km or 131 mi	Neuchatel	$2308
212 km or 132 mi	Fribourg	$2470
213 km or 132 mi	La Chaux-de-Fonds	$2287
217 km or 135 mi	Nimes	$1231
227 km or 141 mi	Manosque	$1338
236 km or 147 mi	Turin	$1424
236 km or 147 mi	Koniz	$2457

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