Medellin vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Medellin	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$906	$1160
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2260	$2923
🏠 One person rent	$408	$603
🏘️ Family rent	$761	$1214
🍽️ Food expenses	$275	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$133	$78.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$432	$709
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	66	92
😀 Quality of life	53	67
🏙️ Population	2.53M	9.21M

The cost of living in Medellin is 22% less expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 6005th and 4604th ($906 vs $1160) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 7th in Colombia and Mexico, respectively. Check Colombia vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Medellin compared to 0.6 months in Mexico City. Medellin ranked 2nd best city to live in Colombia vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 6049th and 3470th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Medellin vs Mexico City

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	Medellin	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.13	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.6	$46.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.21	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$3.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.03	$1.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$846
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$312	$475
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$851	$1732
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$618	$998
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.3	$27.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.5	$42.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.9	$26.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.16%	11.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1715	$2952
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1447	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.79	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.1	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.5	$3.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.3	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.33	$2.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$9.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.8	$7.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.62	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$2.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$1.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$0.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.2	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.41	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.41	$5.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$4.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.85	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.28	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.3	$56.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$4.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.1	$45
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$64	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.4	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$292	$401
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5682	$9034

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Cities near Medellin

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Envigado	$897
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Bello	$839
131 km or 82 mi	Manizales	$653
135 km or 84 mi	Quibdo	$705
160 km or 99 mi	Pereira	$680
171 km or 106 mi	Cartago	$649
179 km or 111 mi	Salento	$605
190 km or 118 mi	Armenia	$598
205 km or 127 mi	Ibague	$529
209 km or 130 mi	Facatativa	$674
212 km or 131 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1031
221 km or 137 mi	Zipaquira	$709
232 km or 144 mi	Girardot	$493
239 km or 148 mi	Soacha	$794
242 km or 150 mi	Turbo	$664
246 km or 153 mi	Bogota	$887
250 km or 155 mi	Tulua	$513
257 km or 160 mi	Tunja	$563
282 km or 175 mi	Monteria	$645
285 km or 177 mi	Duitama	$882
288 km or 179 mi	Bucaramanga	$657
289 km or 179 mi	Floridablanca	$648
298 km or 185 mi	Sogamoso	$534
308 km or 192 mi	Buenaventura	$742
312 km or 194 mi	Palmira	$666
318 km or 198 mi	Villavicencio	$497
329 km or 204 mi	Cali	$748
331 km or 206 mi	Ocana	$650
334 km or 208 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$669
340 km or 211 mi	Sincelejo	$524
346 km or 215 mi	Magangue	$604
367 km or 228 mi	Yopal	$722
370 km or 230 mi	Neiva	$557
386 km or 240 mi	Cucuta	$562
387 km or 241 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$601
391 km or 243 mi	Rubio	$599
406 km or 252 mi	San Cristobal	$592
410 km or 255 mi	Tariba	$598
438 km or 272 mi	Popayan	$477
448 km or 279 mi	La Grita	$618

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