Mesa vs Puebla - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mesa	Puebla
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2413	$981
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5513	$2527
🏠 One person rent	$1527	$458
🏘️ Family rent	$2684	$914
🍽️ Food expenses	$647	$311
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.6	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4154	$651
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	67	35
😀 Quality of life	73	53
🏙️ Population	504K	1.43M

The cost of living in Mesa is 146% more expensive than in Puebla. Cities ranked 933rd and 5623rd ($2413 vs $981) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 854th and 19th 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 1.7 months in Mesa compared to 0.7 months in Puebla. Mesa ranked 422nd best city to live in the United States vs Puebla ranked 12th in Mexico, while ranked 1561st and 6026th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Mesa vs Puebla infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/mesa/puebla.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Mesa vs Puebla infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/mesa/puebla" target="_blank">Mesa vs Puebla - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Mesa vs Puebla

Prices for goods and services in Mesa and Puebla are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Mesa	Puebla
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.1	$7.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.5	$34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$7.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.99	$2.38
☕ Cappuccino	$5.74	$2.78
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.67	$1.07
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1564	$461
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1217	$384
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2503	$908
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2321	$821
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$243	$47.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$84	$28.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.5%	11.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2947	$772
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3478	$601
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.9	$29.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.7	$17.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.18	$2.61
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.08	$1.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.22	$2.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$6.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$5.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$1.39
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$1.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$1.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$0.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$9.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.13	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.48	$3.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.79	$5.99
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.21	$3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.14	$1.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42	$45.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$4.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$35.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$9.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.3	$50.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.3	$103
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1121	$284
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12523	$9705

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Mesa

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Gilbert	$2417
10 km or 6.5 mi	Tempe	$2423
12 km or 7.7 mi	Scottsdale	$2524
12 km or 7.7 mi	Chandler	$2306
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353
25 km or 15 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
26 km or 16 mi	Phoenix	$2395
26 km or 16 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
39 km or 24 mi	Glendale	$1979
42 km or 26 mi	Peoria	$2342
45 km or 28 mi	Maricopa	$2281
48 km or 30 mi	Avondale	$2525
49 km or 30 mi	Goodyear	$2468
51 km or 31 mi	El Mirage	$2304
55 km or 34 mi	Surprise	$2328
59 km or 37 mi	Florence	$2319
59 km or 37 mi	Casa Grande	$2296
71 km or 44 mi	Buckeye	$2388
132 km or 82 mi	Marana	$2073
136 km or 85 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
138 km or 86 mi	Prescott	$2466
140 km or 87 mi	Prescott Valley	$2423
141 km or 88 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
157 km or 98 mi	Tucson	$1957
183 km or 114 mi	Sahuarita	$2037
199 km or 124 mi	Flagstaff	$2543
244 km or 152 mi	Nogales	$2077
247 km or 154 mi	Nogales	$830
254 km or 158 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
257 km or 160 mi	Blythe	$2763
258 km or 160 mi	Lake Havasu	$2013
272 km or 169 mi	Yuma	$1815
283 km or 176 mi	Kingman	$1926
292 km or 182 mi	San Luis	$1947
293 km or 182 mi	San Luis Rio Colorado	$823
301 km or 187 mi	Caborca	$788
316 km or 196 mi	Agua Prieta	$791
316 km or 196 mi	Bullhead	$1852
348 km or 216 mi	Brawley	$2729
349 km or 217 mi	Mexicali	$913

Cities near Puebla

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 18 mi	Atlixco	$825
75 km or 47 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
82 km or 51 mi	Cuautla	$858
82 km or 51 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
86 km or 53 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
90 km or 56 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
103 km or 64 mi	Jiutepec	$752
106 km or 66 mi	Mexico City	$1160
107 km or 66 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
108 km or 67 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
109 km or 68 mi	Tehuacan	$485
116 km or 72 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
117 km or 73 mi	Naucalpan	$800
119 km or 74 mi	Tultepec	$747
120 km or 74 mi	Orizaba	$724
120 km or 74 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
122 km or 76 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
124 km or 77 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
124 km or 77 mi	Teziutlan	$770
124 km or 77 mi	Zumpango	$761
131 km or 81 mi	Pachuca	$632
136 km or 85 mi	Cordoba	$759
140 km or 87 mi	Coatepec	$700
147 km or 91 mi	Xalapa	$574
153 km or 95 mi	Toluca	$696
156 km or 97 mi	Taxco	$788
160 km or 99 mi	Iguala	$821
183 km or 114 mi	Poza Rica	$635
206 km or 128 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
215 km or 134 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
217 km or 135 mi	Veracruz	$724
238 km or 148 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
260 km or 162 mi	Alvarado	$716
268 km or 167 mi	Oaxaca	$812
284 km or 177 mi	Queretaro	$983
301 km or 187 mi	Acapulco	$756
314 km or 195 mi	Santiago Tuxtla	$700
318 km or 197 mi	Celaya	$638
320 km or 199 mi	Morelia	$717
323 km or 201 mi	San Andres Tuxtla	$699