Mexico City vs Mumbai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mexico City	Mumbai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1160	$716
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2923	$1992
🏠 One person rent	$603	$409
🏘️ Family rent	$1214	$1100
🍽️ Food expenses	$374	$201
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.2	$50.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$709	$903
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	92	82
😀 Quality of life	67	69
🏙️ Population	9.21M	15.4M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 62% more expensive than in Mumbai. Cities ranked 4604th and 6818th ($1160 vs $716) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 2nd in Mexico and India, respectively. Check Mexico vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Mexico City compared to 1.3 months in Mumbai. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Mumbai ranked 1st in India, while ranked 3470th and 2865th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Mumbai

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	Mexico City	Mumbai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.1	$4.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.5	$20.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.02	$4.61
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$2.31
☕ Cappuccino	$3.69	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$846	$586
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$475	$315
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1732	$1749
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$998	$869
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.8	$30.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.3	$46.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.7	$8.78
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.34%	9.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2952	$6631
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2197	$3058
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.9	$4.59
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.96	$2.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.11	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.43	$1.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.12	$7.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.41	$4.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$7.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$2.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$0.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.4	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$2.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.89	$4.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.17	$1.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.39	$3.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.79	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.6	$26.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.97	$4.62
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45	$24.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$2.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.2	$29.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.8	$58
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$401	$107
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9034	$3007

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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

Cities near Mumbai

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 12 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
27 km or 17 mi	Thane	$501
44 km or 28 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
46 km or 28 mi	Kalyan	$381
56 km or 35 mi	Vasai	$284
119 km or 74 mi	Pune	$513
152 km or 94 mi	Nashik	$333
187 km or 116 mi	Satara	$304
221 km or 137 mi	Navsari	$286
245 km or 152 mi	Surat	$771
252 km or 156 mi	Malegaon	$378
280 km or 174 mi	Aurangabad	$350
292 km or 182 mi	Kolhapur	$307
297 km or 184 mi	Sangli	$292
306 km or 190 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304
320 km or 199 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
355 km or 221 mi	Solapur	$293
365 km or 227 mi	Jalgaon	$348
373 km or 232 mi	Vadodara	$376
387 km or 240 mi	Bijapur	$340
387 km or 241 mi	Belgaum	$473
400 km or 249 mi	Latur	$397
402 km or 250 mi	Panjim	$401
409 km or 254 mi	Mormugao	$492
415 km or 258 mi	Nadiad	$382
427 km or 265 mi	Rajkot	$311
428 km or 266 mi	Margao	$430
432 km or 268 mi	Godhra	$371
449 km or 279 mi	Porbandar	$333
453 km or 281 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
457 km or 284 mi	Hubli	$359
460 km or 286 mi	Gulbarga	$250
473 km or 294 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
473 km or 294 mi	Nanded	$315
478 km or 297 mi	Akola	$295
517 km or 321 mi	Mehsana	$389
522 km or 324 mi	Indore	$367
536 km or 333 mi	Ratlam	$311
555 km or 345 mi	Nizamabad	$294
558 km or 347 mi	Amravati	$296