Mexico City vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Mexico City	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1428	$2499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3399	$5815
🏠 One person rent	$774	$1483
🏘️ Family rent	$1379	$2594
🍽️ Food expenses	$431	$601
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$248
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1028	$4507
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	93	90
😀 Quality of life	72	94
🏙️ Population	9.21M	1.51M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 43% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 4274th and 889th ($1428 vs $2499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 1st in Mexico and Germany, respectively. Check Mexico vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Mexico City compared to 1.8 months in Munich. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 3354th and 38th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Munich

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	Mexico City	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.7	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$43.4	$85.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$14.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.53	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$4.24	$5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.8	$3.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1035	$1499
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$623	$1182
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1886	$2689
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1143	$2147
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.1	$295
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.7	$43.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.35%	3.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3740	$12913
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2224	$8949
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$4.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.4	$70.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.19	$29.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.44	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.4	$2.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.93	$4.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.89	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$3.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$4.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$2.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.4	$2.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.83	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.92	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.97	$9.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.47	$3.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.97	$2.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.84	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.2	$55.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.33	$16.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.8	$81.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.3	$21.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.6	$94.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$473	$1039
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11420	$16629

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Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$975
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$1008
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$969
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$1015
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$842
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$941
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$1040
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$880
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$982
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$917
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$1015
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$934
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$986
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$887
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$907
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$1032
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$771
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$987
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$971
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$1075
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$981
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$1004
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1041
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$1241
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$950
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$766
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$926
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$803
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$928
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$926
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$894
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$944
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$952
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$846
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$670
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1469
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$962
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$950
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$910
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$1023

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2008
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1954
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1994
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1967
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1943
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1925
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1918
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1771
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1877
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1806
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1790
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1890
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1827
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1864
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1316
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1853
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1840
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1983
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1881
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1785
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1707
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1877
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1819
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1707
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1766
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1867
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1635
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2117
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1638
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1735
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1904
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1726
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1696
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1724
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1759
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1698
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1693
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1699
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2009
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1748