Mexico City vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Mexico City	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1288	$2188
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3248	$5197
🏠 One person rent	$663	$1327
🏘️ Family rent	$1322	$2400
🍽️ Food expenses	$407	$507
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$203
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$819	$3867
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	90	91
😀 Quality of life	66	94
🏙️ Population	9.21M	1.49M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 41% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 4206th and 1315th ($1288 vs $2188) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 1st in Mexico and Germany, respectively. Check Mexico vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Mexico City compared to 1.8 months in Munich. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Munich ranked 9th in Germany, while ranked 4184th and 48th 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	$10.1	$14.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.4	$68
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.85	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.87	$4.78
☕ Cappuccino	$3.86	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$3.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$928	$1411
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$1028
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1792	$2472
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1104	$1982
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.7	$177
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.7	$276
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.1	$45.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.98%	3.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3145	$11808
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2277	$8614
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$4.02
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.9	$53
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.07	$24.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.4	$2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.14	$2.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.49
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$3.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.59	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$2.65
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$2.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$6.31
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.34	$8.57
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.53	$3.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$1.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.7	$45.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.6	$14.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.4	$74.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$18.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.3	$95.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$97.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$426	$922
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10204	$18334

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Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$905
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$887
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$828
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$1009
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$904
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$874
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$924
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$816
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$899
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$861
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$910
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$875
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$781
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$767
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$804
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$927
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$826
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$915
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$856
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$1066
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$853
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$851
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$913
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$996
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$810
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$702
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$596
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$682
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$768
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$765
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$774
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$833
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$812
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$779
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$662
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1384
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$853
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$707
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$763
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$881

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1803
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1758
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1794
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1763
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1755
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1748
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1728
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1603
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1698
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1608
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1576
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1733
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1634
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1668
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1206
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1660
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1646
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1751
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1663
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1560
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1537
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1663
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1481
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1533
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1517
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1575
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1505
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1937
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1516
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1568
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1720
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1587
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1585
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1438
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1582
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1487
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1546
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1585
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1691
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1599