Mexico City vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Mexico City	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1475	$2525
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3516	$5816
🏠 One person rent	$792	$1500
🏘️ Family rent	$1397	$2602
🍽️ Food expenses	$447	$604
🚐 Transport expenses	$107	$252
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1122	$4312
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	93	90
😀 Quality of life	73	94
🏙️ Population	9.21M	1.51M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 42% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 4074th and 863rd ($1475 vs $2525) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Mexico and Germany, respectively. Check Mexico vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Mexico City compared to 1.7 months in Munich. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 2482nd and 44th 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	$11.6	$19.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44	$79
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$14.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.62	$5.43
☕ Cappuccino	$4.18	$4.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.71	$3.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1061	$1520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$634	$1185
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1959	$2776
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1139	$2116
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.1	$206
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.6	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.2	$41.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.41%	3.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3972	$13704
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2110	$9217
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$4.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.7	$73.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.69	$29.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.49	$2.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.82	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$2.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.98	$4.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.81	$12.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$21.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$3.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$2.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$4.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$0.77
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.43	$2.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.7	$7.65
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$1.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.2	$10.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.02	$10.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.06	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.27	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.4	$56.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.59	$16.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.5	$77.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$24.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.5	$99.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$492	$871
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13182	$17274

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Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$977
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$1003
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$959
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$1000
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$832
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$940
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$1050
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$878
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$981
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$914
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$1013
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$932
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$994
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$874
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$897
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$1034
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$763
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$971
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$976
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$1051
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$973
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$980
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1047
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$1255
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$960
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$755
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$924
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$817
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$916
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$935
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$905
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$952
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$961
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$852
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$673
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1472
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$974
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$962
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$920
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$1005

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2002
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1940
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1976
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1960
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1925
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1910
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1890
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1748
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1841
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1770
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1753
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1858
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1790
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1835
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1292
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1816
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1789
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1938
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1828
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1731
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1668
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1834
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1788
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1660
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1726
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1808
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1610
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2075
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1606
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1704
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1887
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1669
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1678
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1667
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1717
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1647
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1647
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1636
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2003
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1714