Mexico City vs Nairobi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Mexico City	Nairobi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1288	$646
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3248	$1766
🏠 One person rent	$663	$239
🏘️ Family rent	$1322	$565
🍽️ Food expenses	$407	$224
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$131
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$819	$399
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	90	67
😀 Quality of life	66	59
🏙️ Population	9.21M	5.55M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 99% more expensive than in Nairobi. Cities ranked 4206th and 7242nd ($1288 vs $646) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 1st in Mexico and Kenya, respectively. Check Mexico vs Kenya comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Mexico City compared to 0.6 months in Nairobi. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Nairobi ranked 1st in Kenya, while ranked 4184th and 5517th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Nairobi

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	Mexico City	Nairobi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.1	$3.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.4	$22
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.85	$5.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.87	$1.91
☕ Cappuccino	$3.86	$2.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$928	$301
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$147
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1792	$848
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1104	$401
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.7	$24.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.7	$37.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.1	$36.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.98%	13.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3145	$1086
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2277	$641
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.67
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.9	$29.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.07	$10.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.4	$1.4
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.14	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$1.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$9.99
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.59	$5.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$4.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$0.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$0.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$0.82
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$0.86
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$1.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.34	$2.39
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$3.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.53	$4.52
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$1.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$0.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.7	$37.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.6	$5.43
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.4	$18.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$4.48
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.3	$16.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$46.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$426	$138
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10204	$6839

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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 Nairobi

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Thika	$530
56 km or 35 mi	Machakos	$524
139 km or 87 mi	Nakuru	$439
175 km or 109 mi	Meru	$486
232 km or 144 mi	Arusha	$571
235 km or 146 mi	Moshi	$536
263 km or 164 mi	Eldoret	$405
265 km or 165 mi	Kisumu	$441
316 km or 196 mi	Mumias	$424
367 km or 228 mi	Tororo	$557
394 km or 245 mi	Mbale	$557
425 km or 264 mi	Malindi	$452
441 km or 274 mi	Mombasa	$493
444 km or 276 mi	Jinja	$542
456 km or 284 mi	Mwanza	$493
491 km or 305 mi	Tanga	$622
501 km or 311 mi	Kira Town	$600
503 km or 313 mi	Kampala	$654
507 km or 315 mi	Entebbe	$547
564 km or 351 mi	Dodoma	$581
603 km or 375 mi	Stone Town	$706
604 km or 375 mi	Zanzibar	$762
623 km or 387 mi	Morogoro	$600
671 km or 417 mi	Dar es Salaam	$720
674 km or 419 mi	Gulu	$556
741 km or 461 mi	Muyinga	$449
751 km or 467 mi	Byumba	$599
755 km or 469 mi	Kigali	$677
769 km or 478 mi	Ruyigi	$446
778 km or 483 mi	Kasese	$543
794 km or 494 mi	Nyanza	$539
796 km or 495 mi	Bunia	$748
798 km or 496 mi	Ruhengeri	$575
798 km or 496 mi	Ngozi	$448
799 km or 496 mi	Butare	$458
801 km or 498 mi	Gitega	$445
811 km or 504 mi	Rutana	$448
813 km or 505 mi	Arua	$553
835 km or 519 mi	Kibuye	$566
841 km or 523 mi	Beni	$747