Mexico City vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Mexico City	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1288	$2623
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3248	$6220
🏠 One person rent	$663	$1671
🏘️ Family rent	$1322	$3099
🍽️ Food expenses	$407	$671
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$819	$4605
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	90	78
😀 Quality of life	66	87
🏙️ Population	9.21M	689K

The cost of living in Mexico City is 51% less expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 4206th and 489th ($1288 vs $2623) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 441st in Mexico and the United States, respectively. Check Mexico vs the United States 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 Nashville. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Nashville ranked 46th in the United States, while ranked 4184th and 198th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Nashville

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	Mexico City	Nashville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.1	$18.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.4	$77.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.85	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.87	$6.66
☕ Cappuccino	$3.86	$5.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$2.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$928	$1839
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$1401
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1792	$3812
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1104	$2623
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.7	$107
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.7	$164
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.1	$75.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.98%	6.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3145	$3579
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2277	$3234
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$2.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.9	$69.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.07	$17.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.4	$0.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.14	$3.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$5.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$3.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.59	$15.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$16.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$6.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$2.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$5.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$4.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$3.09
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$1.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$3.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$15.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.34	$8.06
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.53	$4.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$3.42
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.7	$42.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.6	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.4	$90
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$23.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.3	$54
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$426	$1334
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10204	$20441

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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 Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2438
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2367
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2345
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2312
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2300
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2255
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2293
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2260
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2534
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2155
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$1968
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$1987
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2220
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1651
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1766
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1725
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$2004
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1817
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$2123
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$2386
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$2546
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1313
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$2045
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1702
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$1941
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1812
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$1985
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1785
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1742
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1768
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1933
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2026
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$1515
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1910
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1487
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1768
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$2142
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$1972
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$2120
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1675