Mexico City vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mexico City	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1160	$2508
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2923	$6081
🏠 One person rent	$603	$1562
🏘️ Family rent	$1214	$2876
🍽️ Food expenses	$374	$640
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.2	$137
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$709	$4538
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	92	78
😀 Quality of life	67	88
🏙️ Population	9.21M	689K

The cost of living in Mexico City is 54% less expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 4604th and 790th ($1160 vs $2508) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 733rd 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 58th in the United States, while ranked 3470th and 244th 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	$11.1	$16.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.5	$72.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.02	$9.91
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$7.15
☕ Cappuccino	$3.69	$6.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$2.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$846	$1711
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$475	$1308
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1732	$3359
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$998	$2469
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.8	$104
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.3	$161
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.7	$68.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.34%	6.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2952	$3428
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2197	$3097
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$2.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.9	$68.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.96	$20.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$0.86
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.11	$3.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$3.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.43	$3.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.12	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.41	$13.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$5.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$5.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$4.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$3.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$1.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$3.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.4	$16.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$3.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.89	$7.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.17	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.39	$5.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.79	$4.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.6	$54.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.97	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$27.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.2	$54.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.8	$96.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$401	$1251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9034	$30520

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Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$800
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$747
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$761
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$696
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$752
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$858
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$632
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$825
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$981
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$788
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$821
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$983
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$770
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$485
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$638
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$635
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$717
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$693
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$724
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$725
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$700
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$574
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$634
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$667
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$804

Cities near Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2499
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2356
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2335
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2340
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2738
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2271
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2302
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2274
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2607
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2016
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2031
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$2075
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2259
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1751
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1855
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1824
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$1969
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1828
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1839
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$1942
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$1932
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1350
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1772
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1779
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$2192
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1777
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2185
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1717
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1728
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1847
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1865
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2166
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$2100
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1730
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1432
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1636
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$2025
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$2048
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$2116
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1494