Mexico City vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Mexico City	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1475	$1123
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3516	$2973
🏠 One person rent	$792	$482
🏘️ Family rent	$1397	$836
🍽️ Food expenses	$447	$403
🚐 Transport expenses	$107	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1122	$1386
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	93	94
😀 Quality of life	73	90
🏙️ Population	9.21M	4.04M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 31% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 4074th and 4931st ($1475 vs $1123) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 2nd in Mexico and Taiwan, respectively. Check Mexico vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Mexico City compared to 1.2 months in New Taipei. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs New Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 2482nd and 183rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs New Taipei

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	Mexico City	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.6	$4.72
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44	$31.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$5.16
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.62	$1.65
☕ Cappuccino	$4.18	$2.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.71	$0.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1061	$577
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$634	$343
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1959	$1046
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1139	$621
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.1	$69
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.6	$106
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.2	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.41%	2.82%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3972	$12629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2110	$7371
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.73
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.7	$38.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.69	$10.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.49	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.82	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$1.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.98	$2.26
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$17
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.81	$10
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$20.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$4.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$2.47
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$2.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$3.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$4.13
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.43	$1.85
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.7	$9.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.2	$4.32
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.02	$9.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.06	$7.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.27	$1.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.4	$39.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.59	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.5	$37.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.5	$47.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$93.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$492	$650
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13182	$21429

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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 New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1248
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$989
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$979
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$792
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$889
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$921
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$687
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$942
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$874
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$868
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$884
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$904
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$679
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$673
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$844
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$938
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$672
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1039
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$648
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$643
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$971
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$717
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$892
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$774
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$729
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$689
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$687
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1042
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$640
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$686
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$677
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$705
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$617
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$611
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$696
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$628
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$474
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$684
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$612