Mexico City vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Mexico City	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1190	$1060
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3028	$2992
🏠 One person rent	$611	$464
🏘️ Family rent	$1253	$1087
🍽️ Food expenses	$376	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.2	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$740	$1661
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	90	95
😀 Quality of life	68	87
🏙️ Population	9.21M	4.04M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 12% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 4630th and 5212th ($1190 vs $1060) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 2nd in Mexico and Taiwan, respectively. Check Mexico vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Mexico City compared to 1.6 months in New Taipei. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 3360th and 279th 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	$10.3	$4.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.2	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.05	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$2.49
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.08	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$838	$483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$489	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1747	$1333
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1045	$890
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.7	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.9	$83.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.4	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.25%	1.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2781	$9578
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2233	$4941
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.1	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.65	$8.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$2.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.39	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.69	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.51	$8.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$4.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$2.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.82	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$9.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.04	$7.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.29	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.47	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61	$29.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.09	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.8	$36.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.6	$67.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$86.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$396	$504
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8550	$13786

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Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$835
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$783
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$723
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$884
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$734
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$775
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$835
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$731
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$794
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$757
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$816
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$772
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$844
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$729
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$734
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$843
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$704
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$811
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$792
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$939
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$789
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$797
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$828
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$941
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$763
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$623
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$504
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$601
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$660
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$748
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$691
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$723
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$729
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$694
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$589
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1223
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$659
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$674
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$709

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1158
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$868
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1028
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$745
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$828
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$864
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$698
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$931
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$841
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$818
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$761
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$707
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$706
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$661
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$801
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$841
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$683
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$666
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$654
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$719
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$821
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$776
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$807
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$673
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$712
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$642
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$719
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$702
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$643
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$731
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$708
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$633
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$592
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$716
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$605