Mexico City vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Mexico City	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1288	$1011
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3248	$2876
🏠 One person rent	$663	$394
🏘️ Family rent	$1322	$948
🍽️ Food expenses	$407	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$819	$1496
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	90	95
😀 Quality of life	66	88
🏙️ Population	9.21M	4.36M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 27% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 4206th and 5229th ($1288 vs $1011) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th 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 1.5 months in New Taipei. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 4184th and 181st 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	$10.1	$4.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.4	$28.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.85	$4.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.87	$1.81
☕ Cappuccino	$3.86	$2.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$928	$342
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1792	$1097
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1104	$766
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.7	$61.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.7	$94.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.1	$22.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.98%	1.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3145	$9649
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2277	$5036
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.79
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.9	$39.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.07	$8.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.4	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$2.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.14	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$4.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$2.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.59	$7.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$23.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$5.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$2.17
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.34	$3.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$9.74
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.53	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$2.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.7	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.6	$9.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.4	$35.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$16.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.3	$60.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$84.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$426	$503
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10204	$11035

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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 New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1169
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$861
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$860
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$863
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$917
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$860
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$746
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$995
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$890
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$857
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$791
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$725
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$664
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$675
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$952
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$913
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$694
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1114
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$689
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$676
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$744
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$851
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$787
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$721
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$678
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$735
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1115
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$667
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$741
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$719
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$655
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$811
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$725
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$644
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$588
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$721
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$589