Mexico City vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Mexico City	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1331	$1135
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3182	$2924
🏠 One person rent	$721	$510
🏘️ Family rent	$1296	$885
🍽️ Food expenses	$410	$385
🚐 Transport expenses	$93.3	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$892	$1378
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	92	94
😀 Quality of life	72	87
🏙️ Population	9.21M	4.04M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 17% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 4418th and 4867th ($1331 vs $1135) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 2nd in Mexico and Taiwan, respectively. Check Mexico vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 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 3317th and 387th 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	$12	$4.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$41.1	$32.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.8	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$4.26	$2.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.71	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$988	$520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$578	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1819	$947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1067	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.9	$72.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.8	$112
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30	$25.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.71%	2.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3569	$14096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2491	$6224
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.5	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.33	$9.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.34	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.93	$7.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$22.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$4.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$2.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$3.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.07	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$9.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$1.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.35	$4.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$10.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.69	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.07	$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.99	$2.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.3	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.98	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$44.1	$38.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.7	$59.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.9	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$427	$571
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11015	$17207

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Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$908
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$932
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$898
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$942
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$777
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$869
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$962
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$818
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$904
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$851
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$938
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$868
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$926
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$819
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$842
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$977
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$717
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$914
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$905
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$998
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$912
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$936
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$981
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$1184
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$875
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$724
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$860
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$764
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$858
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$873
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$846
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$875
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$894
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$784
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$643
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1491
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$893
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$896
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$860
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$1030

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1313
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$942
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1030
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$802
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$868
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$993
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$695
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$1006
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$914
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$894
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$894
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$914
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$628
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$634
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$854
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$894
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$628
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$621
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$615
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$700
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$901
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$753
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$707
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$671
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$677
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$616
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$696
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$666
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$697
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$600
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$586
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$672
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$604
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$650
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$589