Mexico City vs New York City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Mexico City	New York City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1331	$4203
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3182	$9136
🏠 One person rent	$721	$2713
🏘️ Family rent	$1296	$4396
🍽️ Food expenses	$410	$874
🚐 Transport expenses	$93.3	$379
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$892	$5599
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	92	100
😀 Quality of life	72	98
🏙️ Population	9.21M	8.8M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 68% less expensive than in New York City. Cities ranked 4418th and 4th ($1331 vs $4203) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 2nd 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 0.7 months in Mexico City compared to 1.3 months in New York City. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs New York City ranked 1st in the United States, while ranked 3317th and 11th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs New York City

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	Mexico City	New York City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12	$23.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$41.1	$92.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.8	$14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$8.67
☕ Cappuccino	$4.26	$6.18
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.71	$3.07
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$988	$3669
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$578	$2221
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1819	$5076
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1067	$3880
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.9	$137
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.8	$211
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30	$66.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.71%	6.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3569	$15299
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2491	$11127
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$2.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.5	$134
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.33	$25
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.34	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$4.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$6.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$7.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$19.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.93	$15.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$19.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$7.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$5.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$6.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$3.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$3.71
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.66
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.07	$3.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$18.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$4.3
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.35	$18.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$23.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.69	$13.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.07	$8.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.99	$2.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.3	$128
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.98	$20.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$44.1	$157
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$37.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.7	$63.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.9	$119
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$427	$1884
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11015	$22663

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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 York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2569
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3364
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3066
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2913
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2733
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3253
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2717
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2783
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2727
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2725
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2735
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2811
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2671
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2712
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2765
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2538
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2688
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2756
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2545
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2475
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2614
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2647
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2770
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2705
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2513
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2749
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2774
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2695
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2769
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2655
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2730
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2718
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2609
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2506
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2723
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2911
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2779
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2680
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2470
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3174