Mexico City vs Niigata - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Mexico City	Niigata
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1190	$1108
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3028	$3039
🏠 One person rent	$611	$446
🏘️ Family rent	$1253	$989
🍽️ Food expenses	$376	$394
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.2	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$740	$1634
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	90	52
😀 Quality of life	68	67
🏙️ Population	9.21M	791K

The cost of living in Mexico City is 7% more expensive than in Niigata. Cities ranked 4630th and 4902nd ($1190 vs $1108) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 146th in Mexico and Japan, respectively. Check Mexico vs Japan 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 Niigata. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Niigata ranked 578th in Japan, while ranked 3360th and 3769th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Niigata

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	Mexico City	Niigata
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.3	$5.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.2	$43.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.05	$4.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$2.91
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.08	$1.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$838	$327
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$489	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1747	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1045	$692
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.7	$146
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.9	$225
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.4	$34.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.25%	1.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2781	$2976
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2233	$2688
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$1.83
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.1	$56
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.65	$26.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$1.15
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.39	$2.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.69	$7.73
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.51	$5.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$22.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$4.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$2.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$3.16
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$3.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$2.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$2.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$8.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$2.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.82	$3.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.04	$1.08
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.29	$0.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.47	$1.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61	$54.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.09	$13.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.8	$40.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$26.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.6	$46.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$46.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$396	$87.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8550	$15392

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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 Niigata

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Agano	$1035
26 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$1041
28 km or 17 mi	Kamo	$1047
28 km or 18 mi	Tsubame	$1048
32 km or 20 mi	Sanjo	$1049
33 km or 21 mi	Gosen	$1051
37 km or 23 mi	Tainai	$1042
44 km or 27 mi	Mitsuke	$1068
52 km or 32 mi	Murakami	$1046
57 km or 35 mi	Nagaoka	$1112
60 km or 37 mi	Sado	$1053
70 km or 43 mi	Ojiya	$1091
74 km or 46 mi	Kashiwazaki	$1082
76 km or 47 mi	Uonuma	$1106
79 km or 49 mi	Kitakata	$1048
91 km or 56 mi	Nagai	$1015
91 km or 56 mi	Tokamachi	$1107
91 km or 57 mi	Aizuwakamatsu	$1053
95 km or 59 mi	Yonezawa	$1011
95 km or 59 mi	Minamiuonuma	$1127
99 km or 61 mi	Nan'yo	$1007
102 km or 63 mi	Takahata	$1000
111 km or 69 mi	Joetsu	$1087
111 km or 69 mi	Kaminoyama	$988
113 km or 70 mi	Tsuruoka	$1054
119 km or 74 mi	Yamagata	$1002
120 km or 75 mi	Sagae	$1004
120 km or 75 mi	Myoko	$1062
124 km or 77 mi	Koriyama	$1081
127 km or 79 mi	Fukushima	$1012
127 km or 79 mi	Tendo	$998
128 km or 79 mi	Motomiya	$1017
128 km or 80 mi	Nihonmatsu	$1000
128 km or 80 mi	Shonai	$1061
131 km or 81 mi	Sakata	$1063
132 km or 82 mi	Higashine	$1008
134 km or 83 mi	Murayama	$1016
134 km or 84 mi	Date	$989
136 km or 84 mi	Shirakawa	$1066
137 km or 85 mi	Sukagawa	$1046