Mexico City vs Niigata - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Mexico City	Niigata
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1288	$1056
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3248	$2899
🏠 One person rent	$663	$425
🏘️ Family rent	$1322	$938
🍽️ Food expenses	$407	$378
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$145
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$819	$1539
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	90	52
😀 Quality of life	66	68
🏙️ Population	9.21M	791K

The cost of living in Mexico City is 22% more expensive than in Niigata. Cities ranked 4206th and 4949th ($1288 vs $1056) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 172nd 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 599th in Japan, while ranked 4184th and 3500th 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	$10.1	$5.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.4	$41.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.85	$4.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.87	$2.82
☕ Cappuccino	$3.86	$2.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$928	$308
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$238
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1792	$845
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1104	$653
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.7	$141
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.7	$213
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.1	$32.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.98%	1.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3145	$2812
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2277	$2341
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.9	$52.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.07	$24.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.4	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.14	$1.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$1.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$7.31
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.59	$5.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$18.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$3.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$2.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$3.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$2.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$2.15
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$8.18
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.34	$3.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$21.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.53	$1.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$0.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.7	$51.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.6	$12.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.4	$38.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$25.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.3	$44.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$44.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$426	$83.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10204	$15169

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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 Niigata

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Agano	$988
26 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$991
28 km or 17 mi	Kamo	$1002
28 km or 18 mi	Tsubame	$1004
32 km or 20 mi	Sanjo	$1009
33 km or 21 mi	Gosen	$1005
37 km or 23 mi	Tainai	$997
44 km or 27 mi	Mitsuke	$1018
52 km or 32 mi	Murakami	$999
57 km or 35 mi	Nagaoka	$1071
60 km or 37 mi	Sado	$1013
70 km or 43 mi	Ojiya	$1049
74 km or 46 mi	Kashiwazaki	$1036
76 km or 47 mi	Uonuma	$1060
79 km or 49 mi	Kitakata	$988
91 km or 56 mi	Nagai	$965
91 km or 56 mi	Tokamachi	$1072
91 km or 57 mi	Aizuwakamatsu	$977
95 km or 59 mi	Yonezawa	$966
95 km or 59 mi	Minamiuonuma	$1086
99 km or 61 mi	Nan'yo	$961
102 km or 63 mi	Takahata	$956
111 km or 69 mi	Joetsu	$1050
111 km or 69 mi	Kaminoyama	$939
113 km or 70 mi	Tsuruoka	$1006
119 km or 74 mi	Yamagata	$957
120 km or 75 mi	Sagae	$952
120 km or 75 mi	Myoko	$1032
124 km or 77 mi	Koriyama	$943
127 km or 79 mi	Fukushima	$988
127 km or 79 mi	Tendo	$944
128 km or 79 mi	Motomiya	$939
128 km or 80 mi	Nihonmatsu	$954
128 km or 80 mi	Shonai	$1013
131 km or 81 mi	Sakata	$1015
132 km or 82 mi	Higashine	$957
134 km or 83 mi	Murayama	$961
134 km or 84 mi	Date	$958
136 km or 84 mi	Shirakawa	$986
137 km or 85 mi	Sukagawa	$942