Mexico City vs Ningbo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Mexico City	Ningbo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1288	$677
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3248	$1957
🏠 One person rent	$663	$261
🏘️ Family rent	$1322	$557
🍽️ Food expenses	$407	$278
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$73.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$819	$828
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	90	61
😀 Quality of life	66	56
🏙️ Population	9.21M	9.4M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 90% more expensive than in Ningbo. Cities ranked 4206th and 6976th ($1288 vs $677) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 122nd in Mexico and China, respectively. Check Mexico vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Mexico City compared to 1.2 months in Ningbo. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Ningbo ranked 36th in China, while ranked 4184th and 5865th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Ningbo

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	Mexico City	Ningbo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.1	$3.95
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.4	$20
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.85	$4.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.87	$1.39
☕ Cappuccino	$3.86	$3.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$928	$256
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$197
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1792	$599
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1104	$456
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.7	$36.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.7	$57.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.1	$15.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.98%	5.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3145	$5184
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2277	$3305
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.9	$16.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.07	$4.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.4	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.14	$2.23
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$1.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$19.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.59	$4.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.43
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$0.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$9.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.34	$4.25
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.53	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$2.45
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$2.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.7	$20.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.6	$8.11
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.4	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$4.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.3	$43
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$65.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$426	$544
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10204	$9922

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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 Ningbo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zhoushan	$690
94 km or 58 mi	Shaoxing	$755
120 km or 75 mi	Linhai	$719
124 km or 77 mi	Jiaxing	$596
139 km or 87 mi	Hangzhou	$831
144 km or 89 mi	Shanghai	$1190
150 km or 93 mi	Pudong	$1074
156 km or 97 mi	Yiwu	$725
167 km or 104 mi	Wenling	$735
177 km or 110 mi	Kunshan	$771
178 km or 111 mi	Huzhou	$699
180 km or 112 mi	Taicang	$731
182 km or 113 mi	Suzhou	$1020
203 km or 126 mi	Jinhua	$811
212 km or 132 mi	Changshu	$731
216 km or 134 mi	Qidong	$763
224 km or 139 mi	Wuxi	$687
224 km or 139 mi	Lishui	$741
226 km or 140 mi	Wenzhou	$787
227 km or 141 mi	Haimen	$682
234 km or 146 mi	Yixing	$707
234 km or 146 mi	Guangde	$707
242 km or 150 mi	Zhangjiagang	$678
243 km or 151 mi	Nantong	$651
249 km or 155 mi	Rui'an	$744
257 km or 160 mi	Jiangyin	$688
260 km or 162 mi	Ningguo	$720
262 km or 163 mi	Liyang	$694
263 km or 163 mi	Changzhou	$713
267 km or 166 mi	Jingjiang	$675
278 km or 173 mi	Quzhou	$644
294 km or 182 mi	Xuancheng	$789
294 km or 183 mi	Taixing	$665
294 km or 183 mi	Rugao	$682
302 km or 187 mi	Danyang	$625
310 km or 193 mi	Yangzhong	$625
313 km or 194 mi	Huangshan	$713
313 km or 195 mi	Hai'an	$679
325 km or 202 mi	Jurong	$645
327 km or 203 mi	Zhenjiang	$524