Mexico City vs Ningbo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Mexico City	Ningbo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1190	$733
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3028	$2067
🏠 One person rent	$611	$311
🏘️ Family rent	$1253	$607
🍽️ Food expenses	$376	$281
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.2	$74
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$740	$758
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	90	61
😀 Quality of life	68	53
🏙️ Population	9.21M	9.4M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 62% more expensive than in Ningbo. Cities ranked 4630th and 6747th ($1190 vs $733) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 63rd 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 months in Ningbo. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Ningbo ranked 45th in China, while ranked 3360th and 6048th 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	$10.3	$3.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.2	$20.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.05	$4.56
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$1.44
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$3.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.08	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$838	$359
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$489	$233
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1747	$783
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1045	$472
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.7	$37.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.9	$58.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.4	$14.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.25%	4.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2781	$5300
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2233	$3372
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.1	$16.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.65	$4.42
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$2.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$2.41
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.39	$1.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.69	$19.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.51	$4.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$12.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.66
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.74
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$0.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$9.42
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.82	$4.37
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.04	$4.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.29	$2.5
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.47	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61	$24.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.09	$8.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.8	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$4.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.6	$46.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$64.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$396	$616
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8550	$12898

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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 Ningbo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zhoushan	$612
94 km or 58 mi	Shaoxing	$742
120 km or 75 mi	Linhai	$702
124 km or 77 mi	Jiaxing	$585
139 km or 87 mi	Hangzhou	$843
144 km or 89 mi	Shanghai	$1136
150 km or 93 mi	Pudong	$1028
156 km or 97 mi	Yiwu	$708
167 km or 104 mi	Wenling	$712
177 km or 110 mi	Kunshan	$749
178 km or 111 mi	Huzhou	$706
180 km or 112 mi	Taicang	$706
182 km or 113 mi	Suzhou	$1020
203 km or 126 mi	Jinhua	$731
212 km or 132 mi	Changshu	$718
216 km or 134 mi	Qidong	$738
224 km or 139 mi	Wuxi	$686
224 km or 139 mi	Lishui	$719
226 km or 140 mi	Wenzhou	$776
227 km or 141 mi	Haimen	$661
234 km or 146 mi	Yixing	$702
234 km or 146 mi	Guangde	$698
242 km or 150 mi	Zhangjiagang	$676
243 km or 151 mi	Nantong	$620
249 km or 155 mi	Rui'an	$719
257 km or 160 mi	Jiangyin	$685
260 km or 162 mi	Ningguo	$703
262 km or 163 mi	Liyang	$690
263 km or 163 mi	Changzhou	$729
267 km or 166 mi	Jingjiang	$674
278 km or 173 mi	Quzhou	$633
294 km or 182 mi	Xuancheng	$771
294 km or 183 mi	Taixing	$665
294 km or 183 mi	Rugao	$674
302 km or 187 mi	Danyang	$630
310 km or 193 mi	Yangzhong	$629
313 km or 194 mi	Huangshan	$694
313 km or 195 mi	Hai'an	$676
325 km or 202 mi	Jurong	$651
327 km or 203 mi	Zhenjiang	$538