Mexico City vs Ningbo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mexico City	Ningbo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1160	$708
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2923	$2004
🏠 One person rent	$603	$301
🏘️ Family rent	$1214	$591
🍽️ Food expenses	$374	$274
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.2	$70.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$709	$725
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	92	60
😀 Quality of life	67	53
🏙️ Population	9.21M	9.4M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 64% more expensive than in Ningbo. Cities ranked 4604th and 6849th ($1160 vs $708) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 51st 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 48th in China, while ranked 3470th and 6084th 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	$11.1	$3.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.5	$19.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.02	$4.76
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$1.56
☕ Cappuccino	$3.69	$3.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$846	$342
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$475	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1732	$752
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$998	$463
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.8	$36.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.3	$56.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.7	$13.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.34%	4.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2952	$5147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2197	$3264
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.9	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.96	$4.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$1.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.11	$2.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.43	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.12	$19.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.41	$4.73
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$0.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$1.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.4	$9.23
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$0.88
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.89	$4.06
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.17	$12.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.39	$3.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.79	$2.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$2.07
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.6	$23.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.97	$7.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45	$14.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$4.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.2	$44.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.8	$62.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$401	$595
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9034	$12465

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Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$800
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$747
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$761
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$696
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$752
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$858
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$632
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$825
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$981
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$788
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$821
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$983
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$770
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$485
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$638
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$635
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$717
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$693
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$724
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$725
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$700
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$574
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$634
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$667
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$804

Cities near Ningbo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zhoushan	$590
94 km or 58 mi	Shaoxing	$716
120 km or 75 mi	Linhai	$661
124 km or 77 mi	Jiaxing	$573
139 km or 87 mi	Hangzhou	$805
144 km or 89 mi	Shanghai	$1097
150 km or 93 mi	Pudong	$984
156 km or 97 mi	Yiwu	$677
167 km or 104 mi	Wenling	$671
177 km or 110 mi	Kunshan	$700
178 km or 111 mi	Huzhou	$670
180 km or 112 mi	Taicang	$665
182 km or 113 mi	Suzhou	$868
203 km or 126 mi	Jinhua	$587
212 km or 132 mi	Changshu	$645
216 km or 134 mi	Qidong	$701
224 km or 139 mi	Wuxi	$670
224 km or 139 mi	Lishui	$682
226 km or 140 mi	Wenzhou	$726
227 km or 141 mi	Haimen	$631
234 km or 146 mi	Yixing	$695
234 km or 146 mi	Guangde	$650
242 km or 150 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
243 km or 151 mi	Nantong	$602
249 km or 155 mi	Rui'an	$681
257 km or 160 mi	Jiangyin	$657
260 km or 162 mi	Ningguo	$642
262 km or 163 mi	Liyang	$654
263 km or 163 mi	Changzhou	$702
267 km or 166 mi	Jingjiang	$643
278 km or 173 mi	Quzhou	$616
294 km or 182 mi	Xuancheng	$672
294 km or 183 mi	Taixing	$636
294 km or 183 mi	Rugao	$644
302 km or 187 mi	Danyang	$607
310 km or 193 mi	Yangzhong	$603
313 km or 194 mi	Huangshan	$642
313 km or 195 mi	Hai'an	$643
325 km or 202 mi	Jurong	$621
327 km or 203 mi	Zhenjiang	$522