Mexico City vs Novosibirsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mexico City	Novosibirsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1160	$698
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2923	$1766
🏠 One person rent	$603	$316
🏘️ Family rent	$1214	$599
🍽️ Food expenses	$374	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.2	$48.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$709	$616
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	92	49
😀 Quality of life	67	58
🏙️ Population	9.21M	1.63M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 66% more expensive than in Novosibirsk. Cities ranked 4604th and 6907th ($1160 vs $698) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 26th in Mexico and Russia, respectively. Check Mexico vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Mexico City compared to 0.9 months in Novosibirsk. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Novosibirsk ranked 10th in Russia, while ranked 3470th and 5517th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Novosibirsk

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	Mexico City	Novosibirsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.1	$6.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.5	$34.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.02	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$1.73
☕ Cappuccino	$3.69	$2.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$846	$348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$475	$231
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1732	$695
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$998	$461
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.8	$54.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.3	$83.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.7	$7.48
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.34%	14.37%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2952	$1981
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2197	$1172
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.9	$22.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.96	$3.22
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$0.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.11	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.43	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.12	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.41	$4.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$7.96
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.98
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.4	$6.82
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$0.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.89	$2.39
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.17	$6.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.39	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.79	$0.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.6	$35.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.97	$4.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$3.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.2	$64.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.8	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$401	$278
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9034	$4263

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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 Novosibirsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
195 km or 121 mi	Barnaul	$662
203 km or 126 mi	Kemerovo	$569
206 km or 128 mi	Tomsk	$565
277 km or 172 mi	Prokopyevsk	$575
307 km or 191 mi	Novokuznetsk	$591
316 km or 197 mi	Biysk	$379
495 km or 308 mi	Pavlodar	$558
518 km or 322 mi	Aksu	$553
545 km or 339 mi	Semey	$549
566 km or 351 mi	Oskemen	$571
569 km or 354 mi	Abakan	$587
608 km or 378 mi	Omsk	$631
623 km or 387 mi	Ekibastuz	$507
635 km or 395 mi	Krasnoyarsk	$692
754 km or 469 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$658
869 km or 540 mi	Temirtau	$626
876 km or 545 mi	Altay	$529
879 km or 546 mi	Petropavl	$557
880 km or 547 mi	Nur-Sultan	$770
882 km or 548 mi	Karaganda	$604
886 km or 550 mi	Surgut	$654
900 km or 559 mi	Kokshetau	$619
910 km or 565 mi	Tacheng	$512
1059 km or 658 mi	Karamay	$460
1064 km or 661 mi	Balkhash	$624
1100 km or 684 mi	Tyumen	$765
1112 km or 691 mi	Kurgan	$531
1129 km or 701 mi	Bole	$531
1160 km or 721 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
1178 km or 732 mi	Bratsk	$470
1186 km or 737 mi	Wusu	$562
1189 km or 739 mi	Kuytun	$571
1214 km or 754 mi	Shihezi	$662
1241 km or 771 mi	Yining	$543
1263 km or 785 mi	Fukang	$508
1264 km or 785 mi	Changji	$525
1269 km or 789 mi	Kostanay	$710
1291 km or 802 mi	Urumqi	$515
1308 km or 813 mi	Kapchagay	$749
1318 km or 819 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648