Mexico City vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mexico City	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1160	$770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2923	$1891
🏠 One person rent	$603	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$1214	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$374	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.2	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$709	$553
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	92	43
😀 Quality of life	67	64
🏙️ Population	9.21M	1.08M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 51% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 4604th and 6565th ($1160 vs $770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 3rd in Mexico and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Mexico vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Mexico City compared to 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 3470th and 4554th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Nur-Sultan

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	Mexico City	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.1	$9.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.5	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.02	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$3.69	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$846	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$475	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1732	$854
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$998	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.8	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.3	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.7	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.34%	16.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2952	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2197	$764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.9	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.96	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.11	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.43	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.12	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.41	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$7.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.4	$7.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.89	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.17	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.39	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.79	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.6	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.97	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.2	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.8	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$401	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9034	$5487

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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 Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$626
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$604
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$619
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$507
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$553
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$558
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$557
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$631
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$542
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$531
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$624
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$710
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$549
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$531
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$765
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$571
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$617
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$646
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$596
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$501
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$662
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$698
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$509
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$600
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$512
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$749
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$441
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$713
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$765
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$674
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$379
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$623
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$785
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$667
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$881
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$512