Mexico City vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Mexico City	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1288	$814
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3248	$2005
🏠 One person rent	$663	$395
🏘️ Family rent	$1322	$726
🍽️ Food expenses	$407	$287
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$38.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$819	$626
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	90	43
😀 Quality of life	66	63
🏙️ Population	9.21M	1.08M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 58% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 4206th and 6335th ($1288 vs $814) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 4th 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 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 4184th and 4845th 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	$10.1	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.4	$33.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.85	$6.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.87	$1.32
☕ Cappuccino	$3.86	$2.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$928	$471
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$319
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1792	$916
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1104	$598
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.7	$33
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.7	$51
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.1	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.98%	15.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3145	$1172
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2277	$815
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.9	$16.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.07	$4.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.4	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.14	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.59	$5.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$7.52
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$2.09
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$0.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.34	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$3.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.53	$2.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.7	$56
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.6	$5.49
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.4	$12.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$6.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.3	$84.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$426	$238
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10204	$8086

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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 Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$628
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$660
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$669
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$620
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$628
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$605
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$402
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$598
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$579
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$641
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$734
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$637
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$488
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$636
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$551
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$467
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$640
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$593
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$556
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$559
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$487
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$564
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$558
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$437
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$657
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$448
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$497
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$582
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$878
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$479
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$653
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$676
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$560
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$347
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$935
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$398
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$1051
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$651