Mexico City vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Mexico City	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1428	$1777
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3399	$4303
🏠 One person rent	$774	$873
🏘️ Family rent	$1379	$1471
🍽️ Food expenses	$431	$601
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$165
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1028	$3726
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	93	56
😀 Quality of life	72	91
🏙️ Population	9.21M	526K

The cost of living in Mexico City is 20% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 4274th and 2945th ($1428 vs $1777) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 156th in Mexico and Germany, respectively. Check Mexico vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Mexico City compared to 2.1 months in Nuremberg. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Nuremberg ranked 24th in Germany, while ranked 3354th and 150th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Nuremberg

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	Mexico City	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.7	$18.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$43.4	$88
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.53	$5.28
☕ Cappuccino	$4.24	$4.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.8	$4.22
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1035	$859
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$623	$615
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1886	$1521
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1143	$1084
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.1	$255
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.7	$44.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.35%	3.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3740	$7454
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2224	$4228
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$4.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.4	$68.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.19	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.44	$2.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.4	$2.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$3.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.93	$3.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.89	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$21.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$3.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$2.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$2.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$4.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.4	$2.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$7.01
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.83	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.92	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.97	$16.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.47	$2.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.97	$1.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.84	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.2	$33.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.33	$14.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.8	$47.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.3	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.6	$98.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$473	$586
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11420	$17866

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Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$975
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$1008
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$969
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$1015
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$842
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$941
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$1040
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$880
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$982
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$917
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$1015
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$934
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$986
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$887
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$907
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$1032
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$771
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$987
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$971
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$1075
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$981
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$1004
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1041
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$1241
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$950
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$766
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$926
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$803
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$928
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$926
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$894
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$944
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$952
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$846
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$670
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1469
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$962
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$950
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$910
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$1023

Cities near Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1678
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1668
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1668
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1652
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1637
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1813
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1666
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1656
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1635
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1461
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1648
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1359
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1491
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1536
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1583
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1606
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1597
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1693
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1766
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1819
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1743
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1647
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1735
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1724
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1721
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1551
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1609
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1326
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1608
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1684
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1370
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1779
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1790
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1738
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1596
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1827
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1684
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1881
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1327
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1767