Mexico City vs Onitsha - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mexico City	Onitsha
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1160	$972
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2923	$2129
🏠 One person rent	$603	$590
🏘️ Family rent	$1214	$1043
🍽️ Food expenses	$374	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.2	$82.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$709	$103
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	92	36
😀 Quality of life	67	12
🏙️ Population	9.21M	1.48M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 19% more expensive than in Onitsha. Cities ranked 4604th and 5680th ($1160 vs $972) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 5th in Mexico and Nigeria, respectively. Check Mexico vs Nigeria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Mexico City compared to 0.1 months in Onitsha. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Onitsha ranked 15th in Nigeria, while ranked 3470th and 9148th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Onitsha

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	Mexico City	Onitsha
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.1	$3.36
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.5	$22.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.02	$5.08
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$0.92
☕ Cappuccino	$3.69	$1.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$846	$496
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$475	$524
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1732	$1843
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$998	$738
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.8	$22.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.3	$35.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.7	$49.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.34%	16.21%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2952	$642
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2197	$1019
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.9	$17.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.96	$13.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$0.53
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.11	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.43	$1.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.12	$4.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.41	$6.16
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$6.24
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$3.69
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.44
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$0.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.4	$1.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.89	$1.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.17	$3.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.39	$1.7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.79	$0.76
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$0.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.6	$99.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.97	$7.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45	$8.22
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$1.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.2	$17.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.8	$51.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$401	$198
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9034	$1617

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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 Onitsha

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Awka	$805
81 km or 50 mi	Owerri	$1611
84 km or 52 mi	Enugu	$462
105 km or 65 mi	Umuahia	$883
130 km or 81 mi	Benin	$558
133 km or 83 mi	Aba	$621
135 km or 84 mi	Warri	$881
159 km or 99 mi	Port Harcourt	$679
174 km or 108 mi	Owo	$651
213 km or 132 mi	Akure	$634
218 km or 135 mi	Calabar	$384
236 km or 147 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
284 km or 177 mi	Ife	$779
303 km or 188 mi	Osogbo	$695
331 km or 205 mi	Abuja	$1502
341 km or 212 mi	Kumba	$764
345 km or 214 mi	Ibadan	$776
347 km or 216 mi	Malabo	$741
351 km or 218 mi	Buea	$601
358 km or 222 mi	Ilorin	$535
360 km or 224 mi	Limbe	$655
365 km or 227 mi	Oyo	$677
375 km or 233 mi	Bamenda	$553
375 km or 233 mi	Lagos	$1113
384 km or 239 mi	Minna	$743
395 km or 245 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
400 km or 248 mi	Douala	$1265
409 km or 254 mi	Bafoussam	$555
462 km or 287 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
478 km or 297 mi	Jos	$820
483 km or 300 mi	Cotonou	$709
490 km or 304 mi	Kaduna	$371
518 km or 322 mi	Save	$613
541 km or 336 mi	Abomey	$590
554 km or 344 mi	Zaria	$526
571 km or 355 mi	Bauchi	$759
582 km or 362 mi	Bata	$1121
584 km or 363 mi	Yaounde	$747
615 km or 382 mi	Lome	$755
643 km or 399 mi	Atakpame	$647