Mexico City vs Onitsha - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Mexico City	Onitsha
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1190	$1036
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3028	$2173
🏠 One person rent	$611	$648
🏘️ Family rent	$1253	$1067
🍽️ Food expenses	$376	$245
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.2	$79.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$740	$101
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	90	36
😀 Quality of life	68	12
🏙️ Population	9.21M	1.48M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 15% more expensive than in Onitsha. Cities ranked 4630th and 5406th ($1190 vs $1036) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 4th 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 3360th and 9136th 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	$10.3	$3.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.2	$21.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.05	$4.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$0.96
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$1.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.08	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$838	$715
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$489	$535
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1747	$1975
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1045	$727
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.7	$24.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.9	$36.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.4	$52.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.25%	17.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2781	$592
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2233	$908
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.1	$12.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.65	$12.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$1.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.39	$1.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.69	$3.94
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.51	$6.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$6.59
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$3.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$2.43
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$0.56
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$2.04
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.82	$1.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.04	$1.56
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.29	$0.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.47	$0.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61	$105
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.09	$7.85
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.8	$7.55
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$1.46
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.6	$18.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$56.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$396	$210
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8550	$1688

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Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$835
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$783
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$723
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$884
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$734
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$775
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$835
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$731
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$794
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$757
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$816
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$772
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$844
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$729
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$734
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$843
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$704
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$811
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$792
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$939
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$789
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$797
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$828
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$941
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$763
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$623
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$504
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$601
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$660
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$748
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$691
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$723
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$729
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$694
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$589
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1223
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$659
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$674
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$709

Cities near Onitsha

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Awka	$846
81 km or 50 mi	Owerri	$1686
84 km or 52 mi	Enugu	$469
105 km or 65 mi	Umuahia	$906
130 km or 81 mi	Benin	$537
133 km or 83 mi	Aba	$638
135 km or 84 mi	Warri	$886
159 km or 99 mi	Port Harcourt	$651
174 km or 108 mi	Owo	$658
213 km or 132 mi	Akure	$635
218 km or 135 mi	Calabar	$374
236 km or 147 mi	Ado Ekiti	$681
284 km or 177 mi	Ife	$774
303 km or 188 mi	Osogbo	$704
331 km or 205 mi	Abuja	$1262
341 km or 212 mi	Kumba	$933
345 km or 214 mi	Ibadan	$759
347 km or 216 mi	Malabo	$812
351 km or 218 mi	Buea	$655
358 km or 222 mi	Ilorin	$526
360 km or 224 mi	Limbe	$710
365 km or 227 mi	Oyo	$699
375 km or 233 mi	Bamenda	$714
375 km or 233 mi	Lagos	$1133
384 km or 239 mi	Minna	$787
395 km or 245 mi	Abeokuta	$1019
400 km or 248 mi	Douala	$1368
409 km or 254 mi	Bafoussam	$794
462 km or 287 mi	Porto-Novo	$710
478 km or 297 mi	Jos	$757
483 km or 300 mi	Cotonou	$755
490 km or 304 mi	Kaduna	$377
518 km or 322 mi	Save	$644
541 km or 336 mi	Abomey	$617
554 km or 344 mi	Zaria	$621
571 km or 355 mi	Bauchi	$735
582 km or 362 mi	Bata	$1201
584 km or 363 mi	Yaounde	$764
615 km or 382 mi	Lome	$711
643 km or 399 mi	Atakpame	$655