Mexico City vs Ouagadougou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mexico City	Ouagadougou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1160	$869
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2923	$2390
🏠 One person rent	$603	$360
🏘️ Family rent	$1214	$803
🍽️ Food expenses	$374	$333
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.2	$99.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$709	$559
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	92	22
😀 Quality of life	67	21
🏙️ Population	9.21M	2.45M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 34% more expensive than in Ouagadougou. Cities ranked 4604th and 6195th ($1160 vs $869) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 1st in Mexico and Burkina Faso, respectively. Check Mexico vs Burkina Faso comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Mexico City compared to 0.6 months in Ouagadougou. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Ouagadougou ranked 1st in Burkina Faso, while ranked 3470th and 8814th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Ouagadougou

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	Mexico City	Ouagadougou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.1	$3.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.5	$19.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.02	$7.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$1.12
☕ Cappuccino	$3.69	$1.91
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$0.75
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$846	$368
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$475	$194
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1732	$953
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$998	$547
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.8	$80.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.3	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.7	$50.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.34%	12.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2952	$210
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2197	$969
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.9	$12.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.96	$13.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$1.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$2.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.11	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.43	$2.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.12	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.41	$16.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$8.96
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$2.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$0.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.61
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$1.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.4	$7.82
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.89	$1.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.17	$4.66
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.39	$5.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.79	$3.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$3.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.6	$49.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.97	$6.33
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45	$36.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.2	$26.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.8	$60.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$401	$119
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9034	$15761

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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 Ouagadougou

Distance	City	Cost of living
91 km or 57 mi	Koudougou	$743
92 km or 57 mi	Manga	$774
153 km or 95 mi	Leo	$753
166 km or 103 mi	Ouahigouya	$756
210 km or 130 mi	Fada N'gourma	$772
210 km or 131 mi	Dedougou	$735
255 km or 158 mi	Dori	$771
256 km or 159 mi	Nouna	$733
326 km or 203 mi	Bobo-Dioulasso	$757
336 km or 209 mi	Tamale	$507
415 km or 258 mi	Niamey	$1019
431 km or 268 mi	Kara	$658
464 km or 288 mi	Sikasso	$499
475 km or 295 mi	Sokode	$651
503 km or 313 mi	Sotouboua	$649
513 km or 319 mi	Markala	$489
527 km or 327 mi	Segou	$490
551 km or 342 mi	Korhogo	$916
611 km or 380 mi	Atakpame	$647
620 km or 385 mi	Hohoe	$575
631 km or 392 mi	Kumasi	$433
646 km or 401 mi	Bouake	$937
650 km or 404 mi	Kpalime	$632
652 km or 405 mi	Save	$613
655 km or 407 mi	Banamba	$491
656 km or 407 mi	Bougouni	$489
657 km or 408 mi	Koulikoro	$490
662 km or 411 mi	Abengourou	$889
676 km or 420 mi	Ho	$354
685 km or 426 mi	Obuasi	$551
693 km or 430 mi	Abomey	$590
702 km or 436 mi	Bamako	$569
710 km or 441 mi	Koforidua	$588
738 km or 459 mi	Sokoto	$426
740 km or 460 mi	Yamoussoukro	$887
755 km or 469 mi	Lome	$755
759 km or 471 mi	Ashaiman	$560
762 km or 474 mi	Tema	$553
765 km or 476 mi	Accra	$729
773 km or 480 mi	Agboville	$882