Mexico City vs Owerri - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mexico City	Owerri
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1160	$1611
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2923	$2274
🏠 One person rent	$603	$1321
🏘️ Family rent	$1214	$1431
🍽️ Food expenses	$374	$209
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.2	$52.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$709	$84.4
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	92	42
😀 Quality of life	67	11
🏙️ Population	9.21M	908K

The cost of living in Mexico City is 28% less expensive than in Owerri. Cities ranked 4604th and 3008th ($1160 vs $1611) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 1st 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 Owerri. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Owerri ranked 19th in Nigeria, while ranked 3470th and 9183rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Owerri

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	Mexico City	Owerri
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.1	$4.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.5	$12.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.02	$4.62
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$1.06
☕ Cappuccino	$3.69	$1.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$0.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$846	$432
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$475	$1502
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1732	$2146
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$998	$1199
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.8	$16.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.3	$25.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.7	$17.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.34%	16.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2952	$552
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2197	$1007
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.39
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.9	$19.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.96	$8.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$0.39
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.11	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.43	$0.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.12	$2.79
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.41	$4.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$5.21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$0.99
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$0.64
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.4	$9.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.89	$1.14
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.17	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.39	$2.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.79	$0.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$0.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.6	$7.94
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.97	$3.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45	$9.94
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$1.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.2	$13
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.8	$32.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$401	$113
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9034	$1390

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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 Owerri

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Umuahia	$883
55 km or 34 mi	Aba	$621
80 km or 50 mi	Awka	$805
81 km or 50 mi	Onitsha	$972
82 km or 51 mi	Port Harcourt	$679
118 km or 73 mi	Enugu	$462
142 km or 88 mi	Warri	$881
155 km or 96 mi	Calabar	$384
182 km or 113 mi	Benin	$558
248 km or 154 mi	Owo	$651
273 km or 169 mi	Malabo	$741
283 km or 176 mi	Akure	$634
284 km or 176 mi	Kumba	$764
284 km or 177 mi	Buea	$601
292 km or 181 mi	Limbe	$655
311 km or 193 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
336 km or 209 mi	Douala	$1265
350 km or 218 mi	Bamenda	$553
351 km or 218 mi	Ife	$779
372 km or 231 mi	Osogbo	$695
374 km or 233 mi	Bafoussam	$555
400 km or 249 mi	Abuja	$1502
405 km or 252 mi	Ibadan	$776
416 km or 258 mi	Lagos	$1113
431 km or 268 mi	Oyo	$677
433 km or 269 mi	Ilorin	$535
447 km or 278 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
462 km or 287 mi	Minna	$743
501 km or 311 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
504 km or 313 mi	Bata	$1121
520 km or 323 mi	Cotonou	$709
529 km or 329 mi	Yaounde	$747
535 km or 333 mi	Jos	$820
562 km or 349 mi	Kaduna	$371
574 km or 356 mi	Sao Tome	$900
577 km or 358 mi	Save	$613
578 km or 359 mi	Trindade	$900
588 km or 366 mi	Abomey	$590
620 km or 385 mi	Bauchi	$759
625 km or 388 mi	Zaria	$526