Mexico City vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Mexico City	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1288	$2231
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3248	$5578
🏠 One person rent	$663	$1253
🏘️ Family rent	$1322	$2603
🍽️ Food expenses	$407	$599
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$247
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$819	$3155
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	90	99
😀 Quality of life	66	94
🏙️ Population	9.21M	2.15M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 42% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 4206th and 1216th ($1288 vs $2231) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 2nd in Mexico and France, respectively. Check Mexico vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Mexico City compared to 1.4 months in Paris. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 4184th and 33rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Paris

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	Mexico City	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.1	$18.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.4	$68.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.85	$12.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.87	$8.14
☕ Cappuccino	$3.86	$4.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$3.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$928	$1417
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$1007
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1792	$3026
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1104	$2200
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.7	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.7	$206
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.1	$32.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.98%	3.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3145	$12958
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2277	$9199
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$2.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.9	$91.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.07	$21.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.4	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.14	$1.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.03
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$5.08
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$19.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.59	$15.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$24.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$3.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$2.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$3.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$4.22
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$2.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$2.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$2.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$9.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$2.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.34	$12.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$4.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.53	$3.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$2.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$3.11
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.7	$41.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.6	$13.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.4	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$17.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.3	$100
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$426	$838
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10204	$16502

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Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$905
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$887
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$828
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$1009
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$904
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$874
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$924
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$816
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$899
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$861
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$910
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$875
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$781
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$767
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$804
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$927
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$826
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$915
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$856
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$1066
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$853
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$851
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$913
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$996
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$810
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$702
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$596
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$682
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$768
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$765
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$774
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$833
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$812
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$779
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$662
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1384
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$853
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$707
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$763
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$881

Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1273
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1663
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1582
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2023
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1835
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1445
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2256
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1854
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1605
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1714
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1819
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1647
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1534
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1633
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1743
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1583
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1667
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1602
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1625
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1868
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1641
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1592
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1323
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1518
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1345
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1586
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1278
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1465
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1305
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1239
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1151
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1139
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1166
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1393
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1218
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1526
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1129
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1206
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1265
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1381