Mexico City vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mexico City	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1160	$2267
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2923	$5517
🏠 One person rent	$603	$1318
🏘️ Family rent	$1214	$2636
🍽️ Food expenses	$374	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.2	$253
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$709	$3146
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	92	99
😀 Quality of life	67	95
🏙️ Population	9.21M	2.15M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 49% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 4604th and 1222nd ($1160 vs $2267) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 1st 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 3470th and 25th 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	$11.1	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.5	$61.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.02	$12.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$7.55
☕ Cappuccino	$3.69	$4.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$3.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$846	$1388
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$475	$1086
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1732	$3084
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$998	$2210
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.8	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.3	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.7	$32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.34%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2952	$12726
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2197	$8943
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$2.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.9	$90.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.96	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.11	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.43	$5.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.12	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.41	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$3.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$4.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$2.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.4	$9.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.89	$12.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.17	$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.39	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.79	$2.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.6	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.97	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.2	$109
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.8	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$401	$738
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9034	$16193

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1276
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1693
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1672
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2123
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1861
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1449
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2081
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1891
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1619
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1726
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1813
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1660
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1543
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1637
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1752
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1603
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1638
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1621
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1582
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1844
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1653
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1596
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1278
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1439
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1317
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1754
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1230
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1343
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1403
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1202
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1182
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1159
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1192
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1329
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1126
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1458
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1169
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1382
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1219
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1293