Mexico City vs Port of Spain - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Mexico City	Port of Spain
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1288	$1218
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3248	$3094
🏠 One person rent	$663	$511
🏘️ Family rent	$1322	$1104
🍽️ Food expenses	$407	$494
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$819	$850
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	90	27
😀 Quality of life	66	54
🏙️ Population	9.21M	545K

The cost of living in Mexico City is 6% more expensive than in Port of Spain. Cities ranked 4206th and 4384th ($1288 vs $1218) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 1st in Mexico and Trinidad and Tobago, respectively. Check Mexico vs Trinidad and Tobago comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Mexico City compared to 0.7 months in Port of Spain. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Port of Spain ranked 1st in Trinidad and Tobago, while ranked 4184th and 6039th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Port of Spain

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	Mexico City	Port of Spain
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.1	$10.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.4	$86.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.85	$7.83
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.87	$1.78
☕ Cappuccino	$3.86	$3.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$0.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$928	$519
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$363
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1792	$1173
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1104	$901
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.7	$60.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.7	$92.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.1	$56.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.98%	4.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3145	$4188
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2277	$1360
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.89
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.9	$95.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.07	$8.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.4	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$2.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.14	$2.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.51
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$3.96
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$8.18
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.59	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$10.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$4.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$2.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$3.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$5.24
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.13
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.77
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$2.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$17.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$2.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.34	$5.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$6.99
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.53	$5.85
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$2.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$2.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.7	$50.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.6	$7.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.4	$45.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$9.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.3	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$426	$207
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10204	$2991

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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 Port of Spain

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	San Juan	$1217
21 km or 13 mi	Chaguanas	$1053
43 km or 27 mi	San Fernando	$898
103 km or 64 mi	Scarborough	$1099
155 km or 96 mi	St. George's	$1069
162 km or 101 mi	Grenville	$1069
188 km or 117 mi	Tucupita	$748
188 km or 117 mi	Carupano	$710
209 km or 130 mi	Maturin	$838
257 km or 159 mi	Porlamar	$654
259 km or 161 mi	La Asuncion	$666
280 km or 174 mi	Kingstown	$1008
285 km or 177 mi	Ciudad Guayana	$868
291 km or 181 mi	Cumana	$686
294 km or 183 mi	Georgetown	$993
310 km or 193 mi	Upata	$760
340 km or 211 mi	Bridgetown	$1353
343 km or 213 mi	Puerto la Cruz	$732
346 km or 215 mi	Vieux Fort	$1191
346 km or 215 mi	Cantaura	$637
347 km or 216 mi	Holetown	$1294
351 km or 218 mi	Anaco	$608
351 km or 218 mi	Barcelona	$719
352 km or 218 mi	Lecheria	$769
360 km or 224 mi	El Tigre	$700
361 km or 224 mi	Ciudad Bolivar	$824
377 km or 234 mi	Castries	$1108
440 km or 273 mi	Fort-de-France	$1571
442 km or 274 mi	Zaraza	$707
515 km or 320 mi	Roseau	$834
518 km or 322 mi	Valle de la Pascua	$753
540 km or 335 mi	Altagracia de Orituco	$763
546 km or 339 mi	Portsmouth	$1168
549 km or 341 mi	Guarenas	$823
550 km or 341 mi	Guatire	$823
563 km or 350 mi	Santa Teresa del Tuy	$844
565 km or 351 mi	Santa Lucia	$805
567 km or 353 mi	Georgetown	$928
579 km or 360 mi	Ocumare del Tuy	$804
586 km or 364 mi	Charallave	$812