Mexico City vs Porto-Novo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Mexico City	Porto-Novo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1190	$710
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3028	$1777
🏠 One person rent	$611	$314
🏘️ Family rent	$1253	$583
🍽️ Food expenses	$376	$273
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.2	$57.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$740	$105
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	29 km
🎓 Higher education	90	24
😀 Quality of life	68	15
🏙️ Population	9.21M	264K

The cost of living in Mexico City is 68% more expensive than in Porto-Novo. Cities ranked 4630th and 6864th ($1190 vs $710) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 2nd in Mexico and Benin, respectively. Check Mexico vs Benin 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 Porto-Novo. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Porto-Novo ranked 2nd in Benin, while ranked 3360th and 9015th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Porto-Novo

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	Mexico City	Porto-Novo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.3	$4.14
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.2	$27.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.05	$6.75
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$1.17
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$4.25
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.08	$0.7
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$838	$198
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$489	$127
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1747	$500
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1045	$305
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.7	$120
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.9	$186
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.4	$52.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.25%	5.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2781	$1501
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2233	$836
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$1.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.1	$22.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.65	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$1.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.39	$2.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.69	$6.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.51	$5.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$5.37
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$2.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.28
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.73
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$2.66
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$9.03
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.82	$2.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$3.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.04	$4.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.29	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.47	$2.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61	$46.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.09	$6.46
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.8	$25.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$9.58
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.6	$23.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$46.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$396	$213
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8550	$6171

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Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$835
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$783
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$723
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$884
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$734
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$775
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$835
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$731
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$794
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$757
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$816
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$772
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$844
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$729
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$734
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$843
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$704
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$811
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$792
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$939
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$789
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$797
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$828
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$941
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$763
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$623
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$504
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$601
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$660
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$748
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$691
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$723
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$729
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$694
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$589
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1223
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$659
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$674
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$709

Cities near Porto-Novo

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Cotonou	$755
87 km or 54 mi	Lagos	$1133
104 km or 65 mi	Abomey	$617
110 km or 68 mi	Abeokuta	$1019
159 km or 99 mi	Lome	$711
173 km or 108 mi	Save	$644
176 km or 109 mi	Ibadan	$759
201 km or 125 mi	Atakpame	$655
209 km or 130 mi	Oyo	$699
225 km or 140 mi	Kpalime	$656
238 km or 148 mi	Ho	$345
241 km or 150 mi	Ife	$774
248 km or 154 mi	Hohoe	$570
258 km or 160 mi	Osogbo	$704
293 km or 182 mi	Sotouboua	$652
297 km or 185 mi	Akure	$635
305 km or 190 mi	Tema	$368
306 km or 190 mi	Ashaiman	$546
309 km or 192 mi	Ilorin	$526
313 km or 195 mi	Ado Ekiti	$681
322 km or 200 mi	Koforidua	$585
322 km or 200 mi	Sokode	$652
325 km or 202 mi	Accra	$747
332 km or 206 mi	Benin	$537
337 km or 209 mi	Owo	$658
363 km or 225 mi	Warri	$886
375 km or 233 mi	Kara	$656
462 km or 287 mi	Onitsha	$1036
468 km or 291 mi	Kumasi	$412
476 km or 296 mi	Obuasi	$546
493 km or 306 mi	Awka	$846
501 km or 311 mi	Owerri	$1686
502 km or 312 mi	Tamale	$492
515 km or 320 mi	Sekondi-Takoradi	$548
522 km or 324 mi	Port Harcourt	$651
539 km or 335 mi	Enugu	$469
547 km or 340 mi	Aba	$638
548 km or 341 mi	Umuahia	$906
556 km or 346 mi	Minna	$787
608 km or 378 mi	Abuja	$1262