Mexico City vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mexico City	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1160	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2923	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$603	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$1214	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$374	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.2	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$709	$1829
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	92	93
😀 Quality of life	67	87
🏙️ Population	9.21M	1.38M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 23% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 4604th and 3363rd ($1160 vs $1513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 2nd in Mexico and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Mexico vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Mexico City compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 3470th and 285th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Prague

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	Mexico City	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.1	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.5	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.02	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$3.69	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$846	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$475	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1732	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$998	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.8	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.3	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.7	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.34%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2952	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2197	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.9	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.96	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.11	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.43	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.12	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.41	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.4	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.89	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.17	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.39	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.79	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.6	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.97	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.2	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.8	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$401	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9034	$12277

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1371
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1370
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1356
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1216
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1092
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1166
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1092
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1795
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1081
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$971
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$942
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$880
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1163
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1048
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1314
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1033
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1135
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1159
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1030
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$950
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1352
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1088
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1150
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1112
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1092
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1107
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1352
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1121
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$979
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$974
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1347
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1402
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1059
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1202
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1420
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1351
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1362
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1120