Mexico City vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Mexico City	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1190	$1641
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3028	$3833
🏠 One person rent	$611	$1005
🏘️ Family rent	$1253	$1751
🍽️ Food expenses	$376	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.2	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$740	$1865
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	90	92
😀 Quality of life	68	86
🏙️ Population	9.21M	1.38M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 27% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 4630th and 3084th ($1190 vs $1641) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th 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 1.1 months in Prague. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 3360th and 292nd 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	$10.3	$9.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.2	$45.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.05	$8.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$2.51
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$3.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.08	$1.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$838	$1012
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$489	$756
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1747	$1872
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1045	$1359
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.7	$175
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.9	$267
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.4	$22.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.25%	5.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2781	$7685
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2233	$5446
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$1.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.1	$24.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.65	$13.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.39	$2.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.69	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.51	$8.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$3.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.82	$6.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.04	$3.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.29	$2.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.47	$3.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61	$64.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.09	$11.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.8	$54.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$18.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.6	$89.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$396	$723
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8550	$12545

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1474
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1468
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1451
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1244
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1216
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1196
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1103
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1150
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1130
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$978
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$957
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$929
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1198
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1107
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1362
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1051
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1185
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1186
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1106
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1035
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1353
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1122
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1176
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1163
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1668
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1142
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1393
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1159
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1024
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1016
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1404
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1462
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1195
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1215
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1377
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1237
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1413
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1364
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1141