Mexico City vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Mexico City	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1288	$689
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3248	$1829
🏠 One person rent	$663	$279
🏘️ Family rent	$1322	$398
🍽️ Food expenses	$407	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$71.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$819	$813
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	90	53
😀 Quality of life	66	53
🏙️ Population	9.21M	8.78M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 87% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 4206th and 6882nd ($1288 vs $689) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 102nd in Mexico and China, respectively. Check Mexico vs China 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 Quanzhou. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Quanzhou ranked 50th in China, while ranked 4184th and 6124th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Quanzhou

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	Mexico City	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.1	$2.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.4	$23.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.85	$5.25
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.87	$1.32
☕ Cappuccino	$3.86	$3.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$928	$186
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1792	$420
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1104	$321
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.7	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.7	$45.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.1	$11.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.98%	5.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3145	$7109
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2277	$1653
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.9	$18.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.07	$3.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.4	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$1.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.14	$1.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.59	$6.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$16.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$12.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$0.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.34	$2.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$3.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.53	$5.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.7	$48.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.6	$4.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.4	$23.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$8.09
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.3	$51.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$93.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$426	$505
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10204	$19406

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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 Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$676
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$851
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$721
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$675
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$664
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$713
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$667
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$678
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$694
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$890
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$995
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$746
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$791
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$857
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$860
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$588
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$917
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$725
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$589
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$799
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$861
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$913
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$716
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1011
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1169
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$738
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$860
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$863
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$655
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$952
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$744
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$812
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$721
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$643
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$787
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$645
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$620
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$1083