Mexico City vs Ramallah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Mexico City	Ramallah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1475	$1205
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3516	$2730
🏠 One person rent	$792	$499
🏘️ Family rent	$1397	$715
🍽️ Food expenses	$447	$478
🚐 Transport expenses	$107	$97
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1122	$115
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	93	57
😀 Quality of life	73	28
🏙️ Population	9.21M	43.9K

The cost of living in Mexico City is 22% more expensive than in Ramallah. Cities ranked 4074th and 4742nd ($1475 vs $1205) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 2nd in Mexico and Palestine, respectively. Check Mexico vs Palestine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Mexico City compared to 0.1 months in Ramallah. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Ramallah ranked 4th in Palestine, while ranked 2482nd and 8857th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Ramallah

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	Mexico City	Ramallah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.6	$11.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44	$38.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.62	$6.93
☕ Cappuccino	$4.18	$4.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.71	$1.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1061	$501
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$634	$360
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1959	$810
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1139	$493
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.1	$77.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.6	$125
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.2	$33.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.41%	5.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3972	$1378
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2110	$1080
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$3.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.7	$110
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.69	$27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.49	$2.35
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.82	$2.22
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$0.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.64
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.98	$4.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$10.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.81	$13.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$24.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$2.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$2.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$2.76
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$0.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.43	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.7	$15.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$2.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.2	$9.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.02	$6.69
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.06	$5.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.27	$2.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$4.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.4	$63.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.59	$10.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.5	$35
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$8.07
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.5	$105
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$134
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$492	$310
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13182	$4139

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Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$977
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$1003
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$959
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$1000
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$832
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$940
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$1050
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$878
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$981
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$914
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$1013
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$932
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$994
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$874
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$897
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$1034
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$763
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$971
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$976
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$1051
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$973
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$980
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1047
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$1255
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$960
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$755
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$924
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$817
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$916
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$935
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$905
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$952
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$961
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$852
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$673
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1472
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$974
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$962
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$920
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$1005

Cities near Ramallah

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.9 mi	Jerusalem	$2663
21 km or 13 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2393
21 km or 13 mi	Bethlehem	$1077
23 km or 14 mi	Ariel	$1994
26 km or 16 mi	Beit Shemesh	$2054
29 km or 18 mi	Lod	$2336
31 km or 19 mi	Ramla	$2465
32 km or 20 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2470
32 km or 20 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2463
34 km or 21 mi	Yehud	$2466
36 km or 22 mi	Nablus	$1070
36 km or 23 mi	Petah Tikva	$2500
37 km or 23 mi	Rehovot	$2201
38 km or 23 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2359
38 km or 24 mi	Ness Ziona	$2487
38 km or 24 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2587
39 km or 24 mi	Qalqilya	$1020
40 km or 25 mi	Bnei Brak	$2565
41 km or 26 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2400
41 km or 26 mi	Hebron	$977
41 km or 26 mi	Givatayim	$2541
42 km or 26 mi	Ramat Gan	$2555
42 km or 26 mi	Kfar Saba	$2422
43 km or 27 mi	Holon	$2283
43 km or 27 mi	Tel Aviv	$2966
44 km or 27 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$2328
44 km or 27 mi	Tira	$2379
44 km or 27 mi	Yavne	$2354
44 km or 28 mi	Herzliya	$2873
45 km or 28 mi	Bat Yam	$2288
45 km or 28 mi	Ra'anana	$2430
45 km or 28 mi	Tayibe	$2347
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2283
46 km or 29 mi	Dura	$1149
52 km or 32 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2225
52 km or 33 mi	Al-Salt	$538
53 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$2305
58 km or 36 mi	Netanya	$2175
60 km or 37 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2214
65 km or 41 mi	Ashkelon	$1845