Mexico City vs Ramallah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Mexico City	Ramallah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1331	$1072
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3182	$2566
🏠 One person rent	$721	$411
🏘️ Family rent	$1296	$690
🍽️ Food expenses	$410	$464
🚐 Transport expenses	$93.3	$82.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$892	$190
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	92	56
😀 Quality of life	72	44
🏙️ Population	9.21M	43.9K

The cost of living in Mexico City is 24% more expensive than in Ramallah. Cities ranked 4418th and 5084th ($1331 vs $1072) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 2nd in Mexico and the Palestine, respectively. Check Mexico vs the Palestine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Mexico City compared to 0.2 months in Ramallah. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Ramallah ranked 5th in the Palestine, while ranked 3317th and 7218th 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	$12	$13.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$41.1	$52.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.8	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$6.05
☕ Cappuccino	$4.26	$4.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.71	$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$988	$418
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$578	$281
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1819	$744
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1067	$506
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.9	$59.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.8	$93.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30	$43.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.71%	5.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3569	$1229
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2491	$1006
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$2.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.5	$83.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.33	$25.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.34	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$2.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$1.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$2.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$4.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$9.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.93	$10.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$20
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$2.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$2.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$1.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.07	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$3.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.35	$8.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$5.86
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.69	$5.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.07	$2.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.99	$4.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.3	$79.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.98	$9.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$44.1	$31.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$7.19
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.7	$81.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.9	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$427	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11015	$4130

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Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$908
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$932
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$898
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$942
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$777
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$869
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$962
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$818
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$904
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$851
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$938
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$868
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$926
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$819
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$842
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$977
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$717
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$914
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$905
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$998
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$912
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$936
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$981
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$1184
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$875
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$724
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$860
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$764
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$858
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$873
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$846
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$875
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$894
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$784
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$643
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1491
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$893
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$896
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$860
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$1030

Cities near Ramallah

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.9 mi	Jerusalem	$2447
21 km or 13 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2100
21 km or 13 mi	Bethlehem	$987
23 km or 14 mi	Ariel	$1732
26 km or 16 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1747
29 km or 18 mi	Lod	$1998
31 km or 19 mi	Ramla	$2347
32 km or 20 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2153
32 km or 20 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2150
34 km or 21 mi	Yehud	$2142
36 km or 22 mi	Nablus	$915
36 km or 23 mi	Petah Tikva	$2124
37 km or 23 mi	Rehovot	$1947
38 km or 23 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2135
38 km or 24 mi	Ness Ziona	$2130
38 km or 24 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2233
39 km or 24 mi	Qalqilya	$807
40 km or 25 mi	Bnei Brak	$2286
41 km or 26 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2191
41 km or 26 mi	Hebron	$837
41 km or 26 mi	Givatayim	$2303
42 km or 26 mi	Ramat Gan	$2440
42 km or 26 mi	Kfar Saba	$2214
43 km or 27 mi	Holon	$1937
43 km or 27 mi	Tel Aviv	$2492
44 km or 27 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1974
44 km or 27 mi	Tira	$2153
44 km or 27 mi	Yavne	$2064
44 km or 28 mi	Herzliya	$2937
45 km or 28 mi	Bat Yam	$2040
45 km or 28 mi	Ra'anana	$2290
45 km or 28 mi	Tayibe	$2108
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2027
46 km or 29 mi	Dura	$1021
52 km or 32 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2032
52 km or 33 mi	Al-Salt	$548
53 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1993
58 km or 36 mi	Netanya	$2247
60 km or 37 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2001
65 km or 41 mi	Ashkelon	$1850