Mexico City vs Ramallah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mexico City	Ramallah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1160	$996
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2923	$2359
🏠 One person rent	$603	$434
🏘️ Family rent	$1214	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$374	$393
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.2	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$709	$973
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	92	56
😀 Quality of life	67	51
🏙️ Population	9.21M	39K

The cost of living in Mexico City is 16% more expensive than in Ramallah. Cities ranked 4604th and 5524th ($1160 vs $996) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th 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 0.6 months in Mexico City compared to 1 months in Ramallah. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Ramallah ranked 1st in the Palestine, while ranked 3470th and 6159th 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	$11.1	$9.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.5	$43.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.02	$10
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$5.56
☕ Cappuccino	$3.69	$3.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$0.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$846	$402
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$475	$317
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1732	$776
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$998	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.8	$60.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.3	$93.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.7	$39.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.34%	6.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2952	$1126
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2197	$922
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$2.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.9	$77.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.96	$16.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$1.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.11	$1.02
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$2.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.43	$3.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.12	$7.18
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.41	$8.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$17.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$2.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.74
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.06
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.4	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$2.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.89	$7.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.17	$5.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.39	$4.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.79	$2.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$4.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.6	$68.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.97	$8.36
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45	$29.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$6.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.2	$74.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.8	$98.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$401	$190
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9034	$4230

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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 Ramallah

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.9 mi	Jerusalem	$2114
21 km or 13 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1915
21 km or 13 mi	Bethlehem	$905
23 km or 14 mi	Ariel	$1556
26 km or 16 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1506
29 km or 18 mi	Lod	$1891
31 km or 19 mi	Ramla	$2123
32 km or 20 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1919
32 km or 20 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1927
34 km or 21 mi	Yehud	$1930
36 km or 22 mi	Nablus	$877
36 km or 23 mi	Petah Tikva	$1853
37 km or 23 mi	Rehovot	$1811
38 km or 23 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1894
38 km or 24 mi	Ness Ziona	$1943
38 km or 24 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2028
39 km or 24 mi	Qalqilya	$761
40 km or 25 mi	Bnei Brak	$2072
41 km or 26 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2035
41 km or 26 mi	Hebron	$762
41 km or 26 mi	Givatayim	$2156
42 km or 26 mi	Ramat Gan	$2232
42 km or 26 mi	Kfar Saba	$1965
43 km or 27 mi	Holon	$1834
43 km or 27 mi	Tel Aviv	$2306
44 km or 27 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1912
44 km or 27 mi	Tira	$1931
44 km or 27 mi	Yavne	$1884
44 km or 28 mi	Herzliya	$2145
45 km or 28 mi	Bat Yam	$1890
45 km or 28 mi	Ra'anana	$1990
45 km or 28 mi	Tayibe	$1902
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
46 km or 29 mi	Dura	$813
52 km or 32 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
52 km or 33 mi	Al-Salt	$552
53 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1837
58 km or 36 mi	Netanya	$2138
60 km or 37 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1782
65 km or 41 mi	Ashkelon	$1511