Mexico City vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mexico City	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1160	$974
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2923	$2438
🏠 One person rent	$603	$497
🏘️ Family rent	$1214	$991
🍽️ Food expenses	$374	$268
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.2	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$709	$947
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	92	81
😀 Quality of life	67	67
🏙️ Population	9.21M	5.6M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 19% more expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 4604th and 5668th ($1160 vs $974) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 2nd in Mexico and Russia, respectively. Check Mexico vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Mexico City compared to 1 months in Saint Petersburg. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 3470th and 3598th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Saint Petersburg

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	Mexico City	Saint Petersburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.1	$8.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.5	$43.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.02	$5.08
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$3.44
☕ Cappuccino	$3.69	$2.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$0.98
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$846	$622
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$475	$369
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1732	$1265
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$998	$775
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.8	$71.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.3	$111
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.7	$6.26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.34%	22.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2952	$3479
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2197	$2360
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.9	$41.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.96	$6.81
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$0.66
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.11	$0.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.43	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.12	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.41	$4.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$9.18
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.47
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.4	$8.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.89	$2.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.17	$1.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.39	$1.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.79	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$0.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.6	$32
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.97	$5.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45	$16.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$3.89
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.2	$97.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.8	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$401	$353
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9034	$7571

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$953
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$952
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1095
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1295
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$973
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1329
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1286
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1355
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1162
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$899
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1308
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1327
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$467
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1045
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1398
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1486
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1051
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1533
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1671
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1471
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1509
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$550
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1816
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1219
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1479
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1323
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$1879
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1443
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1414
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$933
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1509
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1309
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1220
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1394
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1445
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1382
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1544
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$1064
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1441