Mexico City vs Saitama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Mexico City	Saitama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1190	$1038
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3028	$3066
🏠 One person rent	$611	$368
🏘️ Family rent	$1253	$1034
🍽️ Food expenses	$376	$362
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.2	$212
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$740	$1869
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	90	99
😀 Quality of life	68	79
🏙️ Population	9.21M	1.33M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 15% more expensive than in Saitama. Cities ranked 4630th and 5386th ($1190 vs $1038) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 468th in Mexico and Japan, respectively. Check Mexico vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Mexico City compared to 1.8 months in Saitama. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Saitama ranked 24th in Japan, while ranked 3360th and 592nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Saitama

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	Mexico City	Saitama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.3	$6.58
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.2	$35
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.05	$4.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$2.29
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$2.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.08	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$838	$378
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$489	$208
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1747	$1155
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1045	$784
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.7	$90.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.9	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.4	$35.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.25%	1.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2781	$5623
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2233	$3881
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$5.25
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.1	$69.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.65	$25.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$1.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$3.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.39	$2.34
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.69	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.51	$4.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$14.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$5.46
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$3.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$4.96
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$3.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$1.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$7.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$1.88
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.82	$4.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$9.47
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.04	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.29	$1.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.47	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61	$60.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.09	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.8	$33.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$19.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.6	$23
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$53
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$396	$286
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8550	$12701

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Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$835
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$783
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$723
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$884
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$734
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$775
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$835
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$731
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$794
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$757
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$816
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$772
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$844
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$729
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$734
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$843
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$704
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$811
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$792
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$939
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$789
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$797
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$828
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$941
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$763
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$623
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$504
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$601
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$660
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$748
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$691
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$723
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$729
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$694
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$589
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1223
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$659
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$674
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$709

Cities near Saitama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.1 km or 3.1 mi	Warabi	$964
5.7 km or 3.6 mi	Toda	$980
6.5 km or 4 mi	Shiki	$1000
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Asaka	$1038
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Fujimi	$1016
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kawaguchi	$1056
9.6 km or 6 mi	Wako	$1059
10 km or 6.5 mi	Niiza	$1061
11 km or 7 mi	Miyoshi	$1037
11 km or 7.1 mi	Fujimino	$1033
14 km or 8.4 mi	Koshigaya	$1116
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kiyose	$1062
14 km or 8.5 mi	Ageo	$1060
15 km or 9.2 mi	Hasuda	$1031
15 km or 9.3 mi	Soka	$1077
16 km or 9.6 mi	Ina	$1033
16 km or 9.7 mi	Higashikurume	$1079
16 km or 9.9 mi	Kasukabe	$1068
17 km or 10 mi	Kawagoe	$1095
17 km or 10 mi	Matsubushi	$1056
17 km or 11 mi	Tokorozawa	$1109
18 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1121
18 km or 11 mi	Okegawa	$1041
18 km or 11 mi	Shiraoka	$1041
18 km or 11 mi	Nishitokyo	$1113
18 km or 11 mi	Yoshikawa	$1060
18 km or 11 mi	Yashio	$1050
19 km or 12 mi	Miyashiro	$1044
20 km or 12 mi	Tokyo	$1641
20 km or 12 mi	Higashimurayama	$1078
20 km or 12 mi	Sugito	$1040
21 km or 13 mi	Misato	$1052
21 km or 13 mi	Sayama	$1062
21 km or 13 mi	Kitamoto	$1049
21 km or 13 mi	Kodaira	$1095
21 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1133
22 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1084
22 km or 14 mi	Kuki	$1057
23 km or 14 mi	Iruma	$1065
23 km or 14 mi	Noda	$1075