Mexico City vs Sakai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Mexico City	Sakai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1190	$1174
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3028	$2905
🏠 One person rent	$611	$517
🏘️ Family rent	$1253	$1020
🍽️ Food expenses	$376	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.2	$176
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$740	$2545
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	90	96
😀 Quality of life	68	80
🏙️ Population	9.21M	824K

The cost of living in Mexico City is 1% more expensive than in Sakai. Cities ranked 4630th and 4661st ($1190 vs $1174) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 58th 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 2.2 months in Sakai. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Sakai ranked 16th in Japan, while ranked 3360th and 519th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Sakai

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	Mexico City	Sakai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.3	$7.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.2	$35.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.05	$4.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$3.66
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$3.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.08	$1.11
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$838	$507
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$489	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1747	$1068
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1045	$810
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.7	$82.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.9	$126
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.4	$32.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.25%	1.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2781	$3851
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2233	$2898
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$1.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.1	$50.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.65	$32.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$1.51
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$1.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.39	$2.4
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.69	$10.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.51	$6.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$3.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$2.14
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$2.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$4.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$1.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$2.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.82	$3.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$10.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.04	$4.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.29	$1.64
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.47	$1.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61	$60.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.09	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.8	$29.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.6	$51.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$65.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$396	$69.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8550	$5592

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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 Sakai

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.4 km or 4 mi	Takaishi	$1067
6.4 km or 4 mi	Matsubara	$1071
9.6 km or 6 mi	Izumiotsu	$1072
9.6 km or 6 mi	Osakasayama	$1068
10 km or 6.5 mi	Fujiidera	$1062
11 km or 6.7 mi	Izumi	$1086
11 km or 7 mi	Habikino	$1065
13 km or 7.9 mi	Yao	$1094
13 km or 8 mi	Tondabayashi	$1062
13 km or 8.3 mi	Kashiwara	$1056
14 km or 8.8 mi	Kawachinagano	$1067
14 km or 8.8 mi	Osaka	$1212
16 km or 9.7 mi	Kishiwada	$1094
17 km or 10 mi	Higashiosaka	$1123
18 km or 11 mi	Kaizuka	$1080
20 km or 12 mi	Sango	$1030
20 km or 12 mi	Kashiba	$1043
20 km or 12 mi	Amagasaki	$1132
20 km or 13 mi	Moriguchi	$1140
21 km or 13 mi	Daito	$1077
21 km or 13 mi	Kadoma	$1117
21 km or 13 mi	Oji	$1034
21 km or 13 mi	Kanmaki	$1037
22 km or 14 mi	Kumatori	$1087
22 km or 14 mi	Suita	$1362
23 km or 14 mi	Izumisano	$1091
23 km or 14 mi	Nishinomiya	$1169
24 km or 15 mi	Ikaruga	$1014
24 km or 15 mi	Yamatotakada	$1040
24 km or 15 mi	Katsuragi	$1048
24 km or 15 mi	Shijonawate	$1086
24 km or 15 mi	Toyonaka	$1045
24 km or 15 mi	Ikoma	$1021
24 km or 15 mi	Ashiya	$1084
24 km or 15 mi	Settsu	$1169
25 km or 15 mi	Koryo	$1037
25 km or 16 mi	Itami	$1073
26 km or 16 mi	Neyagawa	$1125
26 km or 16 mi	Gose	$1054
28 km or 18 mi	Ikeda	$1052