Mexico City vs Sanaa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Mexico City	Sanaa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1475	$532
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3516	$1289
🏠 One person rent	$792	$224
🏘️ Family rent	$1397	$380
🍽️ Food expenses	$447	$200
🚐 Transport expenses	$107	$59.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1122	$122
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	93	33
😀 Quality of life	73	42
🏙️ Population	9.21M	2.96M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 177% more expensive than in Sanaa. Cities ranked 4074th and 8488th ($1475 vs $532) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Mexico and Yemen, respectively. Check Mexico vs Yemen comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Mexico City compared to 0.2 months in Sanaa. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Sanaa ranked 1st in Yemen, while ranked 2482nd and 7615th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Sanaa

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	Mexico City	Sanaa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.6	$2.86
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44	$19.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$4.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.62	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$4.18	$1.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.71	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1061	$234
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$634	$145
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1959	$430
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1139	$265
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.1	$38
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.6	$58.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.2	$23.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.41%	12.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3972	$1597
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2110	$852
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.25
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.7	$10.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.69	$5.75
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.49	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.82	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.98	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$6.92
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.81	$4.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$6.54
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$2.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.56
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$0.92
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$0.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.43	$1.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.7	$7.87
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.2	$3.14
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.02	$3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.06	$2.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.27	$1.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.17
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.4	$23.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.59	$3.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.5	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$3.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.5	$25.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$58.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$492	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13182	$4197

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Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$977
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$1003
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$959
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$1000
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$832
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$940
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$1050
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$878
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$981
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$914
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$1013
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$932
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$994
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$874
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$897
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$1034
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$763
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$971
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$976
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$1051
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$973
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$980
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1047
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$1255
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$960
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$755
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$924
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$817
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$916
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$935
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$905
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$952
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$961
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$852
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$673
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1472
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$974
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$962
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$920
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$1005

Cities near Sanaa

Distance	City	Cost of living
24 km or 15 mi	Sayyan	$476
92 km or 57 mi	Dhamar	$478
147 km or 92 mi	Al Hudaydah	$499
154 km or 96 mi	Ibb	$488
159 km or 99 mi	Zabid	$476
182 km or 113 mi	Sa'dah	$475
198 km or 123 mi	Taiz	$497
238 km or 148 mi	Najran	$864
297 km or 185 mi	Aden	$509
367 km or 228 mi	Abha	$871
389 km or 242 mi	Obock	$564
433 km or 269 mi	Djibouti City	$590
465 km or 289 mi	Bareq	$873
493 km or 307 mi	Ali Sabieh	$561
512 km or 318 mi	Massawa	$484
512 km or 318 mi	Dikhil	$563
538 km or 334 mi	Mukalla	$477
544 km or 338 mi	Bisha	$890
550 km or 342 mi	Mekelle	$748
567 km or 352 mi	Asmara	$513
580 km or 361 mi	Mendefera	$481
586 km or 364 mi	As Sulayyil	$993
612 km or 381 mi	Borama	$521
618 km or 384 mi	Keren	$483
643 km or 400 mi	Hargeisa	$682
681 km or 423 mi	Dessie	$931
684 km or 425 mi	Jijiga	$1045
689 km or 428 mi	Dire Dawa	$1050
708 km or 440 mi	Harar	$1050
788 km or 490 mi	Gondar	$923
818 km or 508 mi	Mecca	$1031
836 km or 520 mi	Kassala	$947
847 km or 526 mi	Bahir Dar	$800
869 km or 540 mi	Jeddah	$1210
879 km or 546 mi	Port Sudan	$976
920 km or 572 mi	Addis Ababa	$1148
959 km or 596 mi	El-Gadarif	$872
1067 km or 663 mi	Riyadh	$1628
1072 km or 666 mi	Salalah	$816
1114 km or 693 mi	Awasa	$910