Mexico City vs Sapporo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Mexico City	Sapporo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1331	$1181
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3182	$2813
🏠 One person rent	$721	$524
🏘️ Family rent	$1296	$868
🍽️ Food expenses	$410	$401
🚐 Transport expenses	$93.3	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$892	$1641
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	92	74
😀 Quality of life	72	90
🏙️ Population	9.21M	1.96M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 13% more expensive than in Sapporo. Cities ranked 4418th and 4750th ($1331 vs $1181) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 38th in Mexico and Japan, respectively. Check Mexico vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Mexico City compared to 1.4 months in Sapporo. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Sapporo ranked 6th in Japan, while ranked 3317th and 239th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Sapporo

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	Mexico City	Sapporo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12	$7.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$41.1	$26.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.8	$4.97
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$3.29
☕ Cappuccino	$4.26	$3.57
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.71	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$988	$448
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$578	$262
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1819	$817
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1067	$473
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.9	$184
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.8	$284
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30	$41
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.71%	1.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3569	$2303
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2491	$1644
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$1.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.5	$49.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.33	$17.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.34	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$6.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$8.24
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.93	$6.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$19.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$3.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$3.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$3.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$2.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.07	$1.55
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$13.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.35	$2.91
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$8.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.69	$8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.07	$3.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.99	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.3	$51.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.98	$12.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$44.1	$26
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.7	$39.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.9	$49.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$427	$261
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11015	$10519

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Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$908
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$932
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$898
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$942
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$777
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$869
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$962
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$818
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$904
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$851
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$938
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$868
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$926
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$819
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$842
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$977
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$717
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$914
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$905
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$998
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$912
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$936
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$981
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$1184
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$875
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$724
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$860
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$764
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$858
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$873
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$846
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$875
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$894
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$784
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$643
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1491
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$893
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$896
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$860
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$1030

Cities near Sapporo

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.4 mi	Ishikari	$1050
15 km or 9.6 mi	Ebetsu	$1051
19 km or 12 mi	Kitahiroshima	$1051
27 km or 17 mi	Eniwa	$1047
32 km or 20 mi	Otaru	$1049
36 km or 23 mi	Chitose	$1041
37 km or 23 mi	Iwamizawa	$1043
50 km or 31 mi	Bibai	$1042
52 km or 32 mi	Tomakomai	$1041
71 km or 44 mi	Takikawa	$1042
75 km or 47 mi	Noboribetsu	$994
77 km or 48 mi	Date	$991
89 km or 55 mi	Muroran	$973
89 km or 55 mi	Furano	$1032
93 km or 58 mi	Fukagawa	$1031
100 km or 62 mi	Rumoi	$1035
113 km or 70 mi	Asahikawa	$1065
115 km or 72 mi	Shinhidaka	$1007
141 km or 87 mi	Nanae	$936
149 km or 93 mi	Hokuto	$937
150 km or 93 mi	Otofuke	$1014
151 km or 94 mi	Obihiro	$1021
152 km or 95 mi	Hakodate	$945
164 km or 102 mi	Makubetsu	$1010
169 km or 105 mi	Nayoro	$1015
197 km or 123 mi	Mutsu	$972
216 km or 134 mi	Monbetsu	$1002
220 km or 137 mi	Kushiro	$991
221 km or 137 mi	Kitami	$995
254 km or 158 mi	Aomori	$1064
258 km or 160 mi	Abashiri	$994
261 km or 162 mi	Wakkanai	$1004
262 km or 163 mi	Goshogawara	$1029
263 km or 164 mi	Tsugaru	$1025
265 km or 164 mi	Misawa	$1003
273 km or 169 mi	Towada	$1015
274 km or 170 mi	Oirase	$1006
276 km or 172 mi	Kuroishi	$1051
283 km or 176 mi	Hirakawa	$1054
283 km or 176 mi	Hirosaki	$1068