Mexico City vs Sapporo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mexico City	Sapporo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1160	$1204
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2923	$2904
🏠 One person rent	$603	$530
🏘️ Family rent	$1214	$905
🍽️ Food expenses	$374	$415
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.2	$163
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$709	$1450
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	92	73
😀 Quality of life	67	87
🏙️ Population	9.21M	1.96M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 4% less expensive than in Sapporo. Cities ranked 4604th and 4470th ($1160 vs $1204) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 39th 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 1.2 months in Sapporo. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Sapporo ranked 9th in Japan, while ranked 3470th and 262nd 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	$11.1	$9.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.5	$26.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.02	$5.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$2.85
☕ Cappuccino	$3.69	$3.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$846	$451
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$475	$266
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1732	$723
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$998	$537
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.8	$185
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.3	$288
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.7	$42.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.34%	1.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2952	$2347
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2197	$1657
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.9	$49.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.96	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.11	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$8.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.43	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.12	$8.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.41	$6.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$20.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$3.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$4.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$3.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$2.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.4	$6.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$2.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.89	$2.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.17	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.39	$8.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.79	$3.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$2.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.6	$52
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.97	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45	$26.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.2	$42.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.8	$53.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$401	$265
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9034	$10781

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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 Sapporo

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.4 mi	Ishikari	$1071
15 km or 9.6 mi	Ebetsu	$1070
19 km or 12 mi	Kitahiroshima	$1068
27 km or 17 mi	Eniwa	$1068
32 km or 20 mi	Otaru	$1067
36 km or 23 mi	Chitose	$1061
37 km or 23 mi	Iwamizawa	$1048
50 km or 31 mi	Bibai	$1014
52 km or 32 mi	Tomakomai	$1073
71 km or 44 mi	Takikawa	$966
75 km or 47 mi	Noboribetsu	$1069
77 km or 48 mi	Date	$1073
89 km or 55 mi	Muroran	$1078
89 km or 55 mi	Furano	$954
93 km or 58 mi	Fukagawa	$933
100 km or 62 mi	Rumoi	$966
113 km or 70 mi	Asahikawa	$933
115 km or 72 mi	Shinhidaka	$1039
141 km or 87 mi	Nanae	$1083
149 km or 93 mi	Hokuto	$1081
150 km or 93 mi	Otofuke	$972
151 km or 94 mi	Obihiro	$988
152 km or 95 mi	Hakodate	$1119
164 km or 102 mi	Makubetsu	$976
169 km or 105 mi	Nayoro	$941
197 km or 123 mi	Mutsu	$1082
216 km or 134 mi	Monbetsu	$947
220 km or 137 mi	Kushiro	$971
221 km or 137 mi	Kitami	$953
254 km or 158 mi	Aomori	$1114
258 km or 160 mi	Abashiri	$958
261 km or 162 mi	Wakkanai	$976
262 km or 163 mi	Goshogawara	$1065
263 km or 164 mi	Tsugaru	$1064
265 km or 164 mi	Misawa	$1082
273 km or 169 mi	Towada	$1085
274 km or 170 mi	Oirase	$1090
276 km or 172 mi	Kuroishi	$1079
283 km or 176 mi	Hirakawa	$1082
283 km or 176 mi	Hirosaki	$1088