Mexico City vs Seattle - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Mexico City	Seattle
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1190	$2908
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3028	$7212
🏠 One person rent	$611	$1829
🏘️ Family rent	$1253	$3413
🍽️ Food expenses	$376	$707
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.2	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$740	$6392
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	90	80
😀 Quality of life	68	92
🏙️ Population	9.21M	737K

The cost of living in Mexico City is 59% less expensive than in Seattle. Cities ranked 4630th and 206th ($1190 vs $2908) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 168th in Mexico and the United States, respectively. Check Mexico vs the United States 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 Seattle. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Seattle ranked 16th in the United States, while ranked 3360th and 102nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Seattle

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	Mexico City	Seattle
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.3	$19.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.2	$89.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.05	$12.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$8.02
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$5.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.08	$3.13
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$838	$1947
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$489	$1538
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1747	$3856
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1045	$2943
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.7	$142
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.9	$220
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.4	$67.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.25%	6.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2781	$7855
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2233	$5704
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$2.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.1	$97.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.65	$18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$3.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$4.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.39	$4.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.69	$17.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.51	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$4.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.82
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$4.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$5.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$2.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$3.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$1.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$3.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$15.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$2.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.82	$12.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.04	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.29	$6.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.47	$2.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61	$63.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.09	$16.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.8	$183
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$25.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.6	$67.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$94.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$396	$2227
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8550	$28179

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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 Seattle

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Mercer Island	$2759
11 km or 6.5 mi	Bellevue	$3179
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kirkland	$2901
15 km or 9.2 mi	Tukwila	$2542
15 km or 9.5 mi	Burien	$2512
16 km or 10 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2904
17 km or 10 mi	Shoreline	$3091
17 km or 10 mi	Renton	$2301
17 km or 11 mi	Redmond	$3229
17 km or 11 mi	Kenmore	$2784
19 km or 12 mi	SeaTac	$2489
21 km or 13 mi	Bothell	$2866
22 km or 14 mi	Sammamish	$2743
22 km or 14 mi	Edmonds	$2821
23 km or 14 mi	Issaquah	$2655
24 km or 15 mi	Des Moines	$2512
24 km or 15 mi	Lynnwood	$2769
24 km or 15 mi	Bremerton	$2491
26 km or 16 mi	Kent	$2819
30 km or 19 mi	Mill Creek	$2692
33 km or 20 mi	Federal Way	$2449
34 km or 21 mi	Maple Valley	$2515
35 km or 21 mi	Mukilteo	$2619
35 km or 22 mi	Auburn	$2172
41 km or 25 mi	Everett	$2569
42 km or 26 mi	Tacoma	$2348
46 km or 28 mi	University Place	$2655
48 km or 30 mi	Puyallup	$2774
50 km or 31 mi	Lake Stevens	$2581
51 km or 32 mi	Lakewood	$2417
52 km or 33 mi	Marysville	$2576
57 km or 35 mi	Spanaway	$2307
74 km or 46 mi	Lacey	$2534
76 km or 47 mi	Olympia	$2435
78 km or 48 mi	Sequim	$2609
80 km or 50 mi	Oak Harbor	$2612
90 km or 56 mi	Mount Vernon	$2314
100 km or 62 mi	Port Angeles	$2546
109 km or 68 mi	Centralia	$2577
119 km or 74 mi	Victoria	$2263