Mexico City vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison
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Mexico City | Shanghai | |
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🚶 Cost of living one person | ||
👨👩👧👦 Cost of living Family | ||
🏠 One person rent | ||
🏘️ Family rent | ||
🍽️ Food expenses | ||
🚐 Transport expenses | ||
💳 Monthly salary after tax | ||
😷 Air quality | ||
✈️ Airport proximity | ||
🎓 Higher education | ||
😀 Quality of life | ||
🏙️ Population |
The cost of living in Mexico City is 8% more expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 4206th and 4461st ($1288 vs $1190) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 6th in Mexico and China, respectively. Check Mexico vs China 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 Shanghai. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 4184th and 558th among best cities to live in the world.
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Prices in Mexico City vs Shanghai
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Mexico City | Shanghai | |
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Eating Out | ||
🍱 Lunch Menu | ||
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2 | ||
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's | ||
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz | ||
☕ Cappuccino | ||
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz | ||
Rent & Utilities | ||
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2 | ||
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2 | ||
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2 | ||
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2 | ||
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc. | ||
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc. | ||
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited | ||
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years | ||
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2 | ||
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2 | ||
Transportation | ||
🚌 Local transport ticket | ||
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport | ||
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi | ||
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal | ||
Groceries | ||
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt | ||
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb | ||
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb | ||
🥚 Eggs, x12 | ||
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb | ||
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb | ||
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb | ||
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb | ||
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb | ||
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb | ||
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb | ||
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb | ||
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb | ||
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt | ||
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz | ||
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle | ||
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz | ||
🚬 Cigarette pack | ||
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week | ||
🧴 Hair Shampoo | ||
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls | ||
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube | ||
Other | ||
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month | ||
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person | ||
👩⚕️ Doctor's visit | ||
💇 Haircut, simple | ||
👖 Brand Jeans | ||
👟 Brand Sneakers | ||
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month | ||
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year |
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Distance | City | Cost of living |
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11 km or 7.1 mi | Naucalpan | |
14 km or 8.7 mi | Tlalnepantla | |
17 km or 10 mi | Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl | |
19 km or 12 mi | Ciudad Lopez Mateos | |
22 km or 14 mi | Ecatepec de Morelos | |
25 km or 16 mi | Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo | |
25 km or 16 mi | Chicoloapan de Juarez | |
26 km or 16 mi | Cuautitlan Izcalli | |
29 km or 18 mi | Texcoco de Mora | |
30 km or 19 mi | Tultepec | |
31 km or 19 mi | Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias | |
42 km or 26 mi | Zumpango | |
55 km or 34 mi | Toluca | |
56 km or 35 mi | Cuernavaca | |
60 km or 37 mi | Jiutepec | |
70 km or 44 mi | Cuautla | |
89 km or 55 mi | Pachuca | |
93 km or 58 mi | Atlixco | |
105 km or 65 mi | San Jose Villa de Allende | |
106 km or 66 mi | Puebla | |
107 km or 67 mi | Taxco | |
126 km or 79 mi | Iguala | |
140 km or 87 mi | San Juan del Rio | |
184 km or 114 mi | Queretaro | |
192 km or 119 mi | Teziutlan | |
211 km or 131 mi | Chilpancingo | |
213 km or 132 mi | Tehuacan | |
214 km or 133 mi | Celaya | |
216 km or 134 mi | Poza Rica | |
217 km or 135 mi | Morelia | |
224 km or 139 mi | Cortazar | |
224 km or 139 mi | Orizaba | |
225 km or 140 mi | Yuriria | |
229 km or 143 mi | Coatepec | |
234 km or 145 mi | Xalapa | |
236 km or 146 mi | San Miguel de Allende | |
239 km or 149 mi | Cordoba | |
250 km or 155 mi | Salamanca | |
269 km or 167 mi | Irapuato | |
281 km or 174 mi | Zacapu |
Cities near Shanghai
Distance | City | Cost of living |
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9.4 km or 5.8 mi | Pudong | |
47 km or 29 mi | Taicang | |
53 km or 33 mi | Kunshan | |
74 km or 46 mi | Qidong | |
82 km or 51 mi | Suzhou | |
82 km or 51 mi | Jiaxing | |
85 km or 53 mi | Haimen | |
88 km or 55 mi | Changshu | |
106 km or 66 mi | Nantong | |
117 km or 73 mi | Zhangjiagang | |
121 km or 75 mi | Wuxi | |
135 km or 84 mi | Huzhou | |
141 km or 87 mi | Jiangyin | |
142 km or 88 mi | Zhoushan | |
144 km or 89 mi | Ningbo | |
148 km or 92 mi | Jingjiang | |
155 km or 96 mi | Shaoxing | |
158 km or 98 mi | Yixing | |
159 km or 99 mi | Changzhou | |
160 km or 100 mi | Rugao | |
161 km or 100 mi | Hangzhou | |
177 km or 110 mi | Taixing | |
179 km or 111 mi | Hai'an | |
191 km or 119 mi | Liyang | |
197 km or 122 mi | Yangzhong | |
198 km or 123 mi | Guangde | |
201 km or 125 mi | Danyang | |
208 km or 129 mi | Taizhou | |
217 km or 135 mi | Dongtai | |
223 km or 139 mi | Zhenjiang | |
235 km or 146 mi | Yangzhou | |
236 km or 146 mi | Jurong | |
244 km or 152 mi | Ningguo | |
246 km or 153 mi | Yiwu | |
250 km or 155 mi | Xinghua | |
250 km or 156 mi | Yizheng | |
259 km or 161 mi | Linhai | |
260 km or 161 mi | Xuancheng | |
262 km or 163 mi | Gaoyou | |
274 km or 170 mi | Nanjing |