Mexico City vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Mexico City	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1190	$1136
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3028	$3654
🏠 One person rent	$611	$602
🏘️ Family rent	$1253	$1527
🍽️ Food expenses	$376	$293
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.2	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$740	$1905
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	90	100
😀 Quality of life	68	79
🏙️ Population	9.21M	24.9M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 5% more expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 4630th and 4780th ($1190 vs $1136) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th 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 1.7 months in Shanghai. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 3360th and 571st 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
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.3	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.2	$42.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.05	$5.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$3.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.08	$0.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$838	$897
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$489	$461
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1747	$2549
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1045	$1181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.7	$36.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.9	$56.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.4	$16.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.25%	4.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2781	$16156
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2233	$8893
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.1	$36.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.65	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$2.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$1.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.39	$2.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.69	$15.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.51	$3.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$2.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$11.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.82	$3.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$6.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.04	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.29	$1.72
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.47	$2.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.09	$8.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.8	$90.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$11.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.6	$58.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$78.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$396	$1263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8550	$31401

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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 Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1028
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$706
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$749
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$738
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$1020
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$585
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$661
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$718
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$620
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$676
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$686
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$706
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$685
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$612
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$733
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$674
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$742
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$702
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$729
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$674
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$843
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$665
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$676
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$690
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$629
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$698
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$630
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$673
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$698
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$650
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$651
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$703
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$708
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$699
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$617
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$702
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$771
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$648
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$774