Mexico City vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Mexico City	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1331	$650
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3182	$1953
🏠 One person rent	$721	$238
🏘️ Family rent	$1296	$414
🍽️ Food expenses	$410	$241
🚐 Transport expenses	$93.3	$85
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$892	$767
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	92	20
😀 Quality of life	72	46
🏙️ Population	9.21M	6.44M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 105% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 4418th and 7433rd ($1331 vs $650) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 94th in Mexico and China, respectively. Check Mexico vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Mexico City compared to 1.2 months in Shangrao. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Shangrao ranked 207th in China, while ranked 3317th and 6933rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Shangrao

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	Mexico City	Shangrao
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12	$3.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$41.1	$28
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.8	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$0.7
☕ Cappuccino	$4.26	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.71	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$988	$270
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$578	$174
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1819	$491
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1067	$320
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.9	$26.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.8	$41.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30	$18
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.71%	3.67%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3569	$4322
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2491	$2245
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.5	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.33	$5.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.34	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$1.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.93	$3.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$2.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$1.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$0.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$0.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.07	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.35	$4.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$5.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.69	$5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.07	$1.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.99	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.3	$32.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.98	$6.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$44.1	$43.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$5.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.7	$54.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.9	$73.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$427	$415
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11015	$28686

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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 Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$578
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$600
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$586
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$604
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$436
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$620
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$589
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$586
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$696
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$671
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$526
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$672
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$604
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$532
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$616
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$628
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$617
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$637
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$753
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$700
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$629
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$567
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$598
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$659
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$826
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$628
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$592
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$642
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$593
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$740
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$666
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$672
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$660
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$677
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$631
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$638
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$671
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$634
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$618
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$620