Mexico City vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mexico City	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1160	$671
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2923	$2065
🏠 One person rent	$603	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$1214	$505
🍽️ Food expenses	$374	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.2	$88.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$709	$800
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	92	20
😀 Quality of life	67	41
🏙️ Population	9.21M	6.44M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 73% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 4604th and 7052nd ($1160 vs $671) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 74th 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 Shangrao. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Shangrao ranked 210th in China, while ranked 3470th and 6873rd 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	$11.1	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.5	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.02	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$0.69
☕ Cappuccino	$3.69	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$846	$303
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$475	$199
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1732	$628
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$998	$401
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.8	$27.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.3	$42.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.7	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.34%	3.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2952	$4836
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2197	$2454
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.9	$23.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.96	$5.02
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$2.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.11	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.43	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.12	$19.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.41	$2.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$0.88
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.4	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.89	$3.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.17	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.39	$4.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.79	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.6	$33.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.97	$6.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45	$42.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$5.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.2	$51
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.8	$67.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$401	$436
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9034	$31722

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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 Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$598
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$601
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$603
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$616
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$621
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$642
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$585
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$587
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$682
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$630
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$506
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$677
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$637
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$555
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$603
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$648
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$611
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$642
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$726
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$681
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$632
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$576
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$613
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$672
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$805
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$669
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$600
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$650
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$564
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$716
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$661
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$691
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$600
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$671
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$670
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$645
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$679
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$625
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$590
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$621