Mexico City vs Shaoyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Mexico City	Shaoyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1331	$603
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3182	$1608
🏠 One person rent	$721	$227
🏘️ Family rent	$1296	$387
🍽️ Food expenses	$410	$223
🚐 Transport expenses	$93.3	$76
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$892	$671
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	92	24
😀 Quality of life	72	45
🏙️ Population	9.21M	6.56M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 121% more expensive than in Shaoyang. Cities ranked 4418th and 7790th ($1331 vs $603) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 167th 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 1.1 months in Shaoyang. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Shaoyang ranked 264th in China, while ranked 3317th and 7090th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Shaoyang

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	Mexico City	Shaoyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12	$2.74
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$41.1	$20.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.8	$4.71
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$1.1
☕ Cappuccino	$4.26	$2.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.71	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$988	$251
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$578	$166
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1819	$461
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1067	$293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.9	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.8	$47.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.71%	3.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3569	$2906
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2491	$2199
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.5	$20.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.33	$3.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.34	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$1.91
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$0.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$1.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$14.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.93	$3.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.07	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.35	$2.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$4.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.69	$5.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.07	$1.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.99	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.3	$33.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.98	$5.83
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$44.1	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$5.19
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.7	$64.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.9	$73.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$427	$343
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11015	$10279

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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 Shaoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Lengshuijiang	$551
54 km or 34 mi	Lianyuan	$564
76 km or 47 mi	Loudi	$584
89 km or 55 mi	Yongzhou	$634
117 km or 73 mi	Hengyang	$622
151 km or 94 mi	Hongjiang	$543
153 km or 95 mi	Huaihua	$571
158 km or 98 mi	Xiangtan	$527
160 km or 99 mi	Ningxiang	$569
171 km or 107 mi	Yiyang	$571
178 km or 111 mi	Zhuzhou	$595
182 km or 113 mi	Changsha	$592
201 km or 125 mi	Changde	$487
205 km or 127 mi	Liling	$584
209 km or 130 mi	Jishou	$537
223 km or 138 mi	Chenzhou	$750
231 km or 143 mi	Zhangjiajie	$545
232 km or 144 mi	Tongren	$568
239 km or 148 mi	Pingxiang	$612
250 km or 155 mi	Guilin	$546
269 km or 167 mi	Jinshi	$511
286 km or 178 mi	Yueyang	$595
287 km or 179 mi	Lianzhou	$765
290 km or 180 mi	Shishou	$547
294 km or 183 mi	Yichun	$618
314 km or 195 mi	Hezhou	$766
315 km or 196 mi	Linxiang	$572
328 km or 204 mi	Songzi	$548
344 km or 214 mi	Shaoguan	$818
346 km or 215 mi	Xinyu	$593
346 km or 215 mi	Honghu	$587
347 km or 216 mi	Ji'an	$660
350 km or 217 mi	Yidu	$534
351 km or 218 mi	Jingzhou	$596
362 km or 225 mi	Chibi	$590
378 km or 235 mi	Ganzhou	$897
385 km or 239 mi	Liuzhou	$574
386 km or 240 mi	Yichang	$578
391 km or 243 mi	Enshi	$558
397 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$599