Mexico City vs Shenyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Mexico City	Shenyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1331	$554
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3182	$1693
🏠 One person rent	$721	$199
🏘️ Family rent	$1296	$334
🍽️ Food expenses	$410	$224
🚐 Transport expenses	$93.3	$63.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$892	$733
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	92	85
😀 Quality of life	72	71
🏙️ Population	9.21M	9.07M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 140% more expensive than in Shenyang. Cities ranked 4418th and 8245th ($1331 vs $554) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 341st 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 1.3 months in Shenyang. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Shenyang ranked 25th in China, while ranked 3317th and 3667th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Shenyang

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	Mexico City	Shenyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12	$2.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$41.1	$21.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.8	$5.15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$4.26	$2.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.71	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$988	$210
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$578	$130
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1819	$378
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1067	$229
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.9	$39.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.8	$60.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30	$14.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.71%	5.22%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3569	$1970
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2491	$1274
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.5	$12
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.33	$3.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.34	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$2.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$1.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$1.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$9.74
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.93	$2.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$1.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$1.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.07	$1.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.35	$3.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$6.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.69	$6.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.07	$1.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.99	$1.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.3	$20.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.98	$4.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$44.1	$20.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$5.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.7	$49.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.9	$74.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$427	$473
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11015	$24707

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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 Shenyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Fushun	$470
43 km or 27 mi	Dengta	$492
54 km or 34 mi	Xinmin	$518
63 km or 39 mi	Tieling	$521
63 km or 39 mi	Benxi	$434
63 km or 39 mi	Liaoyang	$489
71 km or 44 mi	Diaobingshan	$511
86 km or 53 mi	Anshan	$434
96 km or 60 mi	Kaiyuan	$516
120 km or 75 mi	Haicheng	$500
138 km or 85 mi	Beizhen	$528
149 km or 93 mi	Fuxin	$543
151 km or 94 mi	Dashiqiao	$532
159 km or 99 mi	Fengcheng	$517
161 km or 100 mi	Yingkou	$556
170 km or 106 mi	Siping	$553
180 km or 112 mi	Gaizhou	$537
186 km or 116 mi	Liaoyuan	$532
186 km or 116 mi	Linghai	$547
190 km or 118 mi	Shuangliao	$517
202 km or 126 mi	Meihekou	$519
204 km or 127 mi	Dandong	$550
206 km or 128 mi	Jinzhou	$576
206 km or 128 mi	Sinuiju	$1564
220 km or 137 mi	Gongzhuling	$457
221 km or 137 mi	Beipiao	$549
223 km or 138 mi	Tongliao	$537
223 km or 139 mi	Donggang	$537
238 km or 148 mi	Zhuanghe	$550
242 km or 150 mi	Ji'an	$499
248 km or 154 mi	Baishan	$521
249 km or 154 mi	Chaoyang	$584
250 km or 155 mi	Panshi	$521
251 km or 156 mi	Kusong	$1544
262 km or 163 mi	Xingcheng	$565
270 km or 168 mi	Wafangdian	$589
274 km or 170 mi	Changchun	$557
281 km or 174 mi	Kanggye	$1553
288 km or 179 mi	Chongju	$1553
289 km or 180 mi	Linjiang	$501