Mexico City vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Mexico City	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1331	$878
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3182	$2307
🏠 One person rent	$721	$456
🏘️ Family rent	$1296	$808
🍽️ Food expenses	$410	$253
🚐 Transport expenses	$93.3	$83.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$892	$969
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	92	96
😀 Quality of life	72	78
🏙️ Population	9.21M	17.5M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 52% more expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 4418th and 6334th ($1331 vs $878) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 17th 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 Shenzhen. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 3317th and 1094th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Shenzhen

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	Mexico City	Shenzhen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12	$3.52
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$41.1	$28.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.8	$4.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$4.26	$3.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.71	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$988	$619
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$578	$350
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1819	$1122
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1067	$637
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.9	$40.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.8	$61.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30	$12.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.71%	3.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3569	$12494
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2491	$5776
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.5	$21
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.33	$4.58
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.34	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.76
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$1.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$1.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.93	$3.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$1.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$1.24
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.01
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.07	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.35	$3.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$5.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.69	$6.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.07	$1.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.99	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.3	$43.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.98	$7.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$44.1	$34
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$9.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.7	$47.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.9	$73.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$427	$444
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11015	$22402

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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 Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2414
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$662
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$662
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1746
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$518
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$608
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$829
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$758
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$589
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$941
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$827
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$766
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$777
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$816
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$892
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$579
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$818
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$451
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$589
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$669
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$454
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$809
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$765
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$766
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$780
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$773
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$897
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$750
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$726
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$697
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$693
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$707
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$677
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$901
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$546
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$634