Mexico City vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Mexico City	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1190	$958
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3028	$2895
🏠 One person rent	$611	$495
🏘️ Family rent	$1253	$1237
🍽️ Food expenses	$376	$274
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.2	$96.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$740	$1649
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	90	96
😀 Quality of life	68	79
🏙️ Population	9.21M	17.7M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 24% more expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 4630th and 5948th ($1190 vs $958) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 13th 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 1.7 months in Shenzhen. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 3360th and 556th 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	$10.3	$3.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.2	$28.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.05	$5.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$3.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.08	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$838	$713
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$489	$370
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1747	$1800
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1045	$997
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.7	$41.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.9	$63.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.4	$15
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.25%	4.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2781	$13100
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2233	$6892
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.1	$28.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.65	$4.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$2.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$2.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.39	$2.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.69	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.51	$4.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.82	$3.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$5.44
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.04	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.29	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.47	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61	$43.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.09	$7.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.8	$33.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.6	$61.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$79.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$396	$605
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8550	$24117

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Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$835
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$783
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$723
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$884
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$734
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$775
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$835
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$731
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$794
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$757
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$816
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$772
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$844
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$729
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$734
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$843
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$704
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$811
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$792
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$939
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$789
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$797
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$828
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$941
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$763
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$623
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$504
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$601
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$660
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$748
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$691
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$723
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$729
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$694
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$589
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1223
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$659
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$674
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$709

Cities near Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2427
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2753
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$641
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$678
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1590
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$491
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$629
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$830
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$763
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$602
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$1014
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$824
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$801
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$808
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$839
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$895
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$726
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$852
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$691
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$605
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$795
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$592
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$819
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$783
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$780
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$774
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$774
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$813
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$746
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$794
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$713
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$725
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$807
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$671
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$821
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$538
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$618