Mexico City vs Shizuoka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Mexico City	Shizuoka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1331	$1025
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3182	$2577
🏠 One person rent	$721	$426
🏘️ Family rent	$1296	$702
🍽️ Food expenses	$410	$389
🚐 Transport expenses	$93.3	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$892	$2644
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	92	52
😀 Quality of life	72	89
🏙️ Population	9.21M	686K

The cost of living in Mexico City is 30% more expensive than in Shizuoka. Cities ranked 4418th and 5380th ($1331 vs $1025) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 315th in Mexico and Japan, respectively. Check Mexico vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Mexico City compared to 2.6 months in Shizuoka. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Shizuoka ranked 9th in Japan, while ranked 3317th and 291st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Shizuoka

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	Mexico City	Shizuoka
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12	$6.56
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$41.1	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.8	$4.97
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$1.98
☕ Cappuccino	$4.26	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.71	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$988	$325
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$578	$237
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1819	$581
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1067	$428
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.9	$133
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.8	$205
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30	$38.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.71%	0.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3569	$4629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2491	$3173
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$1.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.5	$21.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.33	$19.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.34	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$1.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$3.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$7.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.93	$5.91
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$40.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$5.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$3.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$4.01
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$2.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.9
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.07	$1.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$9.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$1.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.35	$4.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$5.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.69	$3.5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.07	$0.64
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.99	$1.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.3	$91.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.98	$11.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$44.1	$38.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.7	$42.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.9	$64.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$427	$232
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11015	$19584

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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 Shizuoka

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.4 mi	Yaizu	$976
15 km or 9.3 mi	Fujieda	$973
24 km or 15 mi	Shimada	$976
26 km or 16 mi	Yoshida	$979
30 km or 19 mi	Makinohara	$976
34 km or 21 mi	Fuji	$1044
35 km or 22 mi	Fujinomiya	$1018
36 km or 23 mi	Kikugawa	$974
42 km or 26 mi	Kakegawa	$968
44 km or 27 mi	Omaezaki	$977
46 km or 28 mi	Numazu	$1037
49 km or 30 mi	Fukuroi	$962
49 km or 31 mi	Shimizu	$1025
50 km or 31 mi	Izunokuni	$1026
50 km or 31 mi	Nagaizumi	$1024
51 km or 32 mi	Mishima	$1021
51 km or 32 mi	Izu	$1023
53 km or 33 mi	Susono	$1029
53 km or 33 mi	Kannami	$1023
56 km or 35 mi	Iwata	$959
61 km or 38 mi	Shimoda	$1023
62 km or 39 mi	Gotemba	$1029
64 km or 40 mi	Atami	$1032
66 km or 41 mi	Ito	$1032
66 km or 41 mi	Hamamatsu	$1016
67 km or 42 mi	Fujikawaguchiko	$1043
69 km or 43 mi	Yugawara	$1030
69 km or 43 mi	Fujiyoshida	$1035
70 km or 44 mi	Chuo	$1071
71 km or 44 mi	Minami-Alps	$1064
74 km or 46 mi	Showa	$1083
76 km or 47 mi	Minamiashigara	$1020
77 km or 48 mi	Odawara	$1041
77 km or 48 mi	Kai	$1086
78 km or 49 mi	Fuefuki	$1055
79 km or 49 mi	Kofu	$1141
79 km or 49 mi	Iida	$1002
80 km or 50 mi	Tsuru	$1038
81 km or 50 mi	Shinshiro	$908
82 km or 51 mi	Nirasaki	$1068