Mexico City vs Shizuoka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mexico City	Shizuoka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1160	$932
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2923	$2392
🏠 One person rent	$603	$368
🏘️ Family rent	$1214	$715
🍽️ Food expenses	$374	$352
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.2	$102
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$709	$2528
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	92	52
😀 Quality of life	67	87
🏙️ Population	9.21M	686K

The cost of living in Mexico City is 25% more expensive than in Shizuoka. Cities ranked 4604th and 5882nd ($1160 vs $932) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 732nd in Mexico and Japan, respectively. Check Mexico vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Mexico City compared to 2.7 months in Shizuoka. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Shizuoka ranked 10th in Japan, while ranked 3470th and 271st 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	$11.1	$6.72
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.5	$33.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.02	$5.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$3.52
☕ Cappuccino	$3.69	$3.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$846	$330
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$475	$243
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1732	$630
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$998	$548
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.8	$78.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.3	$121
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.7	$29.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.34%	1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2952	$4676
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2197	$3205
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$1.95
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.9	$22.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.96	$20
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.11	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.43	$1.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.12	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.41	$6.17
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$18.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$3.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$2.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$2.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$1.43
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.4	$9.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$1.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.89	$3.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.17	$5.47
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.39	$3.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.79	$0.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$1.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.6	$92.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.97	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45	$39.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.2	$41.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.8	$64.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$401	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9034	$8368

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Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$800
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$747
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$761
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$696
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$752
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$858
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$632
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$825
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$981
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$788
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$821
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$983
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$770
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$485
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$638
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$635
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$717
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$693
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$724
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$725
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$700
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$574
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$634
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$667
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$804

Cities near Shizuoka

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.4 mi	Yaizu	$931
15 km or 9.3 mi	Fujieda	$940
24 km or 15 mi	Shimada	$961
26 km or 16 mi	Yoshida	$966
30 km or 19 mi	Makinohara	$969
34 km or 21 mi	Fuji	$1041
35 km or 22 mi	Fujinomiya	$1019
36 km or 23 mi	Kikugawa	$975
42 km or 26 mi	Kakegawa	$976
44 km or 27 mi	Omaezaki	$983
46 km or 28 mi	Numazu	$1042
49 km or 30 mi	Fukuroi	$971
49 km or 31 mi	Shimizu	$1028
50 km or 31 mi	Izunokuni	$1032
50 km or 31 mi	Nagaizumi	$1027
51 km or 32 mi	Mishima	$1034
51 km or 32 mi	Izu	$1035
53 km or 33 mi	Susono	$1034
53 km or 33 mi	Kannami	$1029
56 km or 35 mi	Iwata	$981
61 km or 38 mi	Shimoda	$1032
62 km or 39 mi	Gotemba	$1041
64 km or 40 mi	Atami	$1042
66 km or 41 mi	Ito	$1041
66 km or 41 mi	Hamamatsu	$1045
67 km or 42 mi	Fujikawaguchiko	$1049
69 km or 43 mi	Yugawara	$1039
69 km or 43 mi	Fujiyoshida	$1049
70 km or 44 mi	Chuo	$1081
71 km or 44 mi	Minami-Alps	$1080
74 km or 46 mi	Showa	$1095
76 km or 47 mi	Minamiashigara	$1034
77 km or 48 mi	Odawara	$1045
77 km or 48 mi	Kai	$1100
78 km or 49 mi	Fuefuki	$1065
79 km or 49 mi	Kofu	$1138
79 km or 49 mi	Iida	$1016
80 km or 50 mi	Tsuru	$1055
81 km or 50 mi	Shinshiro	$929
82 km or 51 mi	Nirasaki	$1083