Mexico City vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mexico City	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1160	$771
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2923	$1163
🏠 One person rent	$603	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$1214	$463
🍽️ Food expenses	$374	$166
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.2	$44.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$709	$444
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	92	40
😀 Quality of life	67	48
🏙️ Population	9.21M	5.94M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 51% more expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 4604th and 6559th ($1160 vs $771) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 1st in Mexico and India, respectively. Check Mexico vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Mexico City compared to 0.6 months in Surat. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Surat ranked 48th in India, while ranked 3470th and 6336th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Surat

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	Mexico City	Surat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.1	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.5	$11.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.02	$3.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$3.69	$1.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$846	$454
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$475	$498
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1732	$1021
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$998	$271
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.8	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.3	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.7	$7.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.34%	8.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2952	$864
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2197	$637
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.9	$5.71
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.96	$2.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.11	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.43	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.12	$4.86
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.41	$3.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$8.57
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$0.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.4	$8.53
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.89	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.17	$2.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.39	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.79	$0.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$0.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.6	$18.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.97	$2.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$2.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.2	$25.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.8	$46.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$401	$49.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9034	$1261

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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 Surat

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Navsari	$286
98 km or 61 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
131 km or 82 mi	Vadodara	$376
164 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$333
170 km or 106 mi	Nadiad	$382
189 km or 117 mi	Vasai	$284
192 km or 119 mi	Malegaon	$378
196 km or 122 mi	Godhra	$371
208 km or 130 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
216 km or 134 mi	Kalyan	$381
222 km or 138 mi	Thane	$501
228 km or 142 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
239 km or 148 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
244 km or 152 mi	Rajkot	$311
245 km or 152 mi	Mumbai	$716
274 km or 170 mi	Mehsana	$389
284 km or 177 mi	Jalgaon	$348
296 km or 184 mi	Aurangabad	$350
314 km or 195 mi	Pune	$513
332 km or 206 mi	Ratlam	$311
338 km or 210 mi	Porbandar	$333
356 km or 221 mi	Indore	$367
377 km or 234 mi	Ujjain	$298
389 km or 242 mi	Udaipur	$310
399 km or 248 mi	Bhuj	$288
406 km or 252 mi	Satara	$304
436 km or 271 mi	Akola	$295
499 km or 310 mi	Latur	$397
500 km or 311 mi	Bhilwara	$340
505 km or 314 mi	Solapur	$293
511 km or 318 mi	Amravati	$296
512 km or 318 mi	Sangli	$292
514 km or 320 mi	Pali	$324
518 km or 322 mi	Kolhapur	$307
521 km or 324 mi	Nanded	$315
526 km or 327 mi	Bhopal	$363
526 km or 327 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304
541 km or 336 mi	Kota	$339
570 km or 354 mi	Bijapur	$340