Mexico City vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Mexico City	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1475	$663
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3516	$933
🏠 One person rent	$792	$428
🏘️ Family rent	$1397	$278
🍽️ Food expenses	$447	$152
🚐 Transport expenses	$107	$43.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1122	$267
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	93	40
😀 Quality of life	73	60
🏙️ Population	9.21M	5.94M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 122% more expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 4074th and 7534th ($1475 vs $663) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 2nd in Mexico and India, respectively. Check Mexico vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Mexico City compared to 0.4 months in Surat. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Surat ranked 17th in India, while ranked 2482nd and 5942nd 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	$11.6	$3.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44	$10.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$3.15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.62	$3.18
☕ Cappuccino	$4.18	$1.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.71	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1061	$192
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$634	$451
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1959	$338
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1139	$211
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.1	$22.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.6	$34.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.2	$7.33
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.41%	9.21%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3972	$691
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2110	$415
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.24
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.7	$5.28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.69	$2.26
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.49	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.82	$0.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$0.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.98	$0.96
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$4.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.81	$2.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$6.21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.65
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$0.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$0.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$0.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$0.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$0.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.43	$0.9
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.7	$7.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$1.87
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.2	$4.43
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.02	$1.88
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.06	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.27	$0.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$0.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.4	$18.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.59	$2.92
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.5	$13.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$2.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.5	$24.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$46.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$492	$49.3
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13182	$877

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Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$977
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$1003
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$959
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$1000
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$832
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$940
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$1050
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$878
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$981
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$914
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$1013
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$932
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$994
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$874
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$897
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$1034
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$763
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$971
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$976
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$1051
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$973
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$980
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1047
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$1255
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$960
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$755
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$924
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$817
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$916
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$935
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$905
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$952
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$961
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$852
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$673
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1472
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$974
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$962
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$920
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$1005

Cities near Surat

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Navsari	$267
98 km or 61 mi	Bhavnagar	$273
131 km or 82 mi	Vadodara	$358
164 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$329
170 km or 106 mi	Nadiad	$360
189 km or 117 mi	Vasai	$252
192 km or 119 mi	Malegaon	$370
196 km or 122 mi	Godhra	$350
208 km or 130 mi	Ahmedabad	$433
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwandi	$335
216 km or 134 mi	Kalyan	$355
222 km or 138 mi	Thane	$464
228 km or 142 mi	Gandhinagar	$391
239 km or 148 mi	Navi Mumbai	$476
244 km or 152 mi	Rajkot	$298
245 km or 152 mi	Mumbai	$717
274 km or 170 mi	Mehsana	$367
284 km or 177 mi	Jalgaon	$285
296 km or 184 mi	Aurangabad	$335
314 km or 195 mi	Pune	$495
332 km or 206 mi	Ratlam	$283
338 km or 210 mi	Porbandar	$312
356 km or 221 mi	Indore	$346
377 km or 234 mi	Ujjain	$241
389 km or 242 mi	Udaipur	$314
399 km or 248 mi	Bhuj	$273
406 km or 252 mi	Satara	$256
436 km or 271 mi	Akola	$282
499 km or 310 mi	Latur	$365
500 km or 311 mi	Bhilwara	$316
505 km or 314 mi	Solapur	$269
511 km or 318 mi	Amravati	$281
512 km or 318 mi	Sangli	$279
514 km or 320 mi	Pali	$299
518 km or 322 mi	Kolhapur	$287
521 km or 324 mi	Nanded	$308
526 km or 327 mi	Bhopal	$335
526 km or 327 mi	Ichalkaranji	$288
541 km or 336 mi	Kota	$309
570 km or 354 mi	Bijapur	$298