Mexico City vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Mexico City	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1331	$705
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3182	$990
🏠 One person rent	$721	$458
🏘️ Family rent	$1296	$305
🍽️ Food expenses	$410	$161
🚐 Transport expenses	$93.3	$45.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$892	$271
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	92	40
😀 Quality of life	72	55
🏙️ Population	9.21M	5.94M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 89% more expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 4418th and 7068th ($1331 vs $705) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 2nd in Mexico and India, respectively. Check Mexico vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Mexico City compared to 0.4 months in Surat. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Surat ranked 45th in India, while ranked 3317th and 6284th 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	$12	$3.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$41.1	$11.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.8	$3.38
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$3.41
☕ Cappuccino	$4.26	$1.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.71	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$988	$215
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$578	$484
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1819	$390
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1067	$234
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.9	$20.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.8	$31.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30	$7.65
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.71%	9.18%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3569	$822
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2491	$576
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.5	$5.63
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.33	$2.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.34	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$0.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$0.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$4.66
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.93	$2.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$8.04
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$1.65
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$0.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$0.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$0.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.07	$0.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$8.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$2.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.35	$3.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$2.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.69	$3.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.07	$0.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.99	$0.58
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.3	$18.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.98	$3.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$44.1	$14.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$2.36
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.7	$24.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.9	$42.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$427	$59.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11015	$922

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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 Surat

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Navsari	$278
98 km or 61 mi	Bhavnagar	$291
131 km or 82 mi	Vadodara	$374
164 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$350
170 km or 106 mi	Nadiad	$375
189 km or 117 mi	Vasai	$267
192 km or 119 mi	Malegaon	$382
196 km or 122 mi	Godhra	$366
208 km or 130 mi	Ahmedabad	$442
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwandi	$363
216 km or 134 mi	Kalyan	$399
222 km or 138 mi	Thane	$487
228 km or 142 mi	Gandhinagar	$407
239 km or 148 mi	Navi Mumbai	$503
244 km or 152 mi	Rajkot	$324
245 km or 152 mi	Mumbai	$705
274 km or 170 mi	Mehsana	$382
284 km or 177 mi	Jalgaon	$303
296 km or 184 mi	Aurangabad	$349
314 km or 195 mi	Pune	$517
332 km or 206 mi	Ratlam	$303
338 km or 210 mi	Porbandar	$330
356 km or 221 mi	Indore	$361
377 km or 234 mi	Ujjain	$264
389 km or 242 mi	Udaipur	$315
399 km or 248 mi	Bhuj	$290
406 km or 252 mi	Satara	$273
436 km or 271 mi	Akola	$297
499 km or 310 mi	Latur	$396
500 km or 311 mi	Bhilwara	$328
505 km or 314 mi	Solapur	$285
511 km or 318 mi	Amravati	$310
512 km or 318 mi	Sangli	$290
514 km or 320 mi	Pali	$305
518 km or 322 mi	Kolhapur	$309
521 km or 324 mi	Nanded	$328
526 km or 327 mi	Bhopal	$366
526 km or 327 mi	Ichalkaranji	$302
541 km or 336 mi	Kota	$333
570 km or 354 mi	Bijapur	$333