Mexico City vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Mexico City	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1475	$798
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3516	$2386
🏠 One person rent	$792	$290
🏘️ Family rent	$1397	$499
🍽️ Food expenses	$447	$284
🚐 Transport expenses	$107	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1122	$1351
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	93	65
😀 Quality of life	73	74
🏙️ Population	9.21M	12.7M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 85% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 4074th and 6776th ($1475 vs $798) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 29th in Mexico and China, respectively. Check Mexico vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Mexico City compared to 1.7 months in Suzhou. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Suzhou ranked 10th in China, while ranked 2482nd and 2020th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Suzhou

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	Mexico City	Suzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.6	$4.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.62	$2.19
☕ Cappuccino	$4.18	$3.57
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.71	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1061	$402
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$634	$172
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1959	$722
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1139	$314
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.1	$60.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.6	$92.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.2	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.41%	3.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3972	$5286
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2110	$2709
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.7	$44.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.69	$4.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.49	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.82	$2.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$2.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.98	$1.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$22.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.81	$3.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$8.83
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.4
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$0.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.23
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.43	$2.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.7	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.2	$4.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.02	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.06	$4.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.27	$1.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$2.17
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.4	$33.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.59	$5.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.5	$82.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.5	$51.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$82.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$492	$1049
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13182	$20341

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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 Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$726
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$678
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$686
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$708
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$596
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$652
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$680
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$658
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$663
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$581
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1147
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$636
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$643
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$645
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1030
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$657
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$651
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$725
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$659
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$667
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$899
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$623
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$627
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$664
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$670
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$693
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$644
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$623
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$661
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$620
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$691
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$684
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$660
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$789
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$693
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$644
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$571
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$671
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$635