Mexico City vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Mexico City	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1288	$1020
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3248	$3221
🏠 One person rent	$663	$359
🏘️ Family rent	$1322	$739
🍽️ Food expenses	$407	$431
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$819	$949
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	90	70
😀 Quality of life	66	68
🏙️ Population	9.21M	12.7M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 26% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 4206th and 5170th ($1288 vs $1020) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 11th in Mexico and China, respectively. Check Mexico vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Mexico City compared to 0.9 months in Suzhou. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Suzhou ranked 27th in China, while ranked 4184th and 3722nd 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	$10.1	$4.21
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.4	$63.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.85	$6.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.87	$4.6
☕ Cappuccino	$3.86	$4.78
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$1.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$928	$466
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$243
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1792	$1276
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1104	$479
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.7	$57.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.7	$87.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.1	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.98%	4.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3145	$5502
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2277	$4232
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.9	$32.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.07	$4.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.4	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$2.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.14	$3.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$3.35
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$15.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.59	$6.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$18.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$2.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$2.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$3.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.81
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$1.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$28.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$1.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.34	$6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.53	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$1.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.7	$69.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.6	$10
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.4	$71.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$7.24
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.3	$82.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$96.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$426	$1756
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10204	$22097

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Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$905
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$887
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$828
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$1009
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$904
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$874
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$924
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$816
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$899
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$861
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$910
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$875
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$781
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$767
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$804
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$927
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$826
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$915
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$856
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$1066
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$853
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$851
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$913
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$996
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$810
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$702
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$596
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$682
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$768
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$765
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$774
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$833
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$812
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$779
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$662
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1384
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$853
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$707
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$763
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$881

Cities near Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$771
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$731
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$687
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$731
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$596
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$678
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$699
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$688
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$707
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$651
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1190
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$713
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$682
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$675
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1074
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$694
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$665
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$763
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$682
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$707
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$831
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$625
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$625
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$679
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$755
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$651
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$524
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$645
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$631
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$720
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$617
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$703
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$789
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$677
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$740
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$696
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$652
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$690
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$898
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$645