Mexico City vs Taichung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Mexico City	Taichung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1190	$931
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3028	$2751
🏠 One person rent	$611	$346
🏘️ Family rent	$1253	$902
🍽️ Food expenses	$376	$369
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.2	$99.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$740	$1368
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	90	84
😀 Quality of life	68	80
🏙️ Population	9.21M	3.03M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 28% more expensive than in Taichung. Cities ranked 4630th and 6052nd ($1190 vs $931) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 5th in Mexico and Taiwan, respectively. Check Mexico vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Mexico City compared to 1.5 months in Taichung. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Taichung ranked 6th in Taiwan, while ranked 3360th and 496th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Taichung

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	Mexico City	Taichung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.3	$3.77
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.2	$31.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.05	$5.03
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$2.5
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.08	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$838	$346
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$489	$265
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1747	$984
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1045	$770
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.7	$45.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.9	$70.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.4	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.25%	1.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2781	$6258
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2233	$4300
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$0.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.1	$28.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.65	$8.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$3.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$1.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.39	$3.34
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.69	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.51	$5.74
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$16.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$4.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$2.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$3.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$2.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.99
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$1.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$15.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$1.57
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.82	$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$10.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.04	$6.85
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.29	$1.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.47	$2.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61	$32.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.09	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.8	$42.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$13.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.6	$93.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$91.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$396	$313
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8550	$13638

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Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$835
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$783
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$723
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$884
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$734
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$775
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$835
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$731
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$794
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$757
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$816
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$772
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$844
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$729
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$734
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$843
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$704
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$811
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$792
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$939
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$789
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$797
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$828
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$941
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$763
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$623
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$504
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$601
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$660
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$748
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$691
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$723
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$729
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$694
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$589
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1223
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$659
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$674
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$709

Cities near Taichung

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Changhua	$841
26 km or 16 mi	Nantou	$818
49 km or 31 mi	Miaoli	$698
51 km or 32 mi	Douliu	$761
78 km or 48 mi	Chiayi	$707
79 km or 49 mi	Hsinchu	$864
84 km or 52 mi	Zhubei	$828
96 km or 59 mi	Taoyuan	$868
124 km or 77 mi	New Taipei	$1060
129 km or 80 mi	Yilan	$745
133 km or 82 mi	Taipei	$1158
139 km or 86 mi	Tainan	$841
154 km or 96 mi	Keelung	$1028
162 km or 101 mi	Taitung	$801
175 km or 108 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
220 km or 137 mi	Putian	$661
224 km or 139 mi	Jinjiang	$654
227 km or 141 mi	Quanzhou	$666
239 km or 149 mi	Kinmen	$821
255 km or 159 mi	Fuzhou	$706
264 km or 164 mi	Xiamen	$807
303 km or 188 mi	Ningde	$683
307 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
354 km or 220 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
374 km or 232 mi	Nanping	$673
383 km or 238 mi	Longyan	$713
385 km or 239 mi	Sanming	$642
403 km or 251 mi	Rui'an	$719
413 km or 257 mi	Shantou	$605
414 km or 257 mi	Chaozhou	$592
428 km or 266 mi	Wenzhou	$776
442 km or 275 mi	Jieyang	$691
461 km or 287 mi	Meizhou	$795
467 km or 290 mi	Puning	$726
473 km or 294 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
476 km or 295 mi	Wenling	$712
480 km or 298 mi	Wuyishan	$643
484 km or 301 mi	Lishui	$719
525 km or 326 mi	Linhai	$702
548 km or 341 mi	Shangrao	$716