Mexico City vs Taichung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mexico City	Taichung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1160	$894
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2923	$2706
🏠 One person rent	$603	$308
🏘️ Family rent	$1214	$820
🍽️ Food expenses	$374	$351
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.2	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$709	$1355
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	92	84
😀 Quality of life	67	81
🏙️ Population	9.21M	3.03M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 30% more expensive than in Taichung. Cities ranked 4604th and 6071st ($1160 vs $894) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 6th 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 7th in Taiwan, while ranked 3470th and 521st 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	$11.1	$4.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.5	$24.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.02	$4.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$2.43
☕ Cappuccino	$3.69	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$846	$306
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$475	$237
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1732	$1000
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$998	$676
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.8	$39.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.3	$61.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.7	$17.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.34%	2.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2952	$5817
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2197	$3737
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.7
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.9	$33.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.96	$12.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$3.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.11	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.43	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.12	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.41	$6.63
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$4.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.4	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$1.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.89	$3.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.17	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.39	$6.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.79	$1.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.6	$31.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.97	$9.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45	$38.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$13.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.2	$90.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.8	$91.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$401	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9034	$18658

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Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$800
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$747
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$761
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$696
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$752
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$858
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$632
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$825
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$981
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$788
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$821
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$983
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$770
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$485
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$638
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$635
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$717
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$693
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$724
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$725
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$700
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$574
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$634
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$667
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$804

Cities near Taichung

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Changhua	$813
26 km or 16 mi	Nantou	$796
49 km or 31 mi	Miaoli	$728
51 km or 32 mi	Douliu	$770
78 km or 48 mi	Chiayi	$747
79 km or 49 mi	Hsinchu	$897
84 km or 52 mi	Zhubei	$821
96 km or 59 mi	Taoyuan	$875
124 km or 77 mi	New Taipei	$1073
129 km or 80 mi	Yilan	$731
133 km or 82 mi	Taipei	$1181
139 km or 86 mi	Tainan	$814
154 km or 96 mi	Keelung	$967
162 km or 101 mi	Taitung	$788
175 km or 108 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
220 km or 137 mi	Putian	$625
224 km or 139 mi	Jinjiang	$627
227 km or 141 mi	Quanzhou	$644
239 km or 149 mi	Kinmen	$823
255 km or 159 mi	Fuzhou	$669
264 km or 164 mi	Xiamen	$688
303 km or 188 mi	Ningde	$648
307 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
354 km or 220 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
374 km or 232 mi	Nanping	$630
383 km or 238 mi	Longyan	$649
385 km or 239 mi	Sanming	$603
403 km or 251 mi	Rui'an	$681
413 km or 257 mi	Shantou	$581
414 km or 257 mi	Chaozhou	$451
428 km or 266 mi	Wenzhou	$726
442 km or 275 mi	Jieyang	$443
461 km or 287 mi	Meizhou	$655
467 km or 290 mi	Puning	$569
473 km or 294 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
476 km or 295 mi	Wenling	$671
480 km or 298 mi	Wuyishan	$601
484 km or 301 mi	Lishui	$682
525 km or 326 mi	Linhai	$661
548 km or 341 mi	Shangrao	$671