Mexico City vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Mexico City	Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1190	$841
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3028	$2737
🏠 One person rent	$611	$262
🏘️ Family rent	$1253	$782
🍽️ Food expenses	$376	$394
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.2	$78.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$740	$1275
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	90	74
😀 Quality of life	68	80
🏙️ Population	9.21M	1.87M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 41% more expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 4630th and 6292nd ($1190 vs $841) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 9th 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 Tainan. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Tainan ranked 7th in Taiwan, while ranked 3360th and 499th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Tainan

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	Mexico City	Tainan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.3	$4.68
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.2	$23.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.05	$5.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$1.58
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$3.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.08	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$838	$271
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$489	$168
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1747	$632
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1045	$693
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.7	$50.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.9	$77.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.4	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.25%	1.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2781	$2874
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2233	$2280
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.1	$20.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.65	$8.94
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$2.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$3.01
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.39	$2.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.69	$16.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.51	$9.48
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$17.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$4.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$2.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$2.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$3.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$2.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$2.4
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$1.62
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.82	$3.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$12.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.04	$5.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.29	$2.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.47	$2.21
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61	$36.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.09	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.8	$51.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$9.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.6	$57.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$86.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$396	$628
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8550	$18526

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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 Tainan

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
62 km or 38 mi	Chiayi	$707
89 km or 55 mi	Douliu	$761
102 km or 63 mi	Taitung	$801
116 km or 72 mi	Nantou	$818
126 km or 78 mi	Changhua	$841
139 km or 86 mi	Taichung	$931
188 km or 117 mi	Miaoli	$698
218 km or 135 mi	Hsinchu	$864
222 km or 138 mi	Zhubei	$828
233 km or 145 mi	Taoyuan	$868
249 km or 155 mi	Kinmen	$821
254 km or 158 mi	Yilan	$745
259 km or 161 mi	New Taipei	$1060
261 km or 162 mi	Jinjiang	$654
267 km or 166 mi	Taipei	$1158
269 km or 167 mi	Quanzhou	$666
271 km or 168 mi	Xiamen	$807
286 km or 178 mi	Keelung	$1028
298 km or 185 mi	Putian	$661
308 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
356 km or 221 mi	Fuzhou	$706
359 km or 223 mi	Shantou	$605
371 km or 230 mi	Chaozhou	$592
395 km or 246 mi	Jieyang	$691
397 km or 247 mi	Longyan	$713
412 km or 256 mi	Puning	$726
415 km or 258 mi	Ningde	$683
431 km or 268 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
439 km or 273 mi	Meizhou	$795
446 km or 277 mi	Sanming	$642
455 km or 283 mi	Nanping	$673
497 km or 309 mi	Shanwei	$1014
535 km or 333 mi	Rui'an	$719
556 km or 346 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
560 km or 348 mi	Wenzhou	$776
567 km or 352 mi	Heyuan	$801
573 km or 356 mi	Wuyishan	$643
590 km or 367 mi	Huizhou	$629
608 km or 378 mi	Lishui	$719