Mexico City vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Mexico City	Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1331	$894
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3182	$2330
🏠 One person rent	$721	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$1296	$440
🍽️ Food expenses	$410	$430
🚐 Transport expenses	$93.3	$81.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$892	$1477
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	92	74
😀 Quality of life	72	83
🏙️ Population	9.21M	1.87M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 49% more expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 4418th and 6262nd ($1331 vs $894) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 12th in Mexico and Taiwan, respectively. Check Mexico vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Mexico City compared to 1.7 months in Tainan. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Tainan ranked 8th in Taiwan, while ranked 3317th and 549th 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	$12	$6.54
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$41.1	$26
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.8	$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$2.92
☕ Cappuccino	$4.26	$3.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.71	$1.12
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$988	$282
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$578	$171
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1819	$501
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1067	$305
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.9	$47.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.8	$73.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30	$21.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.71%	1.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3569	$3267
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2491	$2457
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$0.59
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.5	$21.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.33	$9.23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.34	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$3.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$1.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$2.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$2.64
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$18.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.93	$9.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$4.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$3.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$4.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$2.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.7
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.07	$1.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$16.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$1.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.35	$3.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$12.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.69	$5.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.07	$2.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.99	$2.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.3	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.98	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$44.1	$66.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.7	$66.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.9	$88.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$427	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11015	$6518

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Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$908
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$932
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$898
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$942
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$777
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$869
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$962
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$818
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$904
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$851
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$938
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$868
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$926
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$819
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$842
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$977
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$717
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$914
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$905
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$998
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$912
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$936
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$981
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$1184
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$875
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$724
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$860
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$764
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$858
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$873
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$846
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$875
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$894
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$784
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$643
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1491
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$893
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$896
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$860
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$1030

Cities near Tainan

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
62 km or 38 mi	Chiayi	$914
89 km or 55 mi	Douliu	$894
102 km or 63 mi	Taitung	$854
116 km or 72 mi	Nantou	$894
126 km or 78 mi	Changhua	$914
139 km or 86 mi	Taichung	$1006
188 km or 117 mi	Miaoli	$695
218 km or 135 mi	Hsinchu	$993
222 km or 138 mi	Zhubei	$868
233 km or 145 mi	Taoyuan	$942
249 km or 155 mi	Kinmen	$901
254 km or 158 mi	Yilan	$802
259 km or 161 mi	New Taipei	$1135
261 km or 162 mi	Jinjiang	$615
267 km or 166 mi	Taipei	$1313
269 km or 167 mi	Quanzhou	$621
271 km or 168 mi	Xiamen	$707
286 km or 178 mi	Keelung	$1030
298 km or 185 mi	Putian	$634
308 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
356 km or 221 mi	Fuzhou	$628
359 km or 223 mi	Shantou	$589
371 km or 230 mi	Chaozhou	$454
395 km or 246 mi	Jieyang	$451
397 km or 247 mi	Longyan	$697
412 km or 256 mi	Puning	$579
415 km or 258 mi	Ningde	$628
431 km or 268 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
439 km or 273 mi	Meizhou	$669
446 km or 277 mi	Sanming	$616
455 km or 283 mi	Nanping	$671
497 km or 309 mi	Shanwei	$941
535 km or 333 mi	Rui'an	$700
556 km or 346 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
560 km or 348 mi	Wenzhou	$753
567 km or 352 mi	Heyuan	$766
573 km or 356 mi	Wuyishan	$600
590 km or 367 mi	Huizhou	$608
608 km or 378 mi	Lishui	$696