Mexico City vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mexico City	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1160	$1181
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2923	$3254
🏠 One person rent	$603	$567
🏘️ Family rent	$1214	$1230
🍽️ Food expenses	$374	$408
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.2	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$709	$1684
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	92	95
😀 Quality of life	67	86
🏙️ Population	9.21M	2.6M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 2% less expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 4604th and 4534th ($1160 vs $1181) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 1st 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 1.4 months in Taipei. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 3470th and 339th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Taipei

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	Mexico City	Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.1	$6.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.5	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.02	$4.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$2.83
☕ Cappuccino	$3.69	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$846	$613
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$475	$468
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1732	$1547
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$998	$1030
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.8	$46.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.3	$72.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.7	$23.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.34%	2.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2952	$13635
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2197	$6907
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.9	$36.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.96	$8.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$2.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.11	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$2.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.43	$2.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.12	$17.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.41	$8.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$4.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$2.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$3.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.4	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.89	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.17	$9.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.39	$7.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.79	$1.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$2.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.6	$38.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.97	$9.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45	$32.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.2	$56.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.8	$85.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$401	$617
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9034	$19749

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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 Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1073
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$967
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$875
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$731
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$821
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$897
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$728
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$894
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$813
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$796
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$770
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$747
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$669
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$625
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$788
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$814
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$648
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$644
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$627
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$681
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$823
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$726
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$688
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$671
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$630
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$682
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$603
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$661
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$649
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$601
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$587
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$677
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$616
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$671
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$451
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$581