Mexico City vs Taoyuan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Mexico City	Taoyuan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1428	$941
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3399	$2515
🏠 One person rent	$774	$378
🏘️ Family rent	$1379	$653
🍽️ Food expenses	$431	$351
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1028	$1212
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	93	93
😀 Quality of life	72	87
🏙️ Population	9.21M	2.35M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 52% more expensive than in Taoyuan. Cities ranked 4274th and 6085th ($1428 vs $941) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 6th in Mexico and Taiwan, respectively. Check Mexico vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Mexico City compared to 1.3 months in Taoyuan. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Taoyuan ranked 6th in Taiwan, while ranked 3354th and 373rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Taoyuan

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	Mexico City	Taoyuan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.7	$4.94
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$43.4	$25.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$5.68
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.53	$1.52
☕ Cappuccino	$4.24	$2.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.8	$1.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1035	$423
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$623	$294
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1886	$761
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1143	$528
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$37.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.1	$57.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.7	$20.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.35%	1.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3740	$8065
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2224	$5166
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.4	$38
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.19	$9.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.44	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$3.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.4	$1.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.93	$2.37
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$8.45
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.89	$7.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$19.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$3.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$2.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$2.24
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$1.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.4	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$9.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.83	$1.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.92	$5.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.97	$9.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.47	$7.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.97	$1.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.84	$2.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.2	$36.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.33	$9.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.8	$38
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.3	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.6	$71.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$82.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$473	$541
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11420	$17081

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Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$975
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$1008
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$969
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$1015
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$842
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$941
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$1040
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$880
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$982
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$917
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$1015
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$934
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$986
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$887
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$907
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$1032
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$771
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$987
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$971
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$1075
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$981
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$1004
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1041
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$1241
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$950
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$766
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$926
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$803
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$928
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$926
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$894
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$944
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$952
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$846
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$670
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1469
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$962
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$950
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$910
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$1023

Cities near Taoyuan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Zhubei	$882
25 km or 16 mi	Hsinchu	$937
29 km or 18 mi	New Taipei	$1108
39 km or 24 mi	Taipei	$1257
51 km or 32 mi	Miaoli	$709
55 km or 34 mi	Yilan	$796
61 km or 38 mi	Keelung	$997
96 km or 59 mi	Taichung	$957
111 km or 69 mi	Changhua	$888
117 km or 73 mi	Nantou	$879
144 km or 90 mi	Douliu	$889
171 km or 106 mi	Chiayi	$910
232 km or 144 mi	Putian	$668
233 km or 145 mi	Tainan	$910
233 km or 145 mi	Taitung	$841
237 km or 147 mi	Fuzhou	$656
264 km or 164 mi	Ningde	$654
265 km or 165 mi	Kaohsiung	$999
265 km or 165 mi	Quanzhou	$634
266 km or 165 mi	Jinjiang	$630
295 km or 183 mi	Kinmen	$903
302 km or 188 mi	Ishigaki	$1067
319 km or 198 mi	Xiamen	$723
330 km or 205 mi	Rui'an	$705
355 km or 220 mi	Wenzhou	$763
361 km or 224 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
364 km or 226 mi	Nanping	$682
393 km or 244 mi	Wenling	$677
393 km or 244 mi	Sanming	$634
410 km or 255 mi	Miyakojima	$1064
421 km or 261 mi	Lishui	$697
423 km or 263 mi	Longyan	$698
445 km or 277 mi	Linhai	$661
453 km or 282 mi	Wuyishan	$610
483 km or 300 mi	Chaozhou	$465
487 km or 303 mi	Shantou	$602
498 km or 309 mi	Jinhua	$598
509 km or 316 mi	Yiwu	$667
512 km or 318 mi	Quzhou	$617
513 km or 319 mi	Jieyang	$464