Mexico City vs Taoyuan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Mexico City	Taoyuan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1288	$861
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3248	$2376
🏠 One person rent	$663	$308
🏘️ Family rent	$1322	$629
🍽️ Food expenses	$407	$343
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$819	$1180
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	90	93
😀 Quality of life	66	86
🏙️ Population	9.21M	2.29M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 50% more expensive than in Taoyuan. Cities ranked 4206th and 6163rd ($1288 vs $861) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 10th 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 Taoyuan. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Taoyuan ranked 3rd in Taiwan, while ranked 4184th and 264th 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	$10.1	$3.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.4	$22.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.85	$4.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.87	$1.41
☕ Cappuccino	$3.86	$2.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$928	$313
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$229
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1792	$758
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1104	$491
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.7	$44.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.7	$67.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.1	$17.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.98%	1.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3145	$7365
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2277	$4810
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.9	$39
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.07	$9.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.4	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$3.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.14	$1.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.68
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$2.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$8.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.59	$6.25
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$2.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$3.93
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$2.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$2.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$12.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$1.58
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.34	$3.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$9.69
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.53	$7.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$1.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$2.73
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.7	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.6	$8.91
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.4	$36.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.3	$76.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$78.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$426	$315
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10204	$13937

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Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$905
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$887
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$828
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$1009
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$904
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$874
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$924
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$816
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$899
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$861
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$910
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$875
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$781
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$767
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$804
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$927
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$826
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$915
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$856
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$1066
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$853
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$851
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$913
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$996
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$810
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$702
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$596
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$682
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$768
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$765
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$774
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$833
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$812
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$779
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$662
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1384
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$853
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$707
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$763
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$881

Cities near Taoyuan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Zhubei	$917
25 km or 16 mi	Hsinchu	$860
29 km or 18 mi	New Taipei	$1011
39 km or 24 mi	Taipei	$1169
51 km or 32 mi	Miaoli	$746
55 km or 34 mi	Yilan	$863
61 km or 38 mi	Keelung	$860
96 km or 59 mi	Taichung	$995
111 km or 69 mi	Changhua	$890
117 km or 73 mi	Nantou	$857
144 km or 90 mi	Douliu	$791
171 km or 106 mi	Chiayi	$725
232 km or 144 mi	Putian	$675
233 km or 145 mi	Tainan	$913
233 km or 145 mi	Taitung	$952
237 km or 147 mi	Fuzhou	$664
264 km or 164 mi	Ningde	$694
265 km or 165 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
265 km or 165 mi	Quanzhou	$689
266 km or 165 mi	Jinjiang	$676
295 km or 183 mi	Kinmen	$851
302 km or 188 mi	Ishigaki	$1114
319 km or 198 mi	Xiamen	$721
330 km or 205 mi	Rui'an	$744
355 km or 220 mi	Wenzhou	$787
361 km or 224 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
364 km or 226 mi	Nanping	$678
393 km or 244 mi	Wenling	$735
393 km or 244 mi	Sanming	$667
410 km or 255 mi	Miyakojima	$1115
421 km or 261 mi	Lishui	$741
423 km or 263 mi	Longyan	$713
445 km or 277 mi	Linhai	$719
453 km or 282 mi	Wuyishan	$655
483 km or 300 mi	Chaozhou	$588
487 km or 303 mi	Shantou	$589
498 km or 309 mi	Jinhua	$811
509 km or 316 mi	Yiwu	$725
512 km or 318 mi	Quzhou	$644
513 km or 319 mi	Jieyang	$716