Mexico City vs Tehran - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Mexico City	Tehran
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1190	$797
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3028	$2203
🏠 One person rent	$611	$351
🏘️ Family rent	$1253	$774
🍽️ Food expenses	$376	$246
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.2	$48.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$740	$266
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	90	96
😀 Quality of life	68	60
🏙️ Population	9.21M	8.69M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 49% more expensive than in Tehran. Cities ranked 4630th and 6443rd ($1190 vs $797) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 8th in Mexico and Iran, respectively. Check Mexico vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Mexico City compared to 0.3 months in Tehran. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Tehran ranked 1st in Iran, while ranked 3360th and 5234th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Tehran

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	Mexico City	Tehran
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.3	$4.29
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.2	$25
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.05	$5.04
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$0.81
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$1.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.08	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$838	$447
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$489	$306
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1747	$1007
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1045	$688
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.7	$10
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.9	$15.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.4	$6.91
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.25%	24.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2781	$2380
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2233	$1515
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.1	$10.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.65	$2.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$0.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.39	$1.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.69	$4.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.51	$4.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$0.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$0.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$0.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$1.66
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$0.57
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.82	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$19.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.04	$4.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.29	$2.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.47	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61	$19
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.09	$1.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.8	$120
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$33.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.6	$35.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$135
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$396	$124
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8550	$1838

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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 Tehran

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Golestan	$722
12 km or 7.6 mi	Ray	$720
27 km or 17 mi	Eslamshahr	$716
27 km or 17 mi	Nasimshahr	$706
28 km or 17 mi	Qods	$706
32 km or 20 mi	Qarchak	$693
33 km or 20 mi	Shahriar	$708
34 km or 21 mi	Pakdasht	$689
36 km or 23 mi	Pardis	$675
38 km or 23 mi	Andisheh	$696
39 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$690
39 km or 24 mi	Fardis	$699
40 km or 25 mi	Malard	$701
43 km or 26 mi	Karaj	$741
46 km or 28 mi	Mohammadshahr	$697
52 km or 32 mi	Varamin	$673
52 km or 33 mi	Kamal Shahr	$693
78 km or 49 mi	Nazarabad	$659
120 km or 75 mi	Amol	$550
121 km or 75 mi	Khak-e Ali	$615
122 km or 76 mi	Saveh	$542
127 km or 79 mi	Qom	$472
142 km or 88 mi	Qazvin	$627
148 km or 92 mi	Babol	$468
155 km or 96 mi	Qaem Shahr	$564
176 km or 109 mi	Sari	$670
178 km or 111 mi	Semnan	$607
191 km or 119 mi	Kashan	$575
210 km or 130 mi	Lahijan	$578
239 km or 148 mi	Arak	$462
240 km or 149 mi	Rasht	$559
282 km or 175 mi	Hamadan	$453
283 km or 176 mi	Malayer	$470
284 km or 177 mi	Zanjan	$474
302 km or 188 mi	Gorgan	$689
315 km or 196 mi	Borujerd	$513
316 km or 196 mi	Shahin Shahr	$554
326 km or 202 mi	Dorud	$518
333 km or 207 mi	Shahrud	$603
334 km or 207 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$564