Mexico City vs Tehran - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Mexico City	Tehran
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1331	$684
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3182	$1715
🏠 One person rent	$721	$312
🏘️ Family rent	$1296	$550
🍽️ Food expenses	$410	$176
🚐 Transport expenses	$93.3	$39.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$892	$240
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	92	96
😀 Quality of life	72	66
🏙️ Population	9.21M	8.69M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 95% more expensive than in Tehran. Cities ranked 4418th and 7204th ($1331 vs $684) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 6th in Mexico and Iran, respectively. Check Mexico vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Mexico City compared to 0.4 months in Tehran. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Tehran ranked 1st in Iran, while ranked 3317th and 5113th 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	$12	$3.89
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$41.1	$17.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.8	$4.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$0.7
☕ Cappuccino	$4.26	$1.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.71	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$988	$385
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$578	$275
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1819	$699
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1067	$488
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.9	$9.06
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.8	$14.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30	$5.88
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.71%	25.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3569	$1528
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2491	$958
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.5	$6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.33	$2.77
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.34	$0.66
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$0.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$0.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$1.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$3.75
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.93	$3.09
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$0.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$0.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$0.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$0.49
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.07	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$1.01
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$0.48
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.35	$2.58
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$4.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.69	$4.64
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.07	$2.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.99	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.3	$21.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.98	$1.49
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$44.1	$103
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$55.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.7	$25.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.9	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$427	$124
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11015	$2007

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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 Tehran

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Golestan	$628
12 km or 7.6 mi	Ray	$622
27 km or 17 mi	Eslamshahr	$623
27 km or 17 mi	Nasimshahr	$624
28 km or 17 mi	Qods	$638
32 km or 20 mi	Qarchak	$607
33 km or 20 mi	Shahriar	$635
34 km or 21 mi	Pakdasht	$604
36 km or 23 mi	Pardis	$598
38 km or 23 mi	Andisheh	$637
39 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$611
39 km or 24 mi	Fardis	$640
40 km or 25 mi	Malard	$641
43 km or 26 mi	Karaj	$704
46 km or 28 mi	Mohammadshahr	$642
52 km or 32 mi	Varamin	$588
52 km or 33 mi	Kamal Shahr	$644
78 km or 49 mi	Nazarabad	$598
120 km or 75 mi	Amol	$530
121 km or 75 mi	Khak-e Ali	$561
122 km or 76 mi	Saveh	$503
127 km or 79 mi	Qom	$448
142 km or 88 mi	Qazvin	$582
148 km or 92 mi	Babol	$372
155 km or 96 mi	Qaem Shahr	$501
176 km or 109 mi	Sari	$643
178 km or 111 mi	Semnan	$542
191 km or 119 mi	Kashan	$515
210 km or 130 mi	Lahijan	$497
239 km or 148 mi	Arak	$538
240 km or 149 mi	Rasht	$472
282 km or 175 mi	Hamadan	$430
283 km or 176 mi	Malayer	$457
284 km or 177 mi	Zanjan	$426
302 km or 188 mi	Gorgan	$658
315 km or 196 mi	Borujerd	$494
316 km or 196 mi	Shahin Shahr	$484
326 km or 202 mi	Dorud	$508
333 km or 207 mi	Shahrud	$564
334 km or 207 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$488