Mexico City vs The Hague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Mexico City	The Hague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1331	$2581
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3182	$6268
🏠 One person rent	$721	$1568
🏘️ Family rent	$1296	$2779
🍽️ Food expenses	$410	$633
🚐 Transport expenses	$93.3	$218
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$892	$4532
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	16 km
🎓 Higher education	92	92
😀 Quality of life	72	95
🏙️ Population	9.21M	548K

The cost of living in Mexico City is 48% less expensive than in The Hague. Cities ranked 4418th and 749th ($1331 vs $2581) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 7th in Mexico and the Netherlands, respectively. Check Mexico vs the Netherlands comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Mexico City compared to 1.8 months in The Hague. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs The Hague ranked 2nd in the Netherlands, while ranked 3317th and 43rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs The Hague

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	Mexico City	The Hague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12	$20.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$41.1	$93.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.8	$13.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$7.24
☕ Cappuccino	$4.26	$4.43
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.71	$3.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$988	$1628
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$578	$1311
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1819	$2964
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1067	$2396
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.9	$147
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.8	$223
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30	$46.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.71%	3.37%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3569	$5956
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2491	$4459
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$3.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.5	$119
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.33	$33.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.34	$2.29
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$2.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$4.96
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$15.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.93	$15.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$16.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$2.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$4.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.07	$4.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$6.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.35	$14.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$8.07
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.69	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.07	$2.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.99	$2.78
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.3	$44.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.98	$16.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$44.1	$38.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$25.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.7	$125
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.9	$128
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$427	$2532
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11015	$12471

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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 The Hague

Distance	City	Cost of living
4 km or 2.5 mi	Scheveningen	$2374
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Leidschendam	$2392
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Delft	$2228
14 km or 8.5 mi	Oegstgeest	$2134
14 km or 9 mi	Leiden	$2222
21 km or 13 mi	Rotterdam	$2615
31 km or 19 mi	Ridderkerk	$2329
35 km or 22 mi	Zandvoort	$1846
40 km or 25 mi	Haarlem	$2589
43 km or 27 mi	Sliedrecht	$2262
46 km or 29 mi	IJmuiden	$2252
52 km or 32 mi	Amsterdam	$3118
55 km or 34 mi	Utrecht	$2718
61 km or 38 mi	Hilversum	$2568
61 km or 38 mi	Etten-Leur	$2057
62 km or 38 mi	Roosendaal	$2175
63 km or 39 mi	Zeist	$2414
64 km or 40 mi	Purmerend	$2178
64 km or 40 mi	Breda	$2087
65 km or 40 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$2224
68 km or 42 mi	Huizen	$2256
70 km or 43 mi	Almere	$2230
70 km or 44 mi	Zaltbommel	$2302
71 km or 44 mi	Goes	$2374
75 km or 47 mi	Langedijk	$2235
77 km or 48 mi	Tilburg	$2238
80 km or 49 mi	Tiel	$2706
81 km or 50 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$2263
81 km or 50 mi	Middelburg	$2089
82 km or 51 mi	Hoogstraten	$1701
85 km or 53 mi	Veenendaal	$1829
92 km or 57 mi	Ede	$1860
93 km or 58 mi	Lelystad	$1514
93 km or 58 mi	Wageningen	$2318
93 km or 58 mi	Harderwijk	$2111
95 km or 59 mi	Turnhout	$1639
97 km or 60 mi	Antwerp	$1818
98 km or 61 mi	Beveren	$1804
101 km or 62 mi	Uden	$2359
102 km or 63 mi	Mortsel	$1696