Mexico City vs Tianjin - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Mexico City	Tianjin
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1288	$688
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3248	$2056
🏠 One person rent	$663	$286
🏘️ Family rent	$1322	$615
🍽️ Food expenses	$407	$245
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$65.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$819	$1041
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	90	90
😀 Quality of life	66	73
🏙️ Population	9.21M	13.9M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 87% more expensive than in Tianjin. Cities ranked 4206th and 6886th ($1288 vs $688) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 104th in Mexico and China, respectively. Check Mexico vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Mexico City compared to 1.5 months in Tianjin. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Tianjin ranked 8th in China, while ranked 4184th and 1662nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Tianjin

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	Mexico City	Tianjin
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.1	$4.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.4	$27.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.85	$5.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.87	$1.12
☕ Cappuccino	$3.86	$4.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$928	$410
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$189
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1792	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1104	$454
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.7	$43
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.7	$65.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.1	$10.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.98%	5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3145	$7346
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2277	$2792
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.9	$11.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.07	$3.94
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.4	$1.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$1.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.14	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$1.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.59	$2.98
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$9.65
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.44
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.23
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$0.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$0.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$0.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.34	$2.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$4.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.53	$3.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$1.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.78
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.7	$13.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.6	$6.95
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.4	$70.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$3.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.3	$42.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$76.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$426	$547
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10204	$16123

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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 Tianjin

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Binhai	$667
60 km or 37 mi	Langfang	$733
71 km or 44 mi	Bazhou	$650
87 km or 54 mi	Huanghua	$607
93 km or 58 mi	Sanhe	$772
99 km or 61 mi	Cangzhou	$633
99 km or 62 mi	Tangshan	$677
107 km or 67 mi	Renqiu	$583
109 km or 68 mi	Beijing	$1065
111 km or 69 mi	Zhuozhou	$713
117 km or 73 mi	Gaobeidian	$633
124 km or 77 mi	Hejian	$587
131 km or 82 mi	Botou	$594
133 km or 82 mi	Zunhua	$678
144 km or 90 mi	Luanzhou	$637
152 km or 94 mi	Baoding	$466
157 km or 98 mi	Laoling	$572
160 km or 99 mi	Qian'an	$643
182 km or 113 mi	Anguo	$539
192 km or 119 mi	Shenzhou	$592
204 km or 127 mi	Dezhou	$621
205 km or 127 mi	Dingzhou	$549
205 km or 128 mi	Hengshui	$650
209 km or 130 mi	Binzhou	$506
212 km or 132 mi	Chengde	$700
218 km or 136 mi	Dongying	$555
219 km or 136 mi	Xinji	$569
223 km or 138 mi	Qinhuangdao	$667
225 km or 140 mi	Jinzhou	$545
228 km or 142 mi	Jizhou	$598
237 km or 147 mi	Xinle	$525
241 km or 150 mi	Gaocheng	$527
242 km or 150 mi	Pingquan	$633
251 km or 156 mi	Yucheng	$570
255 km or 158 mi	Nangong	$587
258 km or 161 mi	Zouping	$538
265 km or 164 mi	Shijiazhuang	$486
271 km or 168 mi	Zhangjiakou	$658
273 km or 170 mi	Zibo	$525
276 km or 172 mi	Jinan	$600