Mexico City vs Tirana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mexico City	Tirana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1160	$1015
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2923	$2462
🏠 One person rent	$603	$464
🏘️ Family rent	$1214	$807
🍽️ Food expenses	$374	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.2	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$709	$698
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	92	45
😀 Quality of life	67	67
🏙️ Population	9.21M	418K

The cost of living in Mexico City is 14% more expensive than in Tirana. Cities ranked 4604th and 5400th ($1160 vs $1015) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 1st in Mexico and Albania, respectively. Check Mexico vs Albania comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Mexico City compared to 0.7 months in Tirana. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Tirana ranked 1st in Albania, while ranked 3470th and 3525th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Tirana

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	Mexico City	Tirana
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.1	$9.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.5	$45.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.02	$8.29
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$3.69	$1.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$1.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$846	$525
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$475	$340
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1732	$1004
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$998	$605
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.8	$68.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.3	$104
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.7	$18
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.34%	5.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2952	$3096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2197	$1560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.9	$16.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.96	$26.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$2.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.11	$0.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.43	$3.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.12	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.41	$6.98
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$14.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$1.9
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.4	$11.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.89	$3.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.17	$6.99
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.39	$4.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.79	$2.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$3.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.6	$41.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.97	$8.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45	$30.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.2	$57.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.8	$99.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$401	$255
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9034	$5391

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Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$800
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$747
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$761
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$696
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$752
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$858
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$632
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$825
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$981
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$788
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$821
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$983
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$770
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$485
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$638
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$635
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$717
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$693
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$724
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$725
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$700
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$574
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$634
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$667
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$804

Cities near Tirana

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Kamez	$935
30 km or 19 mi	Durres	$772
33 km or 20 mi	Elbasan	$639
70 km or 44 mi	Berat	$749
72 km or 45 mi	Fier	$614
83 km or 52 mi	Ulcinj	$965
85 km or 53 mi	Ohrid	$636
86 km or 54 mi	Shkoder	$679
102 km or 63 mi	Vlore	$746
104 km or 65 mi	Bar	$972
112 km or 70 mi	Korce	$765
122 km or 76 mi	Tetovo	$682
131 km or 81 mi	Bitola	$635
132 km or 82 mi	Podgorica	$975
133 km or 83 mi	Budva	$1117
140 km or 87 mi	Cetinje	$816
141 km or 88 mi	Plav	$1030
145 km or 90 mi	Prilep	$537
150 km or 93 mi	Kotor	$1150
152 km or 95 mi	Skopje	$772
162 km or 100 mi	Sarande	$987
168 km or 105 mi	Veles	$545
169 km or 105 mi	Berane	$1070
175 km or 109 mi	Brindisi	$1164
176 km or 110 mi	Lecce	$1182
181 km or 112 mi	Ptolemaida	$1042
181 km or 113 mi	Kumanovo	$588
182 km or 113 mi	Mojkovac	$1070
183 km or 114 mi	Kavadarci	$556
186 km or 115 mi	Pristina	$595
190 km or 118 mi	Corfu	$1056
192 km or 119 mi	Cavtat	$1187
193 km or 120 mi	Mitrovica	$463
199 km or 124 mi	Ostuni	$1199
201 km or 125 mi	Kozani	$943
202 km or 126 mi	Stip	$561
203 km or 126 mi	Dubrovnik	$1227
205 km or 127 mi	Ioannina	$930
210 km or 131 mi	Novi Pazar	$662
219 km or 136 mi	Veria	$1027