Mexico City vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Mexico City	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1288	$792
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3248	$2074
🏠 One person rent	$663	$380
🏘️ Family rent	$1322	$826
🍽️ Food expenses	$407	$292
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$43.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$819	$365
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	90	43
😀 Quality of life	66	55
🏙️ Population	9.21M	1.4M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 63% more expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 4206th and 6405th ($1288 vs $792) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 1st in Mexico and Mongolia, respectively. Check Mexico vs Mongolia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Mexico City compared to 0.5 months in Ulaanbaatar. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 4184th and 5931st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Ulaanbaatar

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	Mexico City	Ulaanbaatar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.1	$4.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.4	$29
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.85	$4.34
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.87	$1.74
☕ Cappuccino	$3.86	$2.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$0.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$928	$430
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$290
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1792	$1038
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1104	$664
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.7	$49.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.7	$75.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.1	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.98%	6.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3145	$1426
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2277	$885
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.9	$7.97
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.07	$5.25
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.4	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.14	$0.76
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$1.96
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.59	$4.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$5.46
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$3.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$2.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$3.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$3.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$0.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$1.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$8.67
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.34	$1.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.53	$3.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$2.64
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.7	$63.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.6	$4.33
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.4	$20.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.3	$53.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$80.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$426	$150
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10204	$5952

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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 Ulaanbaatar

Distance	City	Cost of living
268 km or 167 mi	Bulgan	$759
437 km or 272 mi	Ulan-Ude	$576
520 km or 323 mi	Irkutsk	$607
559 km or 347 mi	Angarsk	$589
656 km or 408 mi	Chita	$491
794 km or 493 mi	Manzhouli	$674
798 km or 496 mi	Bayannur	$997
835 km or 519 mi	Xilinhot	$679
840 km or 522 mi	Baotou	$673
875 km or 544 mi	Hohhot	$563
914 km or 568 mi	Ulanqab	$640
917 km or 570 mi	Wuhai	$1345
934 km or 581 mi	Ordos	$674
954 km or 593 mi	Hulunbuir	$677
969 km or 602 mi	Fengzhen	$640
985 km or 612 mi	Bratsk	$444
992 km or 616 mi	Shizuishan	$776
1008 km or 626 mi	Datong	$707
1012 km or 629 mi	Zhangjiakou	$658
1025 km or 637 mi	Yakeshi	$647
1028 km or 639 mi	Huairen	$643
1050 km or 652 mi	Shenmu	$614
1051 km or 653 mi	Yinchuan	$535
1051 km or 653 mi	Shuozhou	$625
1094 km or 680 mi	Lingwu	$573
1103 km or 685 mi	Qingtongxia	$578
1106 km or 687 mi	Wuzhong	$603
1113 km or 692 mi	Jinchang	$593
1124 km or 698 mi	Yuanping	$572
1126 km or 700 mi	Zhangye	$504
1131 km or 703 mi	Chifeng	$602
1131 km or 703 mi	Jiuquan	$510
1156 km or 718 mi	Xinzhou	$576
1164 km or 723 mi	Wuwei	$581
1165 km or 724 mi	Chengde	$700
1166 km or 724 mi	Ulanhot	$560
1166 km or 724 mi	Zhongwei	$628
1169 km or 726 mi	Beijing	$1065
1169 km or 727 mi	Yumen	$666
1176 km or 731 mi	Zalantun	$625