Mexico City vs Valletta - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Mexico City	Valletta
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1190	$1649
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3028	$3939
🏠 One person rent	$611	$953
🏘️ Family rent	$1253	$1777
🍽️ Food expenses	$376	$507
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.2	$67.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$740	$1527
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	90	37
😀 Quality of life	68	72
🏙️ Population	9.21M	6.44K

The cost of living in Mexico City is 28% less expensive than in Valletta. Cities ranked 4630th and 3052nd ($1190 vs $1649) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 3rd in Mexico and Malta, respectively. Check Mexico vs Malta comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Mexico City compared to 0.9 months in Valletta. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Valletta ranked 7th in Malta, while ranked 3360th and 1891st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Valletta

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	Mexico City	Valletta
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.3	$15.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.2	$76.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.05	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$4.17
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.08	$2.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$838	$1035
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$489	$813
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1747	$2112
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1045	$1534
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.7	$58.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.9	$90.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.4	$37.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.25%	5.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2781	$8404
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2233	$4204
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$2.24
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.1	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.65	$29.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$1.26
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$1.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.39	$3.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.69	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.51	$9.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$3.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$2.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.93
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$7.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$1.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.82	$6.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$8.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.04	$4.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.29	$2.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.47	$2.48
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61	$60.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.09	$12.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.8	$18.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$11.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.6	$100
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$396	$692
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8550	$8876

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Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$835
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$783
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$723
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$884
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$734
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$775
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$835
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$731
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$794
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$757
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$816
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$772
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$844
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$729
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$734
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$843
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$704
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$811
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$792
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$939
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$789
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$797
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$828
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$941
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$763
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$623
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$504
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$601
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$660
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$748
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$691
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$723
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$729
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$694
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$589
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1223
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$659
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$674
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$709

Cities near Valletta

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.8 km or 1.1 mi	Sliema	$1771
1.9 km or 1.2 mi	Gzira	$1747
3.2 km or 2 mi	Zabbar	$1334
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	San Gwann	$1643
4.1 km or 2.6 mi	Birkirkara	$1591
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Marsaskala	$1341
6.4 km or 4 mi	Naxxar	$1519
7.1 km or 4.4 mi	Mosta	$1434
11 km or 7.1 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1649
116 km or 72 mi	Ragusa	$1172
132 km or 82 mi	Gela	$990
140 km or 87 mi	Niscemi	$1134
148 km or 92 mi	Syracuse	$1188
178 km or 111 mi	Agrigento	$1031
186 km or 115 mi	Catania	$1229
266 km or 166 mi	Reggio Calabria	$1160
267 km or 166 mi	Palermo	$1211
270 km or 168 mi	Messina	$1157
281 km or 175 mi	Marsala	$1086
295 km or 183 mi	Trapani	$1005
339 km or 211 mi	Vibo Valentia	$1356
344 km or 214 mi	Nabeul	$442
350 km or 217 mi	Sousse	$482
357 km or 222 mi	Tripoli	$496
362 km or 225 mi	Al-Khums	$432
364 km or 226 mi	Sfax	$462
376 km or 234 mi	Lamezia Terme	$1567
382 km or 237 mi	Catanzaro	$1212
386 km or 240 mi	Zawiya	$388
390 km or 242 mi	La Marsa	$522
392 km or 244 mi	Sabratha	$398
395 km or 245 mi	Misrata	$419
398 km or 247 mi	Zuwarah	$402
399 km or 248 mi	Kairouan	$453
401 km or 249 mi	Tunis	$563
401 km or 249 mi	Aryanah	$490
408 km or 254 mi	Cosenza	$1057
422 km or 262 mi	Crotone	$1272
437 km or 272 mi	Gharyan	$388
441 km or 274 mi	Bizerte	$344