Mexico City vs Vilnius - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Mexico City	Vilnius
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1331	$1414
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3182	$3338
🏠 One person rent	$721	$764
🏘️ Family rent	$1296	$1283
🍽️ Food expenses	$410	$436
🚐 Transport expenses	$93.3	$86.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$892	$1836
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	92	61
😀 Quality of life	72	83
🏙️ Population	9.21M	581K

The cost of living in Mexico City is 6% less expensive than in Vilnius. Cities ranked 4418th and 4221st ($1331 vs $1414) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1st in Mexico and Lithuania, respectively. Check Mexico vs Lithuania comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Mexico City compared to 1.3 months in Vilnius. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Vilnius ranked 1st in Lithuania, while ranked 3317th and 544th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Vilnius

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	Mexico City	Vilnius
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12	$12.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$41.1	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.8	$8.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$5.39
☕ Cappuccino	$4.26	$3.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.71	$2.09
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$988	$763
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$578	$547
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1819	$1376
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1067	$933
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.9	$159
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.8	$246
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30	$15.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.71%	4.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3569	$6130
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2491	$3717
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$1.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.5	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.33	$11.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.34	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$1.48
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$3.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.93	$7.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$1.57
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$2.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$3.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$0.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$0.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.07	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$11.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.35	$5.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.69	$4.7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.07	$2.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.99	$2.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.3	$38.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.98	$9.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$44.1	$54.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$20.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.7	$78.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.9	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$427	$609
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11015	$9582

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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 Vilnius

Distance	City	Cost of living
77 km or 48 mi	Jonava	$865
86 km or 53 mi	Alytus	$883
90 km or 56 mi	Kaunas	$1334
93 km or 58 mi	Utena	$974
125 km or 78 mi	Marijampole	$920
130 km or 81 mi	Panevezys	$988
148 km or 92 mi	Grodno	$349
153 km or 95 mi	Daugavpils	$929
166 km or 103 mi	Suwalki	$1113
171 km or 107 mi	Minsk	$735
180 km or 112 mi	Baranavichy	$517
186 km or 116 mi	Siauliai	$967
205 km or 127 mi	Jekabpils	$894
214 km or 133 mi	Elk	$1125
215 km or 133 mi	Barysaw	$561
223 km or 138 mi	Bialystok	$1148
240 km or 149 mi	Jelgava	$889
240 km or 149 mi	Rezekne	$840
241 km or 150 mi	Ogre	$1046
259 km or 161 mi	Mazeikiai	$864
262 km or 163 mi	Riga	$1270
269 km or 167 mi	Lomza	$993
271 km or 168 mi	Jurmala	$1419
286 km or 178 mi	Klaipeda	$1057
290 km or 180 mi	Pinsk	$426
301 km or 187 mi	Ostroleka	$1113
307 km or 191 mi	Kaliningrad	$829
308 km or 192 mi	Brest	$528
310 km or 192 mi	Babruysk	$406
317 km or 197 mi	Vitebsk	$293
318 km or 197 mi	Valmiera	$928
327 km or 203 mi	Olsztyn	$1182
328 km or 204 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1079
336 km or 209 mi	Liepaja	$1034
339 km or 211 mi	Mogilev	$545
342 km or 212 mi	Siedlce	$1009
366 km or 228 mi	Ciechanow	$1241
379 km or 236 mi	Ventspils	$968
385 km or 239 mi	Elblag	$1074
390 km or 242 mi	Otwock	$1522