Mexico City vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Mexico City	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1194	$1776
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3024	$4139
🏠 One person rent	$615	$1065
🏘️ Family rent	$1248	$1858
🍽️ Food expenses	$377	$441
🚐 Transport expenses	$91.5	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$737	$1964
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	90	93
😀 Quality of life	68	83
🏙️ Population	9.21M	1.86M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 33% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 4617th and 2612th ($1194 vs $1776) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 1st in Mexico and Poland, respectively. Check Mexico vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Mexico City compared to 1.1 months in Warsaw. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 3380th and 389th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Warsaw

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	Mexico City	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.4	$10.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45	$54
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.15	$9.77
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.7	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$3.6	$4.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.09	$2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$843	$1052
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$492	$815
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1743	$2007
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1040	$1439
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.9	$183
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.9	$286
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.6	$19.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.38%	7.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2792	$6112
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2220	$4014
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.1	$35.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.57	$8.49
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$1.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.14	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.38	$3.86
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.66	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.49	$9.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.73
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$4.16
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.84	$3.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$1.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.8	$5.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.99	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.09	$4.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.26	$4.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.49	$3.92
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61.2	$43.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.08	$9.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$91.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$29.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.8	$99.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.3	$99.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$396	$532
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8475	$13586

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Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$838
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$785
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$722
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$882
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$737
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$775
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$831
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$729
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$794
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$758
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$815
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$770
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$847
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$730
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$736
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$843
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$708
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$814
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$790
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$940
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$786
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$795
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$946
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$764
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$624
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$504
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$600
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$660
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$749
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$692
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$722
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$730
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$691
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$589
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1232
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$756
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$658
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$675
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$710

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1433
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1408
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1130
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1138
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$933
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$931
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1100
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1042
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1183
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1102
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1225
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$917
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$891
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$1007
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1114
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1087
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1024
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1257
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1019
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1196
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1004
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1131
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$529
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$954
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1157
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1103
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1049
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1049
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1118
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1044
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$936
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1100
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1072
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1121
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1098
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$978
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1061
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$842
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1061
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$390