Mexico City vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Mexico City	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1475	$1979
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3516	$4492
🏠 One person rent	$792	$1227
🏘️ Family rent	$1397	$2071
🍽️ Food expenses	$447	$449
🚐 Transport expenses	$107	$145
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1122	$2218
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	93	94
😀 Quality of life	73	87
🏙️ Population	9.21M	1.86M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 25% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 4074th and 2081st ($1475 vs $1979) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Mexico and Poland, respectively. Check Mexico vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 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 2482nd and 335th 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	$11.6	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44	$53.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.62	$5.19
☕ Cappuccino	$4.18	$4.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.71	$2.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1061	$1266
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$634	$928
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1959	$2296
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1139	$1584
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.1	$212
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.6	$325
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.2	$20
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.41%	6.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3972	$6270
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2110	$4047
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$1.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.7	$35.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.69	$17.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.49	$1.7
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.82	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$1.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.98	$4.27
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.81	$8.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$3.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$1.06
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.05
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.43	$3.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.7	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$1.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.2	$6.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.02	$11.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.06	$4.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.27	$3.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$3.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.4	$48.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.59	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.5	$75.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$24.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.5	$110
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$492	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13182	$15882

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Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$977
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$1003
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$959
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$1000
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$832
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$940
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$1050
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$878
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$981
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$914
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$1013
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$932
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$994
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$874
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$897
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$1034
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$763
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$971
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$976
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$1051
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$973
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$980
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1047
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$1255
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$960
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$755
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$924
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$817
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$916
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$935
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$905
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$952
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$961
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$852
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$673
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1472
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$974
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$962
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$920
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$1005

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1570
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1540
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1227
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1253
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$1023
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$1030
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1162
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1165
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1262
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1222
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1322
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$1060
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$1024
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$976
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1078
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1173
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1137
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1305
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1170
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1260
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1229
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1454
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$669
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$925
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1241
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1235
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1170
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1043
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1205
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1215
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$954
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$868
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1102
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1216
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1226
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$1010
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1114
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$980
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1105
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$445