Mexico City vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Mexico City	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1288	$1464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3248	$3391
🏠 One person rent	$663	$919
🏘️ Family rent	$1322	$1636
🍽️ Food expenses	$407	$336
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$97.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$819	$1771
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	90	93
😀 Quality of life	66	83
🏙️ Population	9.21M	1.86M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 12% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 4206th and 3564th ($1288 vs $1464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th 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 1.2 months in Warsaw. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 4184th and 342nd 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	$10.1	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.4	$43.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.85	$7.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.87	$3.8
☕ Cappuccino	$3.86	$3.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$1.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$928	$923
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$699
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1792	$1731
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1104	$1282
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.7	$161
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.7	$250
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.1	$14.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.98%	7.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3145	$5380
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2277	$3613
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$1.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.9	$27.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.07	$8.42
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.4	$1.68
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.14	$1.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$3.35
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$8.96
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.59	$6.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$0.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$3.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$7.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.34	$4.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.53	$3.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$2.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.7	$36.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.6	$8.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.4	$40.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$15.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.3	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$426	$511
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10204	$11854

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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 Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1238
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1218
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1029
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1040
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$842
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$907
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1090
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1029
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$987
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$994
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1161
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$1027
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$816
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$708
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$969
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$973
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$936
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1016
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$863
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$999
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$949
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1006
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$415
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$1024
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1002
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1008
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1013
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$943
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$980
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1042
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$849
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1043
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1118
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1037
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$995
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$791
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1028
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$940
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1011
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$385