Mexico City vs Windhoek - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Mexico City	Windhoek
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1288	$807
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3248	$1929
🏠 One person rent	$663	$426
🏘️ Family rent	$1322	$802
🍽️ Food expenses	$407	$269
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$48.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$819	$612
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	90	28
😀 Quality of life	66	38
🏙️ Population	9.21M	431K

The cost of living in Mexico City is 60% more expensive than in Windhoek. Cities ranked 4206th and 6362nd ($1288 vs $807) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 1st in Mexico and Namibia, respectively. Check Mexico vs Namibia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Mexico City compared to 0.8 months in Windhoek. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Windhoek ranked 1st in Namibia, while ranked 4184th and 7474th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Windhoek

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	Mexico City	Windhoek
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.1	$7.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.4	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.85	$4.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.87	$1.52
☕ Cappuccino	$3.86	$1.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$928	$398
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$297
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1792	$756
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1104	$643
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.7	$51.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.7	$79
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.1	$56.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.98%	11.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3145	$735
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2277	$601
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.67
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.9	$27.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.07	$7.08
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.4	$1.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$1.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.14	$0.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$2.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$7.37
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.59	$5.33
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$5.74
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.39
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.38
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$2.28
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$1.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$5.47
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.34	$2.24
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$6.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.53	$2.5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$2.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.86
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.7	$36.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.6	$3.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.4	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.3	$34.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$63
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$426	$141
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10204	$3671

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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 Windhoek

Distance	City	Cost of living
83 km or 52 mi	Rehoboth	$738
173 km or 108 mi	Omaruru	$749
194 km or 120 mi	Gobabis	$751
238 km or 148 mi	Otjiwarongo	$717
246 km or 153 mi	Mariental	$765
262 km or 163 mi	Swakopmund	$723
268 km or 166 mi	Walvis Bay	$718
375 km or 233 mi	Tsumeb	$687
589 km or 366 mi	Oshikango	$677
776 km or 482 mi	Upington	$643
882 km or 548 mi	Molepolole	$603
883 km or 548 mi	Kanye	$633
921 km or 572 mi	Lobatse	$631
928 km or 577 mi	Gaborone	$656
940 km or 584 mi	Mmabatho	$719
990 km or 615 mi	Serowe	$554
999 km or 621 mi	Mahalapye	$605
1030 km or 640 mi	Kimberley	$753
1032 km or 641 mi	Palapye	$511
1056 km or 656 mi	Livingstone	$734
1079 km or 670 mi	Klerksdorp	$621
1086 km or 675 mi	Rustenburg	$845
1087 km or 675 mi	Francistown	$550
1099 km or 683 mi	Huambo	$702
1112 km or 691 mi	Potchefstroom	$625
1136 km or 706 mi	Brits	$751
1140 km or 708 mi	Welkom	$682
1166 km or 724 mi	Soweto	$875
1167 km or 725 mi	Bloemfontein	$601
1167 km or 725 mi	Kroonstad	$701
1173 km or 729 mi	Randburg	$776
1178 km or 732 mi	Sandton	$889
1179 km or 733 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$698
1180 km or 733 mi	Benguela	$771
1180 km or 733 mi	Pretoria	$783
1180 km or 734 mi	Johannesburg	$908
1184 km or 735 mi	Centurion	$755
1187 km or 738 mi	Vereeniging	$637
1196 km or 743 mi	Lobito	$733
1207 km or 750 mi	Benoni	$741