Mexico City vs Windhoek - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Mexico City	Windhoek
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1475	$1040
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3516	$2420
🏠 One person rent	$792	$515
🏘️ Family rent	$1397	$867
🍽️ Food expenses	$447	$366
🚐 Transport expenses	$107	$71.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1122	$289
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	93	30
😀 Quality of life	73	53
🏙️ Population	9.21M	486K

The cost of living in Mexico City is 42% more expensive than in Windhoek. Cities ranked 4074th and 5257th ($1475 vs $1040) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Mexico and Namibia, respectively. Check Mexico vs Namibia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Mexico City compared to 0.3 months in Windhoek. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Windhoek ranked 1st in Namibia, while ranked 2482nd and 6487th 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	$11.6	$11.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44	$52.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$5.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.62	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$4.18	$2.36
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.71	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1061	$501
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$634	$352
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1959	$892
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1139	$636
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.1	$85.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.6	$132
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.2	$48.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.41%	11.37%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3972	$1629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2110	$619
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.7	$49.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.69	$8.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.49	$1.32
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.82	$1.56
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$0.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.98	$3.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$8.79
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.81	$6.62
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$7.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$2.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$2.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$2.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.43	$1.42
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.7	$7.13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$1.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.2	$3.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.02	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.06	$2.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.27	$2.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.4	$39.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.59	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.5	$33.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$8.81
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.5	$56.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$492	$213
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13182	$5490

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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 Windhoek

Distance	City	Cost of living
83 km or 52 mi	Rehoboth	$945
173 km or 108 mi	Omaruru	$982
194 km or 120 mi	Gobabis	$998
238 km or 148 mi	Otjiwarongo	$925
246 km or 153 mi	Mariental	$991
262 km or 163 mi	Swakopmund	$834
268 km or 166 mi	Walvis Bay	$893
375 km or 233 mi	Tsumeb	$890
589 km or 366 mi	Oshikango	$891
776 km or 482 mi	Upington	$796
882 km or 548 mi	Molepolole	$663
883 km or 548 mi	Kanye	$691
921 km or 572 mi	Lobatse	$691
928 km or 577 mi	Gaborone	$723
940 km or 584 mi	Mmabatho	$903
990 km or 615 mi	Serowe	$590
999 km or 621 mi	Mahalapye	$615
1030 km or 640 mi	Kimberley	$904
1032 km or 641 mi	Palapye	$549
1056 km or 656 mi	Livingstone	$813
1079 km or 670 mi	Klerksdorp	$860
1086 km or 675 mi	Rustenburg	$994
1087 km or 675 mi	Francistown	$632
1099 km or 683 mi	Huambo	$554
1112 km or 691 mi	Potchefstroom	$789
1136 km or 706 mi	Brits	$950
1140 km or 708 mi	Welkom	$811
1166 km or 724 mi	Soweto	$1031
1167 km or 725 mi	Bloemfontein	$742
1167 km or 725 mi	Kroonstad	$872
1173 km or 729 mi	Randburg	$912
1178 km or 732 mi	Sandton	$1104
1179 km or 733 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$867
1180 km or 733 mi	Benguela	$631
1180 km or 733 mi	Pretoria	$1015
1180 km or 734 mi	Johannesburg	$1204
1184 km or 735 mi	Centurion	$997
1187 km or 738 mi	Vereeniging	$742
1196 km or 743 mi	Lobito	$610
1207 km or 750 mi	Benoni	$851