Mexico City vs Yancheng - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mexico City	Yancheng
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1160	$900
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2923	$1715
🏠 One person rent	$603	$523
🏘️ Family rent	$1214	$319
🍽️ Food expenses	$374	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.2	$72
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$709	$854
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	92	21
😀 Quality of life	67	40
🏙️ Population	9.21M	6.71M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 29% more expensive than in Yancheng. Cities ranked 4604th and 6043rd ($1160 vs $900) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 13th in Mexico and China, respectively. Check Mexico vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Mexico City compared to 0.9 months in Yancheng. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Yancheng ranked 236th in China, while ranked 3470th and 6955th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Yancheng

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	Mexico City	Yancheng
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.1	$4.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.5	$24.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.02	$3.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$3.69	$5.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$846	$1065
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$475	$331
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1732	$389
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$998	$222
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.8	$32.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.3	$50.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.7	$12.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.34%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2952	$2495
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2197	$1901
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.9	$16.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.96	$4.08
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$2.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.11	$0.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.43	$1.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.12	$6.56
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.41	$2.47
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.48
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$0.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$1.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.4	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$0.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.89	$3.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.17	$4.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.39	$7.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.79	$1.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$2.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.6	$27
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.97	$3.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45	$43.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$3.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.2	$55.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.8	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$401	$456
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9034	$22179

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Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$800
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$747
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$761
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$696
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$752
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$858
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$632
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$825
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$981
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$788
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$821
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$983
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$770
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$485
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$638
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$635
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$717
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$693
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$724
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$725
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$700
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$574
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$634
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$667
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$804

Cities near Yancheng

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 36 mi	Xinghua	$665
62 km or 39 mi	Dongtai	$665
93 km or 58 mi	Gaoyou	$621
94 km or 58 mi	Huai'an	$668
101 km or 62 mi	Hai'an	$643
104 km or 64 mi	Taizhou	$644
119 km or 74 mi	Rugao	$644
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhou	$620
132 km or 82 mi	Tianchang	$613
132 km or 82 mi	Yangzhong	$603
136 km or 85 mi	Taixing	$636
146 km or 91 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
154 km or 96 mi	Yizheng	$592
155 km or 96 mi	Jingjiang	$643
160 km or 99 mi	Lianyungang	$536
164 km or 102 mi	Danyang	$607
166 km or 103 mi	Jiangyin	$657
172 km or 107 mi	Nantong	$602
173 km or 108 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
177 km or 110 mi	Changzhou	$702
181 km or 113 mi	Suqian	$620
184 km or 114 mi	Jurong	$621
193 km or 120 mi	Haimen	$631
197 km or 122 mi	Nanjing	$746
198 km or 123 mi	Xinyi	$572
202 km or 125 mi	Changshu	$645
204 km or 127 mi	Wuxi	$670
211 km or 131 mi	Mingguang	$587
223 km or 138 mi	Pizhou	$575
226 km or 141 mi	Qidong	$701
227 km or 141 mi	Yixing	$695
228 km or 142 mi	Liyang	$654
234 km or 145 mi	Rizhao	$566
234 km or 146 mi	Taicang	$665
237 km or 147 mi	Suzhou	$868
237 km or 147 mi	Kunshan	$700
248 km or 154 mi	Linyi	$541
250 km or 155 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
264 km or 164 mi	Bengbu	$505
275 km or 171 mi	Pudong	$984