Mexico City vs Yantai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mexico City	Yantai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1160	$682
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2923	$1767
🏠 One person rent	$603	$329
🏘️ Family rent	$1214	$473
🍽️ Food expenses	$374	$223
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.2	$56.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$709	$1049
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	92	49
😀 Quality of life	67	51
🏙️ Population	9.21M	7.1M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 70% more expensive than in Yantai. Cities ranked 4604th and 6983rd ($1160 vs $682) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 66th 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 1.5 months in Yantai. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Yantai ranked 53rd in China, while ranked 3470th and 6160th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Yantai

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	Mexico City	Yantai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.1	$2.89
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.5	$18.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.02	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$3.69	$3.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$846	$194
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$475	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1732	$368
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$998	$411
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.8	$38.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.3	$59.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.7	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.34%	4.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2952	$3344
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2197	$5975
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.9	$8.96
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.96	$3.19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.11	$1.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.43	$1.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.12	$14.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.41	$4.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.23
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$0.87
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.4	$14.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.89	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.17	$4.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.39	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.79	$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$2.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.6	$22.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.97	$4.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45	$24.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$3.15
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.2	$72.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.8	$75.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$401	$333
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9034	$23251

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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 Yantai

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Qixia	$622
59 km or 37 mi	Rushan	$609
68 km or 42 mi	Laiyang	$606
70 km or 43 mi	Haiyang	$605
74 km or 46 mi	Weihai	$610
77 km or 48 mi	Zhaoyuan	$600
88 km or 54 mi	Longkou	$605
88 km or 55 mi	Laixi	$594
111 km or 69 mi	Rongcheng	$596
120 km or 75 mi	Laizhou	$578
135 km or 84 mi	Pingdu	$569
162 km or 101 mi	Qingdao	$612
171 km or 106 mi	Dalian	$644
173 km or 107 mi	Jiaozhou	$574
176 km or 109 mi	Gaomi	$564
177 km or 110 mi	Changyi	$494
207 km or 128 mi	Weifang	$433
224 km or 139 mi	Anqiu	$514
227 km or 141 mi	Zhucheng	$561
232 km or 144 mi	Shouguang	$531
247 km or 154 mi	Dongying	$689
256 km or 159 mi	Wafangdian	$585
259 km or 161 mi	Qingzhou	$543
275 km or 171 mi	Rizhao	$566
287 km or 179 mi	Binzhou	$815
293 km or 182 mi	Zibo	$504
294 km or 183 mi	Zhuanghe	$543
318 km or 197 mi	Qinhuangdao	$664
318 km or 198 mi	Zouping	$553
343 km or 213 mi	Luanzhou	$635
347 km or 215 mi	Gaizhou	$517
348 km or 216 mi	Laiwu	$575
352 km or 219 mi	Xintai	$578
358 km or 223 mi	Binhai	$665
359 km or 223 mi	Laoling	$638
361 km or 224 mi	Xingcheng	$574
362 km or 225 mi	Huanghua	$655
364 km or 226 mi	Lianyungang	$536
366 km or 227 mi	Qian'an	$642
366 km or 227 mi	Tangshan	$702