Mexico City vs Yaounde - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mexico City	Yaounde
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1160	$747
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2923	$1837
🏠 One person rent	$603	$330
🏘️ Family rent	$1214	$606
🍽️ Food expenses	$374	$281
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.2	$61.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$709	$349
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	92	25
😀 Quality of life	67	24
🏙️ Population	9.21M	2.44M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 55% more expensive than in Yaounde. Cities ranked 4604th and 6685th ($1160 vs $747) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 3rd in Mexico and Cameroon, respectively. Check Mexico vs Cameroon comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Mexico City compared to 0.5 months in Yaounde. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Yaounde ranked 2nd in Cameroon, while ranked 3470th and 8653rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Yaounde

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	Mexico City	Yaounde
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.1	$4.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.5	$31.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.02	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.69	$2.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$1.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$846	$282
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$475	$220
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1732	$1005
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$998	$350
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.8	$50.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.3	$77
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.7	$47.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.34%	6.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2952	$1871
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2197	$626
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.9	$19.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.96	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$2.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.11	$0.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.43	$1.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.12	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.41	$6.73
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$5.54
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$4.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.85
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$1.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.4	$8.68
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.89	$1.57
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.17	$3.53
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.39	$2.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.79	$2.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$1.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.6	$29.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.97	$6.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45	$19.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$7.93
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.2	$36.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.8	$87.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$401	$306
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9034	$1631

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Yaounde

Distance	City	Cost of living
203 km or 126 mi	Douala	$1265
217 km or 135 mi	Bafoussam	$555
245 km or 152 mi	Kumba	$764
256 km or 159 mi	Buea	$601
256 km or 159 mi	Limbe	$655
275 km or 171 mi	Bamenda	$553
297 km or 185 mi	Bata	$1121
305 km or 189 mi	Malabo	$741
374 km or 233 mi	Calabar	$384
448 km or 278 mi	Ngaoundere	$527
449 km or 279 mi	Libreville	$668
475 km or 295 mi	Berberati	$482
481 km or 299 mi	Aba	$621
484 km or 301 mi	Umuahia	$883
511 km or 317 mi	Port Harcourt	$679
529 km or 329 mi	Owerri	$1611
530 km or 329 mi	Enugu	$462
558 km or 346 mi	Awka	$805
584 km or 363 mi	Onitsha	$972
593 km or 368 mi	Port-Gentil	$625
640 km or 398 mi	Garoua	$556
660 km or 410 mi	Sao Tome	$900
665 km or 413 mi	Warri	$881
669 km or 415 mi	Trindade	$900
709 km or 440 mi	Benin	$558
729 km or 453 mi	Abuja	$1502
735 km or 457 mi	Jos	$820
738 km or 459 mi	Mubi	$665
741 km or 461 mi	Bauchi	$759
748 km or 465 mi	Gamboma	$522
754 km or 468 mi	Owo	$651
783 km or 487 mi	Bangui	$513
795 km or 494 mi	Akure	$634
809 km or 503 mi	Maroua	$533
813 km or 505 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
831 km or 516 mi	Bongor	$486
842 km or 523 mi	Minna	$743
862 km or 535 mi	Mbandaka	$850
867 km or 539 mi	Kaduna	$371
867 km or 539 mi	Ife	$779