Mexico City vs Yokohama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Mexico City	Yokohama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1331	$1336
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3182	$3311
🏠 One person rent	$721	$588
🏘️ Family rent	$1296	$997
🍽️ Food expenses	$410	$401
🚐 Transport expenses	$93.3	$236
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$892	$2542
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	92	96
😀 Quality of life	72	97
🏙️ Population	9.21M	3.76M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 0.3% less expensive than in Yokohama. Cities ranked 4418th and 4404th ($1331 vs $1336) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 17th in Mexico and Japan, respectively. Check Mexico vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Mexico City compared to 1.9 months in Yokohama. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Yokohama ranked 2nd in Japan, while ranked 3317th and 15th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Yokohama

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	Mexico City	Yokohama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12	$5.84
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$41.1	$35.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.8	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$2.53
☕ Cappuccino	$4.26	$3.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.71	$1.12
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$988	$701
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$578	$416
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1819	$1167
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1067	$754
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.9	$84.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.8	$130
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30	$30.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.71%	2.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3569	$6388
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2491	$2878
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$1.45
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.5	$61.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.33	$24.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.34	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$3.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$2.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.93	$6.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$14.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$5.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$3.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$5.41
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$2.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.07	$1.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$7.67
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.35	$3.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.69	$4.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.07	$1.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.99	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.3	$50.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.98	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$44.1	$46.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.7	$42.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.9	$60.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$427	$265
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11015	$18032

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Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$908
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$932
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$898
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$942
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$777
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$869
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$962
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$818
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$904
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$851
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$938
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$868
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$926
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$819
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$842
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$977
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$717
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$914
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$905
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$998
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$912
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$936
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$981
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$1184
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$875
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$724
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$860
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$764
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$858
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$873
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$846
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$875
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$894
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$784
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$643
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1491
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$893
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$896
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$860
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$1030

Cities near Yokohama

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Kawasaki	$1354
12 km or 7.7 mi	Kawasaki-ku	$1198
15 km or 9.1 mi	Kamakura	$1071
16 km or 10 mi	Zushi	$1051
17 km or 10 mi	Fujisawa	$1076
17 km or 11 mi	Yamato	$1017
18 km or 11 mi	Hayama	$1054
19 km or 12 mi	Ayase	$959
21 km or 13 mi	Yokosuka	$1139
21 km or 13 mi	Machida	$1049
21 km or 13 mi	Zama	$958
22 km or 14 mi	Ebina	$935
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1115
23 km or 15 mi	Chigasaki	$1046
24 km or 15 mi	Samukawa	$983
24 km or 15 mi	Atsugi	$968
25 km or 15 mi	Futtsu	$1067
26 km or 16 mi	Chofu	$1113
26 km or 16 mi	Inagi	$1058
26 km or 16 mi	Kisarazu	$1076
27 km or 17 mi	Kimitsu	$1068
28 km or 17 mi	Tama	$1040
28 km or 18 mi	Sagamihara	$1021
29 km or 18 mi	Mitaka	$1125
29 km or 18 mi	Tokyo	$1698
29 km or 18 mi	Isehara	$971
29 km or 18 mi	Hiratsuka	$1078
29 km or 18 mi	Sodegaura	$1073
30 km or 18 mi	Fuchu	$1088
30 km or 19 mi	Aikawa	$971
32 km or 20 mi	Koganei	$1066
32 km or 20 mi	Miura	$1059
32 km or 20 mi	Musashino	$1110
32 km or 20 mi	Oiso	$1029
33 km or 20 mi	Kunitachi	$1050
34 km or 21 mi	Nishitokyo	$1094
34 km or 21 mi	Hino	$1085
34 km or 21 mi	Urayasu	$1068
35 km or 21 mi	Kokubunji	$1050
35 km or 22 mi	Tachikawa	$1073