Mexico City vs Zagreb - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Mexico City	Zagreb
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1288	$1242
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3248	$2882
🏠 One person rent	$663	$637
🏘️ Family rent	$1322	$1061
🍽️ Food expenses	$407	$399
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$98.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$819	$1443
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	90	38
😀 Quality of life	66	75
🏙️ Population	9.21M	767K

The cost of living in Mexico City is 4% more expensive than in Zagreb. Cities ranked 4206th and 4330th ($1288 vs $1242) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 2nd in Mexico and Croatia, respectively. Check Mexico vs Croatia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Mexico City compared to 1.2 months in Zagreb. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Zagreb ranked 1st in Croatia, while ranked 4184th and 983rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Zagreb

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	Mexico City	Zagreb
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.1	$11.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.4	$48.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.85	$8.36
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.87	$3.15
☕ Cappuccino	$3.86	$2.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$2.7
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$928	$604
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$473
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1792	$1109
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1104	$800
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.7	$111
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.7	$172
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.1	$27
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.98%	4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3145	$4564
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2277	$3182
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.59
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.9	$53.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.07	$10.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.4	$1.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.14	$1.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$4.03
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$10.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.59	$9.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.49
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.88
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$2.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$7.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.34	$5.21
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$6.84
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.53	$3.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$1.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$2.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.7	$42.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.6	$7.36
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.4	$44.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$7.48
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.3	$89.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$93.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$426	$260
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10204	$10009

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Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$905
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$887
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$828
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$1009
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$904
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$874
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$924
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$816
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$899
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$861
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$910
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$875
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$781
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$767
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$804
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$927
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$826
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$915
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$856
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$1066
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$853
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$851
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$913
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$996
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$810
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$702
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$596
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$682
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$768
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$765
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$774
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$833
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$812
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$779
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$662
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1384
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$853
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$707
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$763
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$881

Cities near Zagreb

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.9 mi	Velika Gorica	$1100
46 km or 29 mi	Karlovac	$997
61 km or 38 mi	Novo Mesto	$1058
70 km or 43 mi	Bjelovar	$913
71 km or 44 mi	Celje	$1081
87 km or 54 mi	Maribor	$1133
90 km or 56 mi	Velenje	$1197
97 km or 60 mi	Murska Sobota	$929
109 km or 68 mi	Nagykanizsa	$682
110 km or 68 mi	Bihac	$558
110 km or 68 mi	Prijedor	$517
114 km or 71 mi	Ljubljana	$1438
128 km or 79 mi	Sanski Most	$503
129 km or 80 mi	Rijeka	$1102
132 km or 82 mi	Kranj	$1274
135 km or 84 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$762
144 km or 89 mi	Wolfsberg	$1321
146 km or 91 mi	Graz	$1658
150 km or 93 mi	Banja Luka	$742
155 km or 96 mi	Kaposvar	$777
156 km or 97 mi	Klagenfurt	$1664
168 km or 104 mi	Trieste	$1279
168 km or 104 mi	Szombathely	$747
176 km or 109 mi	Slavonski Brod	$690
179 km or 111 mi	Nova Gorica	$1167
179 km or 111 mi	Pecs	$835
180 km or 112 mi	Izola	$1301
181 km or 113 mi	Gorizia	$1200
186 km or 116 mi	Villach	$1581
188 km or 117 mi	Piran	$1271
188 km or 117 mi	Leoben	$1393
189 km or 118 mi	Kapfenberg	$1229
195 km or 121 mi	Pula	$1008
196 km or 122 mi	Zadar	$1219
208 km or 129 mi	Doboj	$604
209 km or 130 mi	Veszprem	$852
212 km or 132 mi	Udine	$1284
213 km or 132 mi	Osijek	$849
215 km or 134 mi	Sopron	$765
221 km or 137 mi	Szekszard	$755