Mexico City vs Zapopan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Mexico City	Zapopan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1288	$1217
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3248	$2927
🏠 One person rent	$663	$619
🏘️ Family rent	$1322	$1159
🍽️ Food expenses	$407	$396
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$819	$1017
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	90	49
😀 Quality of life	66	58
🏙️ Population	9.21M	1.48M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 6% more expensive than in Zapopan. Cities ranked 4206th and 4389th ($1288 vs $1217) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 10th in Mexico.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Mexico City compared to 0.8 months in Zapopan. Ranked 1st vs 4th best cities to live in Mexico, and 4184th vs 5642nd among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Zapopan

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	Mexico City	Zapopan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.1	$10.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.4	$47.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.85	$9.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.87	$2.36
☕ Cappuccino	$3.86	$3.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$1.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$928	$819
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$451
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1792	$1657
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1104	$875
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.7	$58.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.7	$91.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.1	$36.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.98%	12.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3145	$4200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2277	$1563
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.7
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.9	$23.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.07	$14.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.4	$1.39
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.14	$2.84
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.01
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$2.27
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$8.62
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.59	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$2.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.88
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.88
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.82
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$2.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$11.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.34	$4.07
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$5.57
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.53	$3.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$1.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.7	$44.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.6	$7.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.4	$29
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$7.27
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.3	$64.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$426	$312
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10204	$5586

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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 Zapopan

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Guadalajara	$1035
11 km or 6.9 mi	Tlaquepaque	$785
99 km or 61 mi	La Barca	$873
113 km or 70 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$867
142 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$865
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$854
163 km or 101 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$818
167 km or 104 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$846
168 km or 104 mi	Colima	$672
172 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$818
179 km or 111 mi	Tepic	$681
183 km or 114 mi	Leon	$812
192 km or 119 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1303
195 km or 121 mi	Zacapu	$881
200 km or 124 mi	Uruapan	$789
206 km or 128 mi	Silao	$912
208 km or 129 mi	Tecoman	$774
209 km or 130 mi	Manzanillo	$741
212 km or 131 mi	Apatzingan	$830
213 km or 132 mi	Irapuato	$763
214 km or 133 mi	Sayulita	$1094
224 km or 139 mi	Guanajuato	$1076
229 km or 142 mi	Salamanca	$707
243 km or 151 mi	Yuriria	$812
243 km or 151 mi	Zacatecas	$630
254 km or 158 mi	Cortazar	$774
256 km or 159 mi	Morelia	$765
269 km or 167 mi	Celaya	$682
276 km or 172 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1384
278 km or 173 mi	Fresnillo	$784
296 km or 184 mi	San Luis Potosi	$984
313 km or 194 mi	Queretaro	$996
332 km or 206 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$900
354 km or 220 mi	Rioverde	$915
355 km or 221 mi	San Juan del Rio	$913
370 km or 230 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$856
389 km or 242 mi	Durango	$793
394 km or 245 mi	Zihuatanejo	$994
419 km or 260 mi	Mazatlan	$1185
422 km or 262 mi	Toluca	$781