Mexico City vs Zapopan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Mexico City	Zapopan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1331	$1162
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3182	$2700
🏠 One person rent	$721	$534
🏘️ Family rent	$1296	$865
🍽️ Food expenses	$410	$400
🚐 Transport expenses	$93.3	$145
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$892	$1020
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	92	49
😀 Quality of life	72	64
🏙️ Population	9.21M	1.48M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 15% more expensive than in Zapopan. Cities ranked 4418th and 4791st ($1331 vs $1162) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 14th in Mexico.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Mexico City compared to 0.9 months in Zapopan. Ranked 1st vs 3rd best cities to live in Mexico, and 3317th vs 5343rd 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	$12	$10.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$41.1	$38.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.8	$8.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$2.18
☕ Cappuccino	$4.26	$3.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.71	$1.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$988	$669
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$578	$367
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1819	$1083
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1067	$627
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.9	$76
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.8	$116
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30	$30.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.71%	10.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3569	$5652
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2491	$506
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$0.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.5	$27.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.33	$23.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.34	$1.34
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$2.61
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$2.35
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$9.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.93	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$2.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.68
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$2.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$2.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.82
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.76
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.07	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$2.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.35	$4.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$5.74
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.69	$3.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.07	$1.72
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.99	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.3	$40.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.98	$5.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$44.1	$39.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$7.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.7	$45.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.9	$79
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$427	$219
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11015	$5862

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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 Zapopan

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Guadalajara	$1120
11 km or 6.9 mi	Tlaquepaque	$728
99 km or 61 mi	La Barca	$913
113 km or 70 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$856
142 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$929
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$1058
163 km or 101 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$843
167 km or 104 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$953
168 km or 104 mi	Colima	$749
172 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$1006
179 km or 111 mi	Tepic	$717
183 km or 114 mi	Leon	$815
192 km or 119 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1296
195 km or 121 mi	Zacapu	$1030
200 km or 124 mi	Uruapan	$873
206 km or 128 mi	Silao	$832
208 km or 129 mi	Tecoman	$858
209 km or 130 mi	Manzanillo	$901
212 km or 131 mi	Apatzingan	$861
213 km or 132 mi	Irapuato	$860
214 km or 133 mi	Sayulita	$1108
224 km or 139 mi	Guanajuato	$753
229 km or 142 mi	Salamanca	$896
243 km or 151 mi	Yuriria	$894
243 km or 151 mi	Zacatecas	$615
254 km or 158 mi	Cortazar	$846
256 km or 159 mi	Morelia	$873
269 km or 167 mi	Celaya	$764
276 km or 172 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1491
278 km or 173 mi	Fresnillo	$803
296 km or 184 mi	San Luis Potosi	$941
313 km or 194 mi	Queretaro	$1184
332 km or 206 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$872
354 km or 220 mi	Rioverde	$943
355 km or 221 mi	San Juan del Rio	$981
370 km or 230 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$905
389 km or 242 mi	Durango	$687
394 km or 245 mi	Zihuatanejo	$857
419 km or 260 mi	Mazatlan	$1166
422 km or 262 mi	Toluca	$926