Mexico City vs Zhanjiang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Mexico City	Zhanjiang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1190	$781
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3028	$2181
🏠 One person rent	$611	$384
🏘️ Family rent	$1253	$739
🍽️ Food expenses	$376	$240
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.2	$77.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$740	$571
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	90	38
😀 Quality of life	68	43
🏙️ Population	9.21M	6.98M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 52% more expensive than in Zhanjiang. Cities ranked 4630th and 6518th ($1190 vs $781) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 39th in Mexico and China, respectively. Check Mexico vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Mexico City compared to 0.7 months in Zhanjiang. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Zhanjiang ranked 152nd in China, while ranked 3360th and 6686th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Zhanjiang

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	Mexico City	Zhanjiang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.3	$2.58
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.2	$18
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.05	$5.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$0.85
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$2.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.08	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$838	$456
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$489	$307
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1747	$883
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1045	$620
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.7	$36.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.9	$56
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.4	$10
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.25%	4.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2781	$5666
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2233	$3311
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$0.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.1	$18.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.65	$4.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$1.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.39	$1.03
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.69	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.51	$4.56
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.09
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$0.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$1.42
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$16.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$0.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.82	$3.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$6.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.04	$5.59
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.29	$1.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.47	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61	$42.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.09	$5.69
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.8	$31.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$9.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.6	$46.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$67.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$396	$594
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8550	$20188

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Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$835
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$783
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$723
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$884
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$734
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$775
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$835
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$731
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$794
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$757
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$816
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$772
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$844
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$729
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$734
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$843
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$704
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$811
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$792
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$939
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$789
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$797
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$828
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$941
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$763
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$623
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$504
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$601
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$660
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$748
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$691
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$723
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$729
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$694
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$589
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1223
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$659
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$674
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$709

Cities near Zhanjiang

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Maoming	$774
94 km or 59 mi	Gaozhou	$774
131 km or 81 mi	Haikou	$671
138 km or 86 mi	Beihai	$660
161 km or 100 mi	Yulin	$794
177 km or 110 mi	Yangjiang	$895
203 km or 126 mi	Qinzhou	$614
222 km or 138 mi	Fangchenggang	$595
226 km or 141 mi	Guigang	$725
255 km or 159 mi	Yunfu	$839
270 km or 168 mi	Kaiping	$824
271 km or 168 mi	Wuzhou	$819
281 km or 175 mi	Nanning	$572
295 km or 183 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
307 km or 191 mi	Laibin	$623
317 km or 197 mi	Jiangmen	$830
324 km or 201 mi	Cam Pha	$577
338 km or 210 mi	Zhongshan	$491
341 km or 212 mi	Sanya	$778
342 km or 212 mi	Chongzuo	$586
343 km or 213 mi	Macau	$1590
345 km or 214 mi	Foshan	$602
346 km or 215 mi	Ha Long	$592
348 km or 216 mi	Zhuhai	$641
362 km or 225 mi	Liuzhou	$607
364 km or 226 mi	Guangzhou	$763
377 km or 234 mi	Hezhou	$780
388 km or 241 mi	Qingyuan	$808
390 km or 243 mi	Haiphong	$606
401 km or 249 mi	Dongguan	$678
405 km or 252 mi	Shenzhen	$958
406 km or 252 mi	Hong Kong	$2753
410 km or 255 mi	Kowloon	$2427
423 km or 263 mi	Hai Duong	$565
430 km or 267 mi	Thai Binh	$523
447 km or 278 mi	Lianzhou	$783
449 km or 279 mi	Nam Dinh	$511
451 km or 280 mi	Bac Ninh	$545
453 km or 281 mi	Guilin	$538
455 km or 283 mi	Hechi	$601