Mexico City vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Mexico City	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1331	$504
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3182	$1433
🏠 One person rent	$721	$190
🏘️ Family rent	$1296	$328
🍽️ Food expenses	$410	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$93.3	$60.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$892	$575
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	92	77
😀 Quality of life	72	68
🏙️ Population	9.21M	12.6M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 164% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 4418th and 8651st ($1331 vs $504) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 491st in Mexico and China, respectively. Check Mexico vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Mexico City compared to 1.1 months in Zhengzhou. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Zhengzhou ranked 36th in China, while ranked 3317th and 4484th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Zhengzhou

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	Mexico City	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12	$2.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$41.1	$17
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.8	$4.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$0.78
☕ Cappuccino	$4.26	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.71	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$988	$176
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$578	$138
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1819	$311
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1067	$252
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.9	$35.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.8	$54.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30	$9.48
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.71%	4.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3569	$2753
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2491	$1340
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.5	$10.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.33	$3.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.34	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$0.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.93	$2.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$1.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$0.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.07	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.35	$2.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$2.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.69	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.07	$0.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.99	$1.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.3	$45.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.98	$5.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$44.1	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$4.48
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.7	$55.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.9	$65.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$427	$227
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11015	$19556

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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 Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$513
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$518
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$522
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$517
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$516
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$478
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$502
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$489
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$517
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$523
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$506
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$511
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$510
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$506
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$507
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$503
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$525
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$515
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$572
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$537
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$513
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$544
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$527
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$553
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$551
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$534
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$582
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$484
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$526
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$585
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$689
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$807
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$598
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$580
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$552
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$581
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$543
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$518
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$563