Mexico City vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Mexico City	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1288	$506
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3248	$1394
🏠 One person rent	$663	$178
🏘️ Family rent	$1322	$418
🍽️ Food expenses	$407	$184
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$67.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$819	$627
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	90	78
😀 Quality of life	66	67
🏙️ Population	9.21M	12.6M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 155% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 4206th and 8471st ($1288 vs $506) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 532nd 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 1.2 months in Zhengzhou. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Zhengzhou ranked 29th in China, while ranked 4184th and 3944th 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	$10.1	$2.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.4	$16.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.85	$4.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.87	$0.76
☕ Cappuccino	$3.86	$2.43
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$928	$176
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$125
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1792	$452
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1104	$332
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.7	$34.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.7	$53.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.1	$8.37
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.98%	4.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3145	$5913
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2277	$1472
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.9	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.07	$3.86
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.4	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$1.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.14	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$1.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.59	$2.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$0.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$0.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$0.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$14
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.34	$2.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$2.04
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.53	$3.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$0.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.7	$93
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.6	$5.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.4	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$4.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.3	$45.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$76.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$426	$195
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10204	$4818

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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 Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$531
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$542
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$554
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$563
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$539
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$541
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$583
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$583
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$543
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$570
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$544
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$579
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$525
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$585
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$599
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$524
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$554
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$538
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$746
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$600
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$498
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$605
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$640
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$608
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$622
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$617
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$584
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$601
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$589
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$801
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$739
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$1400
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$594
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$743
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$651
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$613
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$642
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$601
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$580
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$617