Mexico City vs Zhoukou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Mexico City	Zhoukou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1331	$582
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3182	$1576
🏠 One person rent	$721	$185
🏘️ Family rent	$1296	$286
🍽️ Food expenses	$410	$251
🚐 Transport expenses	$93.3	$63
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$892	$622
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	119 km
🎓 Higher education	92	16
😀 Quality of life	72	43
🏙️ Population	9.21M	9.03M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 129% more expensive than in Zhoukou. Cities ranked 4418th and 7972nd ($1331 vs $582) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 235th 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 Zhoukou. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Zhoukou ranked 353rd in China, while ranked 3317th and 7341st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Zhoukou

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	Mexico City	Zhoukou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12	$3.63
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$41.1	$26.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.8	$4.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$0.98
☕ Cappuccino	$4.26	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.71	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$988	$163
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$578	$139
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1819	$289
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1067	$211
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.9	$31.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.8	$48.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.71%	3.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3569	$3146
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2491	$1612
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.5	$18.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.33	$2.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.34	$1.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$3.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$2.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$0.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$2.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.93	$1.97
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$12.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$1.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$0.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$2.36
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$0.93
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$0.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.07	$1.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$25.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$0.42
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.35	$3.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$3.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.69	$3.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.07	$1.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.99	$1.48
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.3	$36.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.98	$6.74
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$44.1	$23.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$4.73
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.7	$41.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.9	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$427	$232
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11015	$14551

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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 Zhoukou

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
59 km or 36 mi	Luohe	$553
78 km or 49 mi	Jieshou	$563
88 km or 55 mi	Xuchang	$507
92 km or 57 mi	Zhumadian	$580
104 km or 65 mi	Changge	$517
110 km or 69 mi	Wugang	$526
120 km or 75 mi	Xinzheng	$522
123 km or 76 mi	Yuzhou	$523
125 km or 78 mi	Pingdingshan	$544
128 km or 80 mi	Shangqiu	$598
133 km or 83 mi	Kaifeng	$478
135 km or 84 mi	Fuyang	$595
154 km or 96 mi	Zhengzhou	$504
154 km or 96 mi	Xinmi	$518
170 km or 106 mi	Yongcheng	$570
173 km or 107 mi	Xingyang	$513
175 km or 109 mi	Xinyang	$583
175 km or 109 mi	Dengfeng	$517
177 km or 110 mi	Changyuan	$572
177 km or 110 mi	Ruzhou	$525
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$807
197 km or 123 mi	Gongyi	$516
199 km or 123 mi	Xinxiang	$502
202 km or 125 mi	Huaibei	$570
205 km or 127 mi	Weihui	$506
208 km or 129 mi	Nanyang	$581
210 km or 131 mi	Yanshi	$510
215 km or 134 mi	Suzhou	$582
218 km or 136 mi	Huixian	$511
220 km or 137 mi	Jiaozuo	$489
223 km or 138 mi	Mengzhou	$503
226 km or 141 mi	Qinyang	$506
234 km or 146 mi	Luoyang	$513
236 km or 147 mi	Guangshui	$574
238 km or 148 mi	Hebi	$527
240 km or 149 mi	Puyang	$585
242 km or 150 mi	Zaoyang	$552
243 km or 151 mi	Suizhou	$582
245 km or 152 mi	Xuzhou	$499