Mexico City vs Zhoukou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mexico City	Zhoukou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1160	$580
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2923	$1605
🏠 One person rent	$603	$183
🏘️ Family rent	$1214	$313
🍽️ Food expenses	$374	$248
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.2	$62.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$709	$695
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	119 km
🎓 Higher education	92	17
😀 Quality of life	67	38
🏙️ Population	9.21M	9.03M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 100% more expensive than in Zhoukou. Cities ranked 4604th and 7893rd ($1160 vs $580) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 321st 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 Zhoukou. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Zhoukou ranked 329th in China, while ranked 3470th and 7224th 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	$11.1	$3.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.5	$26.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.02	$4.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$3.69	$3.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$1.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$846	$161
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$475	$136
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1732	$454
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$998	$205
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.8	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.3	$47
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.7	$11.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.34%	3.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2952	$3204
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2197	$1867
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.9	$18
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.96	$2.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$3.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.11	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.43	$2.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.12	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.41	$1.91
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.65
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$2.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$0.76
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$1.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.4	$24.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$0.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.89	$3.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.17	$3.84
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.39	$3.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.79	$1.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$1.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.6	$44.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.97	$6.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45	$23.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$4.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.2	$52.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.8	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$401	$228
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9034	$14854

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Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$800
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$747
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$761
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$696
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$752
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$858
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$632
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$825
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$981
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$788
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$821
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$983
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$770
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$485
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$638
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$635
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$717
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$693
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$724
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$725
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$700
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$574
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$634
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$667
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$804

Cities near Zhoukou

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
59 km or 36 mi	Luohe	$591
78 km or 49 mi	Jieshou	$591
88 km or 55 mi	Xuchang	$586
92 km or 57 mi	Zhumadian	$637
104 km or 65 mi	Changge	$547
110 km or 69 mi	Wugang	$571
120 km or 75 mi	Xinzheng	$538
123 km or 76 mi	Yuzhou	$552
125 km or 78 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
128 km or 80 mi	Shangqiu	$736
133 km or 83 mi	Kaifeng	$545
135 km or 84 mi	Fuyang	$633
154 km or 96 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
154 km or 96 mi	Xinmi	$528
170 km or 106 mi	Yongcheng	$600
173 km or 107 mi	Xingyang	$519
175 km or 109 mi	Xinyang	$655
175 km or 109 mi	Dengfeng	$529
177 km or 110 mi	Changyuan	$787
177 km or 110 mi	Ruzhou	$538
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$1385
197 km or 123 mi	Gongyi	$522
199 km or 123 mi	Xinxiang	$575
202 km or 125 mi	Huaibei	$584
205 km or 127 mi	Weihui	$571
208 km or 129 mi	Nanyang	$632
210 km or 131 mi	Yanshi	$509
215 km or 134 mi	Suzhou	$602
218 km or 136 mi	Huixian	$551
220 km or 137 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
223 km or 138 mi	Mengzhou	$505
226 km or 141 mi	Qinyang	$504
234 km or 146 mi	Luoyang	$505
236 km or 147 mi	Guangshui	$619
238 km or 148 mi	Hebi	$625
240 km or 149 mi	Puyang	$800
242 km or 150 mi	Zaoyang	$591
243 km or 151 mi	Suizhou	$621
245 km or 152 mi	Xuzhou	$484