Mexico City vs Zhumadian - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mexico City	Zhumadian
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1160	$637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2923	$1667
🏠 One person rent	$603	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$1214	$457
🍽️ Food expenses	$374	$217
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.2	$71.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$709	$745
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	49 km
🎓 Higher education	92	19
😀 Quality of life	67	38
🏙️ Population	9.21M	7.01M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 82% more expensive than in Zhumadian. Cities ranked 4604th and 7314th ($1160 vs $637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 137th 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 Zhumadian. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Zhumadian ranked 304th in China, while ranked 3470th and 7150th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Zhumadian

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	Mexico City	Zhumadian
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.1	$3.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.5	$20.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.02	$5.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$0.95
☕ Cappuccino	$3.69	$2.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$846	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$475	$187
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1732	$450
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$998	$344
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.8	$50.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.3	$78.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.7	$13.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.34%	4.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2952	$3149
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2197	$1823
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.9	$18.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.96	$3.49
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.11	$1.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.43	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.12	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.41	$3.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.4	$8.61
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.89	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.17	$3.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.39	$4.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.79	$1.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.6	$43.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.97	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45	$23.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$5.05
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.2	$74.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.8	$88.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$401	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9034	$8598

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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 Zhumadian

Distance	City	Cost of living
59 km or 36 mi	Wugang	$571
67 km or 42 mi	Luohe	$591
92 km or 57 mi	Zhoukou	$580
95 km or 59 mi	Xinyang	$655
96 km or 60 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
108 km or 67 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
118 km or 73 mi	Xuchang	$586
128 km or 80 mi	Jieshou	$591
140 km or 87 mi	Nanyang	$632
140 km or 87 mi	Changge	$547
140 km or 87 mi	Yuzhou	$552
152 km or 94 mi	Zaoyang	$591
152 km or 95 mi	Guangshui	$619
153 km or 95 mi	Suizhou	$621
160 km or 100 mi	Xinzheng	$538
166 km or 103 mi	Fuyang	$633
173 km or 107 mi	Ruzhou	$538
184 km or 114 mi	Xinmi	$528
185 km or 115 mi	Dengzhou	$600
189 km or 117 mi	Dengfeng	$529
194 km or 121 mi	Anlu	$615
200 km or 124 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
203 km or 126 mi	Xiangyang	$604
204 km or 127 mi	Kaifeng	$545
210 km or 130 mi	Xingyang	$519
218 km or 135 mi	Yicheng	$577
219 km or 136 mi	Gongyi	$522
220 km or 137 mi	Shangqiu	$736
221 km or 137 mi	Macheng	$630
226 km or 140 mi	Yanshi	$509
228 km or 142 mi	Xiaogan	$651
230 km or 143 mi	Laohekou	$582
230 km or 143 mi	Yingcheng	$600
234 km or 145 mi	Jingshan	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Luoyang	$505
240 km or 149 mi	Danjiangkou	$583
243 km or 151 mi	Zhongxiang	$577
244 km or 151 mi	Mengzhou	$505
248 km or 154 mi	Yongcheng	$600
256 km or 159 mi	Qinyang	$504