Milwaukee vs Puebla - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Milwaukee	Puebla
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2054	$981
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4880	$2527
🏠 One person rent	$1211	$458
🏘️ Family rent	$1862	$914
🍽️ Food expenses	$555	$311
🚐 Transport expenses	$118	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3539	$651
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	82	35
😀 Quality of life	88	53
🏙️ Population	577K	1.43M

The cost of living in Milwaukee is 109% more expensive than in Puebla. Cities ranked 1702nd and 5623rd ($2054 vs $981) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1506th and 19th in the United States and Mexico, respectively. Check the United States vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Milwaukee compared to 0.7 months in Puebla. Milwaukee ranked 55th best city to live in the United States vs Puebla ranked 12th in Mexico, while ranked 240th and 6026th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Milwaukee vs Puebla

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	Milwaukee	Puebla
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.3	$7.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54	$34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.27	$7.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.32	$2.38
☕ Cappuccino	$5.06	$2.78
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$1.07
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1311	$461
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$979	$384
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2332	$908
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1469	$821
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$47.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61.1	$28.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	11.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1890	$772
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1701	$601
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.9	$29.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$17.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3	$2.61
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$1.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.68	$2.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$6.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$5.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.7	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$1.39
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.2	$1.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$0.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.5	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.7	$9.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.65	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$3.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.34	$5.99
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.35	$3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.54	$1.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.84	$1.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.8	$45.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$4.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$163	$35.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$9.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$42	$50.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.2	$103
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1813	$284
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24191	$9705

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Cities near Milwaukee

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	West Allis	$2001
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Wauwatosa	$1987
10 km or 6.4 mi	Greenfield	$1982
13 km or 8.3 mi	Brookfield	$2019
15 km or 9.4 mi	New Berlin	$1942
17 km or 11 mi	South Milwaukee	$2019
17 km or 11 mi	Menomonee Falls	$1986
17 km or 11 mi	Franklin	$1976
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Creek	$2001
19 km or 12 mi	Mequon	$1998
22 km or 14 mi	Muskego	$1932
23 km or 14 mi	Waukesha	$1760
27 km or 17 mi	Caledonia	$1991
37 km or 23 mi	Mount Pleasant	$2017
38 km or 24 mi	Racine	$2023
46 km or 28 mi	West Bend	$1963
53 km or 33 mi	Kenosha	$1968
57 km or 36 mi	Pleasant Prairie	$2017
64 km or 40 mi	Watertown	$1960
67 km or 42 mi	Zion	$2320
74 km or 46 mi	Fort Atkinson	$1847
76 km or 47 mi	Round Lake Beach	$2313
76 km or 47 mi	Gurnee	$2321
77 km or 48 mi	Waukegan	$2312
78 km or 49 mi	Grayslake	$2298
80 km or 50 mi	Sheboygan	$1817
81 km or 51 mi	North Chicago	$2332
84 km or 52 mi	McHenry	$2327
85 km or 53 mi	Libertyville	$2391
87 km or 54 mi	Mundelein	$2078
90 km or 56 mi	Fond du Lac	$1850
91 km or 57 mi	Woodstock	$2179
91 km or 57 mi	Vernon Hills	$2294
96 km or 60 mi	Janesville	$1789
97 km or 60 mi	Crystal Lake	$2484
97 km or 60 mi	Highland Park	$2345
98 km or 61 mi	Buffalo Grove	$2311
101 km or 63 mi	Lake in the Hills	$2461
102 km or 63 mi	Wheeling	$2371
103 km or 64 mi	Northbrook	$2378

Cities near Puebla

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 18 mi	Atlixco	$825
75 km or 47 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
82 km or 51 mi	Cuautla	$858
82 km or 51 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
86 km or 53 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
90 km or 56 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
103 km or 64 mi	Jiutepec	$752
106 km or 66 mi	Mexico City	$1160
107 km or 66 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
108 km or 67 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
109 km or 68 mi	Tehuacan	$485
116 km or 72 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
117 km or 73 mi	Naucalpan	$800
119 km or 74 mi	Tultepec	$747
120 km or 74 mi	Orizaba	$724
120 km or 74 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
122 km or 76 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
124 km or 77 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
124 km or 77 mi	Teziutlan	$770
124 km or 77 mi	Zumpango	$761
131 km or 81 mi	Pachuca	$632
136 km or 85 mi	Cordoba	$759
140 km or 87 mi	Coatepec	$700
147 km or 91 mi	Xalapa	$574
153 km or 95 mi	Toluca	$696
156 km or 97 mi	Taxco	$788
160 km or 99 mi	Iguala	$821
183 km or 114 mi	Poza Rica	$635
206 km or 128 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
215 km or 134 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
217 km or 135 mi	Veracruz	$724
238 km or 148 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
260 km or 162 mi	Alvarado	$716
268 km or 167 mi	Oaxaca	$812
284 km or 177 mi	Queretaro	$983
301 km or 187 mi	Acapulco	$756
314 km or 195 mi	Santiago Tuxtla	$700
318 km or 197 mi	Celaya	$638
320 km or 199 mi	Morelia	$717
323 km or 201 mi	San Andres Tuxtla	$699