Milwaukee vs Puebla - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Milwaukee	Puebla
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2088	$1051
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5072	$2765
🏠 One person rent	$1201	$396
🏘️ Family rent	$1937	$641
🍽️ Food expenses	$594	$413
🚐 Transport expenses	$119	$139
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3838	$715
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	81	35
😀 Quality of life	89	62
🏙️ Population	577K	1.43M

The cost of living in Milwaukee is 99% more expensive than in Puebla. Cities ranked 1786th and 5190th ($2088 vs $1051) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1421st and 36th 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 1.8 months in Milwaukee compared to 0.7 months in Puebla. Milwaukee ranked 57th best city to live in the United States vs Puebla ranked 9th in Mexico, while ranked 224th and 5640th 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	$16.8	$11.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.1	$50.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$2.92
☕ Cappuccino	$5.05	$3.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.93	$1.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1419	$598
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$918	$264
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2352	$893
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1521	$470
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$40
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$61.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.5	$25.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.16%	10.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2602	$1198
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1709	$858
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$0.58
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74.9	$26.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16	$21.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.48
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$1.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.91	$3.02
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$1.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.55	$3.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$7.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$6.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.8	$11.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.82
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.64	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$2.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$2.2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$2.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$0.94
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.33	$2.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16	$14.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.82	$1.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.6	$5.18
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.28	$5.56
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.36	$4.12
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.52	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.84	$1.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.4	$45.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$5.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$165	$46.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$9.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.1	$60.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.5	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1817	$442
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24100	$20789

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Cities near Milwaukee

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	West Allis	$1923
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Wauwatosa	$1949
10 km or 6.4 mi	Greenfield	$1927
13 km or 8.3 mi	Brookfield	$1993
15 km or 9.4 mi	New Berlin	$1934
17 km or 11 mi	South Milwaukee	$2000
17 km or 11 mi	Menomonee Falls	$1979
17 km or 11 mi	Franklin	$1963
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Creek	$1993
19 km or 12 mi	Mequon	$1990
22 km or 14 mi	Muskego	$1930
23 km or 14 mi	Waukesha	$1746
27 km or 17 mi	Caledonia	$1996
37 km or 23 mi	Mount Pleasant	$2058
38 km or 24 mi	Racine	$2065
46 km or 28 mi	West Bend	$1946
53 km or 33 mi	Kenosha	$2039
57 km or 36 mi	Pleasant Prairie	$2097
64 km or 40 mi	Watertown	$1950
67 km or 42 mi	Zion	$2344
74 km or 46 mi	Fort Atkinson	$1771
76 km or 47 mi	Round Lake Beach	$2382
76 km or 47 mi	Gurnee	$2389
77 km or 48 mi	Waukegan	$2443
78 km or 49 mi	Grayslake	$2364
80 km or 50 mi	Sheboygan	$1825
81 km or 51 mi	North Chicago	$2407
84 km or 52 mi	McHenry	$2434
85 km or 53 mi	Libertyville	$2418
87 km or 54 mi	Mundelein	$2162
90 km or 56 mi	Fond du Lac	$1813
91 km or 57 mi	Woodstock	$2249
91 km or 57 mi	Vernon Hills	$2428
96 km or 60 mi	Janesville	$1796
97 km or 60 mi	Crystal Lake	$2555
97 km or 60 mi	Highland Park	$2418
98 km or 61 mi	Buffalo Grove	$2410
101 km or 63 mi	Lake in the Hills	$2559
102 km or 63 mi	Wheeling	$2453
103 km or 64 mi	Northbrook	$2400

Cities near Puebla

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 18 mi	Atlixco	$971
75 km or 47 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$1013
82 km or 51 mi	Cuautla	$1034
82 km or 51 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$1050
86 km or 53 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$981
90 km or 56 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$959
103 km or 64 mi	Jiutepec	$897
106 km or 66 mi	Mexico City	$1475
107 km or 66 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$832
108 km or 67 mi	Cuernavaca	$874
109 km or 68 mi	Tehuacan	$924
116 km or 72 mi	Tlalnepantla	$1003
117 km or 73 mi	Naucalpan	$977
119 km or 74 mi	Tultepec	$914
120 km or 74 mi	Orizaba	$952
120 km or 74 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$940
122 km or 76 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$1000
124 km or 77 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$878
124 km or 77 mi	Teziutlan	$960
124 km or 77 mi	Zumpango	$932
131 km or 81 mi	Pachuca	$763
136 km or 85 mi	Cordoba	$974
140 km or 87 mi	Coatepec	$852
147 km or 91 mi	Xalapa	$673
153 km or 95 mi	Toluca	$994
156 km or 97 mi	Taxco	$973
160 km or 99 mi	Iguala	$980
183 km or 114 mi	Poza Rica	$916
206 km or 128 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$976
215 km or 134 mi	Chilpancingo	$755
217 km or 135 mi	Veracruz	$972
238 km or 148 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1047
260 km or 162 mi	Alvarado	$917
268 km or 167 mi	Oaxaca	$1008
284 km or 177 mi	Queretaro	$1255
301 km or 187 mi	Acapulco	$852
314 km or 195 mi	Santiago Tuxtla	$933
318 km or 197 mi	Celaya	$817
320 km or 199 mi	Morelia	$935
323 km or 201 mi	San Andres Tuxtla	$942