New Orleans vs Puebla - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	New Orleans	Puebla
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2222	$981
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5396	$2527
🏠 One person rent	$1281	$458
🏘️ Family rent	$2321	$914
🍽️ Food expenses	$685	$311
🚐 Transport expenses	$82	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3816	$651
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	85	35
😀 Quality of life	87	53
🏙️ Population	384K	1.43M

The cost of living in New Orleans is 127% more expensive than in Puebla. Cities ranked 1304th and 5623rd ($2222 vs $981) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1179th 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 New Orleans compared to 0.7 months in Puebla. New Orleans ranked 67th best city to live in the United States vs Puebla ranked 12th in Mexico, while ranked 264th and 6026th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New Orleans vs Puebla

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	New Orleans	Puebla
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$24	$7.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$98.3	$34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$7.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.5	$2.38
☕ Cappuccino	$5.27	$2.78
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.03	$1.07
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1460	$461
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$987	$384
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2636	$908
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1899	$821
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$210	$47.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.1	$28.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.69%	11.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2606	$772
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2090	$601
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.24	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$46.9	$29.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.6	$17.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.32	$2.61
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.47	$1.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.2	$2.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$6.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$5.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.09	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$1.39
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.43	$1.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$1.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$1.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.95	$0.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.95	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.6	$9.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.78	$3.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.2	$5.99
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.29	$3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.4	$1.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.83	$1.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61.4	$45.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$4.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$142	$35.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.3	$9.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.9	$50.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.3	$103
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1564	$284
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10189	$9705

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Cities near New Orleans

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kenner	$2114
46 km or 29 mi	Slidell	$1974
46 km or 29 mi	Mandeville	$1726
72 km or 45 mi	Hammond	$2003
74 km or 46 mi	Houma	$1767
109 km or 68 mi	Gulfport	$1583
112 km or 70 mi	Morgan	$2174
114 km or 71 mi	Central	$2050
119 km or 74 mi	Baton Rouge	$2015
121 km or 75 mi	Biloxi	$1781
154 km or 96 mi	Pascagoula	$1828
168 km or 104 mi	New Iberia	$2119
168 km or 105 mi	Hattiesburg	$1709
189 km or 118 mi	Lafayette	$1807
203 km or 126 mi	Opelousas	$1941
209 km or 130 mi	Prichard	$1895
212 km or 132 mi	Mobile	$1825
213 km or 133 mi	Laurel	$1868
218 km or 135 mi	Natchez	$1958
223 km or 139 mi	Daphne	$1894
235 km or 146 mi	Foley	$1874
258 km or 160 mi	Pearl	$2083
259 km or 161 mi	Brandon	$2252
261 km or 162 mi	Jackson	$1954
266 km or 166 mi	Clinton	$2046
272 km or 169 mi	Alexandria	$1772
274 km or 170 mi	Ridgeland	$2072
276 km or 171 mi	Vicksburg	$2037
278 km or 173 mi	Madison	$2092
281 km or 175 mi	Pensacola	$2213
299 km or 186 mi	Meridian	$2020
303 km or 188 mi	Lake Charles	$1986
318 km or 198 mi	Sulphur	$2037
336 km or 209 mi	Fort Walton Beach	$1979
344 km or 214 mi	Monroe	$1581
348 km or 216 mi	Crestview	$1923
373 km or 231 mi	Port Arthur	$1907
376 km or 234 mi	Ruston	$1805
390 km or 243 mi	Beaumont	$1673
394 km or 245 mi	Greenville	$1989

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