New York City vs Zapopan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	New York City	Zapopan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$4203	$1162
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$9136	$2700
🏠 One person rent	$2713	$534
🏘️ Family rent	$4396	$865
🍽️ Food expenses	$874	$400
🚐 Transport expenses	$379	$145
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5599	$1020
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	100	49
😀 Quality of life	98	64
🏙️ Population	8.8M	1.48M

The cost of living in New York City is 262% more expensive than in Zapopan. Cities ranked 4th and 4791st ($4203 vs $1162) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 14th 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 1.3 months in New York City compared to 0.9 months in Zapopan. New York City ranked 1st best city to live in the United States vs Zapopan ranked 3rd in Mexico, while ranked 11th and 5343rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New York City vs Zapopan

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	New York City	Zapopan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$23.2	$10.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$92.4	$38.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14	$8.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.67	$2.18
☕ Cappuccino	$6.18	$3.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.07	$1.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$3669	$669
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2221	$367
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5076	$1083
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3880	$627
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$137	$76
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$211	$116
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.2	$30.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	10.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$15299	$5652
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11127	$506
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.93	$0.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$134	$27.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25	$23.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.34
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.49	$2.61
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.71	$1.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$7.75	$2.35
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$9.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.5	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.19	$2.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.91	$1.68
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.35	$2.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$2.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$2.82
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.66	$0.76
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.76	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.1	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.3	$2.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.8	$4.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$23.2	$5.74
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$13.9	$3.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$8.03	$1.72
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.87	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$128	$40.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.7	$5.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$157	$39.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$37.3	$7.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$63.2	$45.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$119	$79
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1884	$219
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22663	$5862

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Cities near New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2569
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3364
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3066
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2913
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2733
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3253
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2717
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2783
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2727
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2725
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2735
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2811
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2671
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2712
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2765
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2538
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2688
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2756
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2545
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2475
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2614
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2647
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2770
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2705
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2513
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2749
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2774
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2695
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2769
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2655
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2730
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2718
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2609
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2506
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2723
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2911
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2779
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2680
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2470
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3174

Cities near Zapopan

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Guadalajara	$1120
11 km or 6.9 mi	Tlaquepaque	$728
99 km or 61 mi	La Barca	$913
113 km or 70 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$856
142 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$929
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$1058
163 km or 101 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$843
167 km or 104 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$953
168 km or 104 mi	Colima	$749
172 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$1006
179 km or 111 mi	Tepic	$717
183 km or 114 mi	Leon	$815
192 km or 119 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1296
195 km or 121 mi	Zacapu	$1030
200 km or 124 mi	Uruapan	$873
206 km or 128 mi	Silao	$832
208 km or 129 mi	Tecoman	$858
209 km or 130 mi	Manzanillo	$901
212 km or 131 mi	Apatzingan	$861
213 km or 132 mi	Irapuato	$860
214 km or 133 mi	Sayulita	$1108
224 km or 139 mi	Guanajuato	$753
229 km or 142 mi	Salamanca	$896
243 km or 151 mi	Yuriria	$894
243 km or 151 mi	Zacatecas	$615
254 km or 158 mi	Cortazar	$846
256 km or 159 mi	Morelia	$873
269 km or 167 mi	Celaya	$764
276 km or 172 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1491
278 km or 173 mi	Fresnillo	$803
296 km or 184 mi	San Luis Potosi	$941
313 km or 194 mi	Queretaro	$1184
332 km or 206 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$872
354 km or 220 mi	Rioverde	$943
355 km or 221 mi	San Juan del Rio	$981
370 km or 230 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$905
389 km or 242 mi	Durango	$687
394 km or 245 mi	Zihuatanejo	$857
419 km or 260 mi	Mazatlan	$1166
422 km or 262 mi	Toluca	$926