Omaha vs Zapopan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Omaha	Zapopan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2068	$1021
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5023	$2412
🏠 One person rent	$1218	$449
🏘️ Family rent	$2227	$742
🍽️ Food expenses	$605	$358
🚐 Transport expenses	$97.1	$131
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4141	$925
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	75	49
😀 Quality of life	88	59
🏙️ Population	486K	1.48M

The cost of living in Omaha is 103% more expensive than in Zapopan. Cities ranked 1666th and 5351st ($2068 vs $1021) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1477th 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 2 months in Omaha compared to 0.9 months in Zapopan. Omaha ranked 57th best city to live in the United States vs Zapopan ranked 3rd in Mexico, while ranked 242nd and 5375th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Omaha vs Zapopan

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	Omaha	Zapopan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$9.72
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.2	$38.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.1	$8.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.92	$2.2
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.03	$1.18
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1167	$542
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$918	$330
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2548	$978
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1708	$553
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$50.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$288	$78.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.3	$25.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.62%	11.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1944	$5058
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1801	$452
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.25	$0.47
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$55.5	$24.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.8	$21
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3	$2.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.48	$1.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$8.33
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$7.34
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$9.71
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.41	$2.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.02	$1.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.88
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$2.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.69	$0.73
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.69	$1.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.5	$9.85
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.96	$1.59
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.97	$3.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.36	$5.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.97	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.51	$1.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.7	$44.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$4.67
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.9	$27.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$8.88
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.4	$46.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.9	$94.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$917	$162
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24732	$5821

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Cities near Omaha

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.1 mi	Council Bluffs	$1794
14 km or 8.6 mi	Bellevue	$2014
44 km or 27 mi	Fremont	$1994
75 km or 47 mi	Lincoln	$1698
114 km or 71 mi	Columbus	$1996
140 km or 87 mi	Sioux	$1759
145 km or 90 mi	Norfolk	$1949
183 km or 114 mi	Waukee	$1859
194 km or 121 mi	Urbandale	$1865
195 km or 121 mi	St. Joseph	$2000
195 km or 121 mi	West Des Moines	$1878
198 km or 123 mi	Johnston	$1857
200 km or 124 mi	Grand Island	$1853
203 km or 126 mi	Des Moines	$1831
205 km or 128 mi	Fort Dodge	$1854
207 km or 129 mi	Ankeny	$1706
213 km or 133 mi	Hastings	$1829
217 km or 135 mi	Ames	$1709
236 km or 147 mi	Manhattan	$1777
236 km or 147 mi	Leavenworth	$2092
248 km or 154 mi	Topeka	$1649
259 km or 161 mi	Junction	$1993
259 km or 161 mi	Sioux Falls	$1848
260 km or 161 mi	Gladstone	$1992
263 km or 163 mi	Liberty	$1922
264 km or 164 mi	Lawrence	$1720
265 km or 165 mi	Kearney	$1684
266 km or 165 mi	Kansas City	$2196
272 km or 169 mi	Marshalltown	$1710
272 km or 169 mi	Shawnee	$2259
275 km or 171 mi	Kansas	$2121
277 km or 172 mi	Lenexa	$2322
278 km or 173 mi	Independence	$1825
279 km or 173 mi	Prairie Village	$2312
283 km or 176 mi	Overland Park	$2437
285 km or 177 mi	Olathe	$2290
285 km or 177 mi	Raytown	$2039
287 km or 178 mi	Leawood	$2325
288 km or 179 mi	Gardner	$2124
291 km or 181 mi	Blue Springs	$1979

Cities near Zapopan

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Guadalajara	$1017
11 km or 6.9 mi	Tlaquepaque	$660
99 km or 61 mi	La Barca	$778
113 km or 70 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$780
142 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$773
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$906
163 km or 101 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$721
167 km or 104 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$831
168 km or 104 mi	Colima	$634
172 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$796
179 km or 111 mi	Tepic	$587
183 km or 114 mi	Leon	$684
192 km or 119 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1162
195 km or 121 mi	Zacapu	$804
200 km or 124 mi	Uruapan	$673
206 km or 128 mi	Silao	$768
208 km or 129 mi	Tecoman	$744
209 km or 130 mi	Manzanillo	$813
212 km or 131 mi	Apatzingan	$753
213 km or 132 mi	Irapuato	$667
214 km or 133 mi	Sayulita	$977
224 km or 139 mi	Guanajuato	$853
229 km or 142 mi	Salamanca	$634
243 km or 151 mi	Yuriria	$725
243 km or 151 mi	Zacatecas	$677
254 km or 158 mi	Cortazar	$693
256 km or 159 mi	Morelia	$717
269 km or 167 mi	Celaya	$638
276 km or 172 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
278 km or 173 mi	Fresnillo	$760
296 km or 184 mi	San Luis Potosi	$808
313 km or 194 mi	Queretaro	$983
332 km or 206 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$781
354 km or 220 mi	Rioverde	$846
355 km or 221 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
370 km or 230 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
389 km or 242 mi	Durango	$662
394 km or 245 mi	Zihuatanejo	$856
419 km or 260 mi	Mazatlan	$1214
422 km or 262 mi	Toluca	$696