Port of Spain vs Tijuana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Port of Spain	Tijuana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1193	$1047
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2981	$2573
🏠 One person rent	$555	$463
🏘️ Family rent	$1122	$898
🍽️ Food expenses	$477	$355
🚐 Transport expenses	$52	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$933	$822
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	21 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	27	22
😀 Quality of life	51	58
🏙️ Population	84.1K	1.96M

The cost of living in Port of Spain is 14% more expensive than in Tijuana. Cities ranked 4503rd and 5176th ($1193 vs $1047) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 12th in Trinidad and Tobago and Mexico, respectively. Check Trinidad and Tobago vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Port of Spain compared to 0.8 months in Tijuana. Port of Spain ranked 1st best city to live in Trinidad and Tobago vs Tijuana ranked 6th in Mexico, while ranked 6190th and 5576th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Port of Spain vs Tijuana infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/port-of-spain/tijuana.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Port of Spain vs Tijuana infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/port-of-spain/tijuana" target="_blank">Port of Spain vs Tijuana - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Port of Spain vs Tijuana

Prices for goods and services in Port of Spain and Tijuana are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Port of Spain	Tijuana
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.01	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$78.2	$36.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.54	$7.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.09	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$3.83	$4.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.97	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$669	$564
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$408	$363
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1406	$1158
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$902	$737
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.6	$33.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.1	$51.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.3	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.36%	11.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4421	$3302
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1764	$2141
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.02	$0.88
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$86.6	$32
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.69	$20.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.52	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.39	$2.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.67	$2.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.45	$7.09
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.26	$5.98
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$9.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$2.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$1.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.93	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.2	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.05	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.56	$3.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.89	$5.69
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.79	$3.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.12	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.85	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.8	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.2	$3.93
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.4	$41
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.55	$10.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.7	$37.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$72.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$261	$181
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5597	$2569

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Port of Spain

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	San Juan	$1178
21 km or 13 mi	Chaguanas	$1064
43 km or 27 mi	San Fernando	$953
103 km or 64 mi	Scarborough	$1084
155 km or 96 mi	St. George's	$1062
162 km or 101 mi	Grenville	$1070
188 km or 117 mi	Tucupita	$777
188 km or 117 mi	Carupano	$737
209 km or 130 mi	Maturin	$890
257 km or 159 mi	Porlamar	$684
259 km or 161 mi	La Asuncion	$695
280 km or 174 mi	Kingstown	$1000
285 km or 177 mi	Ciudad Guayana	$890
291 km or 181 mi	Cumana	$716
294 km or 183 mi	Georgetown	$1007
310 km or 193 mi	Upata	$789
340 km or 211 mi	Bridgetown	$1353
343 km or 213 mi	Puerto la Cruz	$791
346 km or 215 mi	Vieux Fort	$1197
346 km or 215 mi	Cantaura	$674
347 km or 216 mi	Holetown	$1418
351 km or 218 mi	Anaco	$639
351 km or 218 mi	Barcelona	$858
352 km or 218 mi	Lecheria	$837
360 km or 224 mi	El Tigre	$746
361 km or 224 mi	Ciudad Bolivar	$880
377 km or 234 mi	Castries	$1161
440 km or 273 mi	Fort-de-France	$1568
442 km or 274 mi	Zaraza	$804
515 km or 320 mi	Roseau	$1015
518 km or 322 mi	Valle de la Pascua	$782
540 km or 335 mi	Altagracia de Orituco	$847
546 km or 339 mi	Portsmouth	$1123
549 km or 341 mi	Guarenas	$918
550 km or 341 mi	Guatire	$917
563 km or 350 mi	Santa Teresa del Tuy	$939
565 km or 351 mi	Santa Lucia	$892
567 km or 353 mi	Georgetown	$1062
579 km or 360 mi	Ocumare del Tuy	$901
586 km or 364 mi	Charallave	$904

Cities near Tijuana

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.5 mi	Imperial Beach	$2911
11 km or 6.9 mi	Chula Vista	$3017
15 km or 9.5 mi	Las Delicias	$912
18 km or 11 mi	National	$2962
21 km or 13 mi	Rosarito Beach	$910
22 km or 14 mi	Coronado	$3065
23 km or 15 mi	Lemon Grove	$2914
24 km or 15 mi	San Diego	$3428
27 km or 17 mi	La Mesa	$2916
30 km or 19 mi	El Cajon	$3043
38 km or 24 mi	Santee	$2898
42 km or 26 mi	La Jolla	$2964
48 km or 30 mi	Poway	$2930
62 km or 38 mi	Encinitas	$3124
66 km or 41 mi	Escondido	$3279
69 km or 43 mi	San Marcos	$2917
76 km or 47 mi	Carlsbad	$3273
77 km or 48 mi	Vista	$2834
81 km or 50 mi	Oceanside	$3199
84 km or 52 mi	Ensenada	$880
96 km or 59 mi	Fallbrook	$2907
109 km or 67 mi	Temecula	$2637
115 km or 72 mi	San Clemente	$2945
117 km or 73 mi	Murrieta	$3109
119 km or 74 mi	French Valley	$2732
121 km or 75 mi	Wildomar	$2763
122 km or 76 mi	Dana Point	$2936
123 km or 77 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2950
128 km or 80 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3188
128 km or 80 mi	Menifee	$2578
131 km or 82 mi	Laguna Beach	$2996
131 km or 82 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2694
134 km or 83 mi	Mission Viejo	$3496
135 km or 84 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2971
135 km or 84 mi	Laguna Hills	$3082
135 km or 84 mi	Hemet	$2764
138 km or 86 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3326
138 km or 86 mi	Lake Forest	$3020
139 km or 87 mi	El Centro	$2698
140 km or 87 mi	San Jacinto	$2677