Puebla vs Sacramento - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Puebla	Sacramento
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1051	$2682
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2765	$6170
🏠 One person rent	$396	$1646
🏘️ Family rent	$641	$2782
🍽️ Food expenses	$413	$710
🚐 Transport expenses	$139	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$715	$4542
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	35	54
😀 Quality of life	62	87
🏙️ Population	1.43M	525K

The cost of living in Puebla is 61% less expensive than in Sacramento. Cities ranked 5190th and 605th ($1051 vs $2682) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 533rd in Mexico and the United States, respectively. Check Mexico vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Puebla compared to 1.7 months in Sacramento. Puebla ranked 9th best city to live in Mexico vs Sacramento ranked 109th in the United States, while ranked 5640th and 347th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Puebla	Sacramento
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.5	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50.6	$75.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$12.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.92	$8.04
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$5.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.51	$2.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$598	$1781
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$264	$1302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$893	$2832
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$470	$2335
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40	$182
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.3	$282
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.2	$66
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.98%	6.22%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1198	$4948
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$858	$3517
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.58	$2.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.3	$103
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.7	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.48	$1.34
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.73	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.02	$3.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$4.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.82	$5.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.1	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.39	$16.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$4.73
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$4.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$5.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$3.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$3.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$1.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.18	$3.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.5	$16.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.53	$2.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.18	$11.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.56	$10.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.12	$7.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$4.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.43	$3.21
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.2	$43.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.82	$17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$46.4	$119
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.53	$24.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.9	$61.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$442	$1488
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20789	$20438

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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

Cities near Sacramento

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.6 km or 2.9 mi	West Sacramento	$2600
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Parkway-South Sacramento	$2631
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Arden-Arcade	$2671
16 km or 9.9 mi	Rancho Cordova	$2722
18 km or 11 mi	Elk Grove	$2775
21 km or 13 mi	Citrus Heights	$2793
22 km or 14 mi	Davis	$2978
26 km or 16 mi	Roseville	$2918
27 km or 17 mi	Woodland	$2768
30 km or 19 mi	Folsom	$2732
33 km or 20 mi	Rocklin	$2660
33 km or 20 mi	Dixon	$2911
38 km or 24 mi	Lincoln	$2667
38 km or 24 mi	Galt	$2815
49 km or 30 mi	Vacaville	$3204
53 km or 33 mi	Lodi	$2710
59 km or 37 mi	Suisun	$3091
61 km or 38 mi	Fairfield	$3318
62 km or 39 mi	Placerville	$2771
63 km or 39 mi	Yuba	$2161
67 km or 42 mi	Oakley	$2980
69 km or 43 mi	Stockton	$2374
69 km or 43 mi	Antioch	$3179
70 km or 44 mi	Pittsburg	$2962
74 km or 46 mi	Brentwood	$3017
77 km or 48 mi	Napa	$3431
82 km or 51 mi	Benicia	$2804
82 km or 51 mi	Concord	$2748
84 km or 52 mi	Martinez	$2905
85 km or 53 mi	Vallejo	$2393
85 km or 53 mi	Pleasant Hill	$2796
86 km or 53 mi	Lathrop	$2677
89 km or 55 mi	Manteca	$2668
90 km or 56 mi	Walnut Creek	$2900
91 km or 56 mi	Sonoma	$3050
93 km or 58 mi	Tracy	$2088
94 km or 58 mi	Hercules	$2893
94 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2906
95 km or 59 mi	Danville	$3873
98 km or 61 mi	San Ramon	$2848