Puebla vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Puebla	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1051	$1147
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2765	$3146
🏠 One person rent	$396	$636
🏘️ Family rent	$641	$1119
🍽️ Food expenses	$413	$279
🚐 Transport expenses	$139	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$715	$1068
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	35	99
😀 Quality of life	62	76
🏙️ Population	1.43M	24.9M

The cost of living in Puebla is 8% less expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 5190th and 4880th ($1051 vs $1147) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 5th in Mexico and China, respectively. Check Mexico vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Puebla compared to 0.9 months in Shanghai. Puebla ranked 9th best city to live in Mexico vs Shanghai ranked 5th in China, while ranked 5640th and 1178th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Puebla vs Shanghai

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	Puebla	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.5	$4.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50.6	$30.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$5.19
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.92	$1.44
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$3.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.51	$0.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$598	$849
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$264	$520
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$893	$1495
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$470	$937
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40	$38.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.3	$59.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.2	$11.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.98%	3.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1198	$14068
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$858	$6729
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.58	$0.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.3	$29.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.7	$5.76
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.48	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.73	$2.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.02	$1.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.82	$1.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.1	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.39	$3.33
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$2.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.18	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.5	$11.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.53	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.18	$2.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.56	$6.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.12	$7.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.43	$2.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.2	$70.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.82	$8.79
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$46.4	$98.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.53	$12
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.9	$46.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$71.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$442	$1268
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20789	$27610

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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 Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1030
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$708
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$726
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$725
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$798
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$596
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$643
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$678
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$581
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$652
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$686
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$680
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$658
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$571
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$660
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$645
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$670
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$663
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$636
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$659
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$899
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$651
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$664
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$657
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$627
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$667
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$623
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$693
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$691
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$623
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$644
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$661
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$696
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$693
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$620
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$677
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$684
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$644
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$789