Puebla vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Puebla	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1075	$2844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2843	$6700
🏠 One person rent	$424	$1749
🏘️ Family rent	$732	$3002
🍽️ Food expenses	$418	$597
🚐 Transport expenses	$127	$337
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$803	$4145
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	35	99
😀 Quality of life	62	98
🏙️ Population	1.43M	5.45M

The cost of living in Puebla is 62% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 5140th and 348th ($1075 vs $2844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 32nd and 1st in Mexico and Australia, respectively. Check Mexico vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Puebla compared to 1.5 months in Sydney. Puebla ranked 9th best city to live in Mexico vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 5782nd and 2nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Puebla vs Sydney

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	Puebla	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.9	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.1	$79.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.56	$11.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.35	$7.36
☕ Cappuccino	$4	$3.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.66	$2.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$536	$2123
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$312	$1437
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$919	$3835
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$574	$2492
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.9	$123
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.3	$190
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.6	$51.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.97%	6.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1035	$13218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$750	$7866
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.62	$3.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.7	$118
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.9	$20.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.46	$1.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.74	$1.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.6	$2.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.91	$5.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.27	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$9.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$15.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$3.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$3.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$3.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$4.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$2.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$0.82
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.22	$2.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$15.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$4.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.05	$24.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.65	$9.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$4.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.81	$3.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.67	$3.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48	$63.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.72	$16.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.9	$70.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.1	$21.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.1	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$121	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$450	$2281
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20939	$21946

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Cities near Puebla

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 18 mi	Atlixco	$987
75 km or 47 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$1015
82 km or 51 mi	Cuautla	$1032
82 km or 51 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$1040
86 km or 53 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$982
90 km or 56 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$969
103 km or 64 mi	Jiutepec	$907
106 km or 66 mi	Mexico City	$1428
107 km or 66 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$842
108 km or 67 mi	Cuernavaca	$887
109 km or 68 mi	Tehuacan	$926
116 km or 72 mi	Tlalnepantla	$1008
117 km or 73 mi	Naucalpan	$975
119 km or 74 mi	Tultepec	$917
120 km or 74 mi	Orizaba	$944
120 km or 74 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$941
122 km or 76 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$1015
124 km or 77 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$880
124 km or 77 mi	Teziutlan	$950
124 km or 77 mi	Zumpango	$934
131 km or 81 mi	Pachuca	$771
136 km or 85 mi	Cordoba	$962
140 km or 87 mi	Coatepec	$846
147 km or 91 mi	Xalapa	$670
153 km or 95 mi	Toluca	$986
156 km or 97 mi	Taxco	$981
160 km or 99 mi	Iguala	$1004
183 km or 114 mi	Poza Rica	$928
206 km or 128 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$971
215 km or 134 mi	Chilpancingo	$766
217 km or 135 mi	Veracruz	$906
238 km or 148 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1041
260 km or 162 mi	Alvarado	$923
268 km or 167 mi	Oaxaca	$1010
284 km or 177 mi	Queretaro	$1241
301 km or 187 mi	Acapulco	$854
314 km or 195 mi	Santiago Tuxtla	$939
318 km or 197 mi	Celaya	$803
320 km or 199 mi	Morelia	$926
323 km or 201 mi	San Andres Tuxtla	$947

Cities near Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2379
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2482
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$2050
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1710
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1695
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1997
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1699
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1821
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1477
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2223
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1867
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1288
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1824
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1815
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1979
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2528
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2352
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1896
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1860
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1487
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1894
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1813
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1829
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2496
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1928
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1889
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1906
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2269
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1822
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1988
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2217
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1604
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1864