Puebla vs Tijuana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Puebla	Tijuana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$939	$1050
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2466	$2567
🏠 One person rent	$407	$472
🏘️ Family rent	$833	$902
🍽️ Food expenses	$323	$352
🚐 Transport expenses	$120	$138
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$629	$856
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	35	22
😀 Quality of life	54	58
🏙️ Population	1.43M	1.96M

The cost of living in Puebla is 11% less expensive than in Tijuana. Cities ranked 6023rd and 5280th ($939 vs $1050) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 26th and 11th in Mexico.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Puebla compared to 0.8 months in Tijuana. Ranked 13th vs 5th best cities to live in Mexico, and 5982nd vs 5480th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Puebla vs Tijuana

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	Puebla	Tijuana
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.64	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.6	$8.39
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.5	$3.06
☕ Cappuccino	$2.76	$4.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.14	$1.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$426	$557
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$309	$370
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$865	$1127
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$708	$741
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.9	$36.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.9	$56.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.5	$27.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.14%	11.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$741	$2860
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$524	$1715
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.51	$0.88
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.1	$29.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.5	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$1.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.09	$2.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.25	$6.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.33	$6.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.5	$9.56
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$2.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.63	$1.84
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.8	$12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$1.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.91	$3.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.21	$6.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.4	$3.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.5	$1.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.4	$2.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.7	$38.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.05	$4.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.9	$45.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.63	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.9	$42.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87	$76.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$229	$185
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10619	$2656

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Cities near Puebla

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 18 mi	Atlixco	$811
75 km or 47 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$816
82 km or 51 mi	Cuautla	$843
82 km or 51 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$835
86 km or 53 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$794
90 km or 56 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$723
103 km or 64 mi	Jiutepec	$734
106 km or 66 mi	Mexico City	$1190
107 km or 66 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$734
108 km or 67 mi	Cuernavaca	$729
109 km or 68 mi	Tehuacan	$504
116 km or 72 mi	Tlalnepantla	$783
117 km or 73 mi	Naucalpan	$835
119 km or 74 mi	Tultepec	$757
120 km or 74 mi	Orizaba	$723
120 km or 74 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$775
122 km or 76 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$884
124 km or 77 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$731
124 km or 77 mi	Teziutlan	$763
124 km or 77 mi	Zumpango	$772
131 km or 81 mi	Pachuca	$704
136 km or 85 mi	Cordoba	$759
140 km or 87 mi	Coatepec	$694
147 km or 91 mi	Xalapa	$589
153 km or 95 mi	Toluca	$844
156 km or 97 mi	Taxco	$789
160 km or 99 mi	Iguala	$797
183 km or 114 mi	Poza Rica	$660
206 km or 128 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$792
215 km or 134 mi	Chilpancingo	$623
217 km or 135 mi	Veracruz	$741
238 km or 148 mi	San Juan del Rio	$828
260 km or 162 mi	Alvarado	$726
268 km or 167 mi	Oaxaca	$830
284 km or 177 mi	Queretaro	$941
301 km or 187 mi	Acapulco	$727
314 km or 195 mi	Santiago Tuxtla	$707
318 km or 197 mi	Celaya	$601
320 km or 199 mi	Morelia	$748
323 km or 201 mi	San Andres Tuxtla	$707

Cities near Tijuana

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.5 mi	Imperial Beach	$2786
11 km or 6.9 mi	Chula Vista	$2893
15 km or 9.5 mi	Las Delicias	$922
18 km or 11 mi	National	$2877
21 km or 13 mi	Rosarito Beach	$922
22 km or 14 mi	Coronado	$2973
23 km or 15 mi	Lemon Grove	$2783
24 km or 15 mi	San Diego	$3346
27 km or 17 mi	La Mesa	$2775
30 km or 19 mi	El Cajon	$2936
38 km or 24 mi	Santee	$2799
42 km or 26 mi	La Jolla	$2821
48 km or 30 mi	Poway	$2765
62 km or 38 mi	Encinitas	$2853
66 km or 41 mi	Escondido	$2795
69 km or 43 mi	San Marcos	$2718
76 km or 47 mi	Carlsbad	$2997
77 km or 48 mi	Vista	$2783
81 km or 50 mi	Oceanside	$2926
84 km or 52 mi	Ensenada	$912
96 km or 59 mi	Fallbrook	$2767
109 km or 67 mi	Temecula	$2579
115 km or 72 mi	San Clemente	$2886
117 km or 73 mi	Murrieta	$3006
119 km or 74 mi	French Valley	$2650
121 km or 75 mi	Wildomar	$2717
122 km or 76 mi	Dana Point	$2828
123 km or 77 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2842
128 km or 80 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3001
128 km or 80 mi	Menifee	$2587
131 km or 82 mi	Laguna Beach	$2928
131 km or 82 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2654
134 km or 83 mi	Mission Viejo	$3444
135 km or 84 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2950
135 km or 84 mi	Laguna Hills	$3035
135 km or 84 mi	Hemet	$2789
138 km or 86 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3330
138 km or 86 mi	Lake Forest	$3047
139 km or 87 mi	El Centro	$2653
140 km or 87 mi	San Jacinto	$2644