Puebla vs Tijuana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Puebla	Tijuana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1051	$1276
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2765	$3034
🏠 One person rent	$396	$593
🏘️ Family rent	$641	$1048
🍽️ Food expenses	$413	$413
🚐 Transport expenses	$139	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$715	$933
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	35	22
😀 Quality of life	62	62
🏙️ Population	1.43M	1.96M

The cost of living in Puebla is 18% less expensive than in Tijuana. Cities ranked 5190th and 4582nd ($1051 vs $1276) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 11th in Mexico.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Puebla compared to 0.7 months in Tijuana. Ranked 9th vs 7th best cities to live in Mexico, and 5640th vs 5555th 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	$11.5	$11.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50.6	$32
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.92	$3.35
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$4.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.51	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$598	$814
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$264	$461
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$893	$1501
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$470	$837
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40	$30.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.3	$47.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.2	$31.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.98%	12.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1198	$3301
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$858	$2878
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.58	$1.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.3	$32.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.7	$21.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.48	$1.52
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.73	$2.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.02	$3.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.82	$3.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.1	$7.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.39	$9.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$2.78
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.73
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.96
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.18	$2.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.5	$8.65
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.53	$2.37
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.18	$4.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.56	$6.99
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.12	$4.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$2.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.43	$2.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.2	$43.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.82	$7.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$46.4	$47.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.53	$11.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.9	$57.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$442	$220
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20789	$4868

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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 Tijuana

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.5 mi	Imperial Beach	$2984
11 km or 6.9 mi	Chula Vista	$3033
15 km or 9.5 mi	Las Delicias	$1126
18 km or 11 mi	National	$3094
21 km or 13 mi	Rosarito Beach	$1108
22 km or 14 mi	Coronado	$3269
23 km or 15 mi	Lemon Grove	$3023
24 km or 15 mi	San Diego	$3486
27 km or 17 mi	La Mesa	$2997
30 km or 19 mi	El Cajon	$3077
38 km or 24 mi	Santee	$2956
42 km or 26 mi	La Jolla	$3065
48 km or 30 mi	Poway	$3012
62 km or 38 mi	Encinitas	$3265
66 km or 41 mi	Escondido	$3274
69 km or 43 mi	San Marcos	$3008
76 km or 47 mi	Carlsbad	$3269
77 km or 48 mi	Vista	$3011
81 km or 50 mi	Oceanside	$3221
84 km or 52 mi	Ensenada	$967
96 km or 59 mi	Fallbrook	$2984
109 km or 67 mi	Temecula	$2690
115 km or 72 mi	San Clemente	$2994
117 km or 73 mi	Murrieta	$3137
119 km or 74 mi	French Valley	$2799
121 km or 75 mi	Wildomar	$2850
122 km or 76 mi	Dana Point	$3051
123 km or 77 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$3075
128 km or 80 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3492
128 km or 80 mi	Menifee	$2646
131 km or 82 mi	Laguna Beach	$3129
131 km or 82 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2663
134 km or 83 mi	Mission Viejo	$3520
135 km or 84 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2984
135 km or 84 mi	Laguna Hills	$3064
135 km or 84 mi	Hemet	$2768
138 km or 86 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3503
138 km or 86 mi	Lake Forest	$2598
139 km or 87 mi	El Centro	$2801
140 km or 87 mi	San Jacinto	$2677