Puebla vs Tijuana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Puebla	Tijuana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1075	$1295
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2843	$3053
🏠 One person rent	$424	$616
🏘️ Family rent	$732	$1076
🍽️ Food expenses	$418	$416
🚐 Transport expenses	$127	$156
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$803	$1025
😷 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 17% less expensive than in Tijuana. Cities ranked 5140th and 4578th ($1075 vs $1295) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 32nd and 9th 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 9th vs 6th best cities to live in Mexico, and 5782nd vs 5712th 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	$10.9	$12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.1	$34.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.56	$9.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.35	$2.9
☕ Cappuccino	$4	$4.63
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.66	$1.33
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$536	$768
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$312	$500
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$919	$1368
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$574	$905
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.9	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.3	$46.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.6	$31.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.97%	12.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1035	$3269
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$750	$2686
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.62	$1.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.7	$37.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.9	$19.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.46	$1.46
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.74	$2.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.6	$2.84
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.91	$3.29
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.27	$7.47
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$9.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$2.78
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$1.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.86
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$0.7
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.22	$2.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$8.74
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$2.37
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.05	$4.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.65	$8.04
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$4.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.81	$2.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.67	$2.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48	$42.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.72	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.9	$48.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.1	$12.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.1	$56.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$121	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$450	$220
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20939	$4857

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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 Tijuana

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.5 mi	Imperial Beach	$2933
11 km or 6.9 mi	Chula Vista	$2995
15 km or 9.5 mi	Las Delicias	$1141
18 km or 11 mi	National	$3053
21 km or 13 mi	Rosarito Beach	$1138
22 km or 14 mi	Coronado	$3220
23 km or 15 mi	Lemon Grove	$2995
24 km or 15 mi	San Diego	$3507
27 km or 17 mi	La Mesa	$2963
30 km or 19 mi	El Cajon	$3040
38 km or 24 mi	Santee	$2948
42 km or 26 mi	La Jolla	$3033
48 km or 30 mi	Poway	$2995
62 km or 38 mi	Encinitas	$3243
66 km or 41 mi	Escondido	$3261
69 km or 43 mi	San Marcos	$2995
76 km or 47 mi	Carlsbad	$3245
77 km or 48 mi	Vista	$2976
81 km or 50 mi	Oceanside	$3251
84 km or 52 mi	Ensenada	$968
96 km or 59 mi	Fallbrook	$2927
109 km or 67 mi	Temecula	$2676
115 km or 72 mi	San Clemente	$2963
117 km or 73 mi	Murrieta	$3070
119 km or 74 mi	French Valley	$2758
121 km or 75 mi	Wildomar	$2815
122 km or 76 mi	Dana Point	$3030
123 km or 77 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$3085
128 km or 80 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3513
128 km or 80 mi	Menifee	$2621
131 km or 82 mi	Laguna Beach	$3122
131 km or 82 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2669
134 km or 83 mi	Mission Viejo	$3544
135 km or 84 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2980
135 km or 84 mi	Laguna Hills	$3027
135 km or 84 mi	Hemet	$2767
138 km or 86 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3449
138 km or 86 mi	Lake Forest	$2554
139 km or 87 mi	El Centro	$2752
140 km or 87 mi	San Jacinto	$2667