Puebla vs Wichita - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Puebla	Wichita
🚶 Cost of living one person	$981	$1811
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2527	$4646
🏠 One person rent	$458	$997
🏘️ Family rent	$914	$2025
🍽️ Food expenses	$311	$579
🚐 Transport expenses	$119	$84.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$651	$3603
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	35	46
😀 Quality of life	53	80
🏙️ Population	1.43M	398K

The cost of living in Puebla is 46% less expensive than in Wichita. Cities ranked 5623rd and 2367th ($981 vs $1811) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 19th and 1932nd in Mexico and the United States, respectively. Check Mexico vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Puebla compared to 2 months in Wichita. Puebla ranked 12th best city to live in Mexico vs Wichita ranked 152nd in the United States, while ranked 6026th and 552nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Puebla vs Wichita

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	Puebla	Wichita
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.34	$20.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34	$60.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.31	$10
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.38	$4.97
☕ Cappuccino	$2.78	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.07	$2.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$461	$879
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$384	$721
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$908	$1585
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$821	$1715
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.8	$174
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.4	$266
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.4	$70
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.36%	6.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$772	$1554
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$601	$1484
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.4	$54.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.4	$14.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$0.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.61	$3.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$4.01
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$3.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.6	$9.85
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.83	$10.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$17.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$4.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$4.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$4.09
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$2.28
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$1.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$2.48
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.71	$12.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$2.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.92	$8.71
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.99	$9.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3	$3.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.43	$4.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.29	$1.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.1	$50.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.88	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.1	$110
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.53	$13.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.9	$47
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$284	$918
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9705	$15994

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Puebla

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 18 mi	Atlixco	$825
75 km or 47 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
82 km or 51 mi	Cuautla	$858
82 km or 51 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
86 km or 53 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
90 km or 56 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
103 km or 64 mi	Jiutepec	$752
106 km or 66 mi	Mexico City	$1160
107 km or 66 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
108 km or 67 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
109 km or 68 mi	Tehuacan	$485
116 km or 72 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
117 km or 73 mi	Naucalpan	$800
119 km or 74 mi	Tultepec	$747
120 km or 74 mi	Orizaba	$724
120 km or 74 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
122 km or 76 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
124 km or 77 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
124 km or 77 mi	Teziutlan	$770
124 km or 77 mi	Zumpango	$761
131 km or 81 mi	Pachuca	$632
136 km or 85 mi	Cordoba	$759
140 km or 87 mi	Coatepec	$700
147 km or 91 mi	Xalapa	$574
153 km or 95 mi	Toluca	$696
156 km or 97 mi	Taxco	$788
160 km or 99 mi	Iguala	$821
183 km or 114 mi	Poza Rica	$635
206 km or 128 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
215 km or 134 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
217 km or 135 mi	Veracruz	$724
238 km or 148 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
260 km or 162 mi	Alvarado	$716
268 km or 167 mi	Oaxaca	$812
284 km or 177 mi	Queretaro	$983
301 km or 187 mi	Acapulco	$756
314 km or 195 mi	Santiago Tuxtla	$700
318 km or 197 mi	Celaya	$638
320 km or 199 mi	Morelia	$717
323 km or 201 mi	San Andres Tuxtla	$699

Cities near Wichita

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Derby	$1846
40 km or 25 mi	Newton	$1730
66 km or 41 mi	Hutchinson	$1237
111 km or 69 mi	Ponca	$1671
128 km or 80 mi	Salina	$1569
129 km or 80 mi	Emporia	$1337
151 km or 94 mi	Enid	$1814
155 km or 96 mi	Junction	$1993
161 km or 100 mi	Bartlesville	$1856
176 km or 109 mi	Stillwater	$1748
179 km or 111 mi	Manhattan	$1777
205 km or 128 mi	Owasso	$1864
209 km or 130 mi	Topeka	$1649
213 km or 132 mi	Tulsa	$1851
216 km or 134 mi	Claremore	$1855
217 km or 135 mi	Sapulpa	$1889
218 km or 136 mi	Hays	$1521
227 km or 141 mi	Edmond	$1621
230 km or 143 mi	Broken Arrow	$1885
232 km or 144 mi	Bixby	$1874
232 km or 144 mi	Lawrence	$1720
234 km or 146 mi	Pittsburg	$1902
236 km or 147 mi	Dodge	$1768
245 km or 152 mi	Gardner	$2124
246 km or 153 mi	Yukon	$1824
246 km or 153 mi	Oklahoma City	$1832
248 km or 154 mi	Midwest	$1861
250 km or 155 mi	Del	$1878
258 km or 160 mi	Mustang	$1862
258 km or 160 mi	Olathe	$2290
258 km or 161 mi	Joplin	$1896
262 km or 163 mi	Moore	$1946
263 km or 164 mi	Shawnee	$1855
266 km or 165 mi	Lenexa	$2322
268 km or 167 mi	Shawnee	$2259
270 km or 168 mi	Overland Park	$2437
274 km or 170 mi	Leawood	$2325
274 km or 171 mi	Norman	$1989
275 km or 171 mi	Belton	$1821
276 km or 172 mi	Prairie Village	$2312