Saitama vs Tijuana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Saitama	Tijuana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1196	$1047
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3375	$2573
🏠 One person rent	$488	$463
🏘️ Family rent	$1182	$898
🍽️ Food expenses	$402	$355
🚐 Transport expenses	$204	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1611	$822
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	21 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	99	22
😀 Quality of life	77	58
🏙️ Population	1.33M	1.96M

The cost of living in Saitama is 14% more expensive than in Tijuana. Cities ranked 4495th and 5176th ($1196 vs $1047) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 42nd and 12th in Japan and Mexico, respectively. Check Japan vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Saitama compared to 0.8 months in Tijuana. Saitama ranked 46th best city to live in Japan vs Tijuana ranked 6th in Mexico, while ranked 748th and 5576th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Saitama vs Tijuana

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	Saitama	Tijuana
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.64	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.4	$36.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.67	$7.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.33	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$3.28	$4.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.69	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$373	$564
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$219	$363
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1143	$1158
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$761	$737
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$201	$33.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$308	$51.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.9	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.88%	11.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5429	$3302
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3586	$2141
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.63	$0.88
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$67.5	$32
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$20.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.17	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.89	$2.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$1.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.74	$2.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$7.09
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.84	$5.98
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$9.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.37	$2.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.9	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$1.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.34	$1.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.31	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.99	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.01	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.26	$3.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.1	$5.69
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.49	$3.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.48	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.7	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$66.7	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$3.93
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.8	$41
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$10.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$37	$37.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58	$72.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$478	$181
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14676	$2569

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Cities near Saitama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.1 km or 3.1 mi	Warabi	$1033
5.7 km or 3.6 mi	Toda	$1041
6.5 km or 4 mi	Shiki	$1066
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Asaka	$1088
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Fujimi	$1084
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kawaguchi	$1081
9.6 km or 6 mi	Wako	$1098
10 km or 6.5 mi	Niiza	$1107
11 km or 7 mi	Miyoshi	$1088
11 km or 7.1 mi	Fujimino	$1101
14 km or 8.4 mi	Koshigaya	$1164
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kiyose	$1105
14 km or 8.5 mi	Ageo	$1117
15 km or 9.2 mi	Hasuda	$1080
15 km or 9.3 mi	Soka	$1104
16 km or 9.6 mi	Ina	$1086
16 km or 9.7 mi	Higashikurume	$1111
16 km or 9.9 mi	Kasukabe	$1111
17 km or 10 mi	Kawagoe	$1222
17 km or 10 mi	Matsubushi	$1088
17 km or 11 mi	Tokorozawa	$1169
18 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1136
18 km or 11 mi	Okegawa	$1098
18 km or 11 mi	Shiraoka	$1079
18 km or 11 mi	Nishitokyo	$1137
18 km or 11 mi	Yoshikawa	$1090
18 km or 11 mi	Yashio	$1071
19 km or 12 mi	Miyashiro	$1079
20 km or 12 mi	Tokyo	$1607
20 km or 12 mi	Higashimurayama	$1114
20 km or 12 mi	Sugito	$1080
21 km or 13 mi	Misato	$1071
21 km or 13 mi	Sayama	$1109
21 km or 13 mi	Kitamoto	$1099
21 km or 13 mi	Kodaira	$1124
21 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1150
22 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1103
22 km or 14 mi	Kuki	$1091
23 km or 14 mi	Iruma	$1108
23 km or 14 mi	Noda	$1125

Cities near Tijuana

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.5 mi	Imperial Beach	$2911
11 km or 6.9 mi	Chula Vista	$3017
15 km or 9.5 mi	Las Delicias	$912
18 km or 11 mi	National	$2962
21 km or 13 mi	Rosarito Beach	$910
22 km or 14 mi	Coronado	$3065
23 km or 15 mi	Lemon Grove	$2914
24 km or 15 mi	San Diego	$3428
27 km or 17 mi	La Mesa	$2916
30 km or 19 mi	El Cajon	$3043
38 km or 24 mi	Santee	$2898
42 km or 26 mi	La Jolla	$2964
48 km or 30 mi	Poway	$2930
62 km or 38 mi	Encinitas	$3124
66 km or 41 mi	Escondido	$3279
69 km or 43 mi	San Marcos	$2917
76 km or 47 mi	Carlsbad	$3273
77 km or 48 mi	Vista	$2834
81 km or 50 mi	Oceanside	$3199
84 km or 52 mi	Ensenada	$880
96 km or 59 mi	Fallbrook	$2907
109 km or 67 mi	Temecula	$2637
115 km or 72 mi	San Clemente	$2945
117 km or 73 mi	Murrieta	$3109
119 km or 74 mi	French Valley	$2732
121 km or 75 mi	Wildomar	$2763
122 km or 76 mi	Dana Point	$2936
123 km or 77 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2950
128 km or 80 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3188
128 km or 80 mi	Menifee	$2578
131 km or 82 mi	Laguna Beach	$2996
131 km or 82 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2694
134 km or 83 mi	Mission Viejo	$3496
135 km or 84 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2971
135 km or 84 mi	Laguna Hills	$3082
135 km or 84 mi	Hemet	$2764
138 km or 86 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3326
138 km or 86 mi	Lake Forest	$3020
139 km or 87 mi	El Centro	$2698
140 km or 87 mi	San Jacinto	$2677