Surrey vs Tijuana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Surrey	Tijuana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2280	$1047
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5399	$2573
🏠 One person rent	$1407	$463
🏘️ Family rent	$2721	$898
🍽️ Food expenses	$575	$355
🚐 Transport expenses	$155	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2766	$822
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	80	22
😀 Quality of life	91	58
🏙️ Population	568K	1.96M

The cost of living in Surrey is 118% more expensive than in Tijuana. Cities ranked 1194th and 5176th ($2280 vs $1047) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 12th in Canada and Mexico, respectively. Check Canada vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Surrey compared to 0.8 months in Tijuana. Surrey ranked 6th best city to live in Canada vs Tijuana ranked 6th in Mexico, while ranked 122nd and 5576th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Surrey vs Tijuana

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	Surrey	Tijuana
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.7	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.8	$36.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$7.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.58	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$4.03	$4.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1405	$564
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1196	$363
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2952	$1158
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2383	$737
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$33.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$158	$51.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.4	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.75%	11.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9496	$3302
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8417	$2141
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.95	$0.88
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$122	$32
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.8	$20.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.28	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.41	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.48	$2.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.23	$1.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.5	$2.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$7.09
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$5.98
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.9	$9.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$2.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$1.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.51	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.94	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14	$3.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.1	$5.69
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.76	$3.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.95	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.89	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$3.93
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$84	$41
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$10.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$53	$37.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.2	$72.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$862	$181
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12026	$2569

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Cities near Surrey

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.4 mi	Burnaby	$2495
12 km or 7.4 mi	Coquitlam	$2490
12 km or 7.7 mi	Delta	$2317
17 km or 10 mi	Langley	$2021
19 km or 12 mi	Maple Ridge	$1969
20 km or 12 mi	Vancouver	$2488
21 km or 13 mi	Richmond	$2093
22 km or 13 mi	North Vancouver	$2388
41 km or 25 mi	Abbotsford	$1883
55 km or 34 mi	Bellingham	$2466
65 km or 41 mi	Chilliwack	$1761
79 km or 49 mi	Nanaimo	$1719
87 km or 54 mi	Saanich	$2121
93 km or 58 mi	Victoria	$2093
93 km or 58 mi	Mount Vernon	$2542
95 km or 59 mi	Langford	$2047
100 km or 62 mi	Oak Harbor	$2751
105 km or 65 mi	Whistler	$2023
124 km or 77 mi	Sequim	$2692
127 km or 79 mi	Port Angeles	$2527
134 km or 84 mi	Marysville	$2598
142 km or 88 mi	Lake Stevens	$2604
144 km or 89 mi	Everett	$2589
147 km or 91 mi	Mukilteo	$2637
154 km or 96 mi	Mill Creek	$2642
157 km or 98 mi	Lynnwood	$2726
157 km or 98 mi	Edmonds	$2785
163 km or 101 mi	Shoreline	$2973
164 km or 102 mi	Bothell	$2625
165 km or 102 mi	Courtenay	$1810
165 km or 103 mi	Kenmore	$2718
171 km or 107 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2810
173 km or 108 mi	Kirkland	$2882
177 km or 110 mi	Redmond	$3239
179 km or 112 mi	Seattle	$3015
180 km or 112 mi	Bremerton	$2462
181 km or 113 mi	Bellevue	$3273
185 km or 115 mi	Sammamish	$2759
185 km or 115 mi	Mercer Island	$2826
193 km or 120 mi	Issaquah	$2606

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