Tijuana vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Tijuana	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1210	$504
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2855	$1433
🏠 One person rent	$568	$190
🏘️ Family rent	$1004	$328
🍽️ Food expenses	$397	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$150	$60.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$988	$575
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	22	77
😀 Quality of life	63	68
🏙️ Population	1.96M	12.6M

The cost of living in Tijuana is 140% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 4681st and 8651st ($1210 vs $504) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 491st in Mexico and China, respectively. Check Mexico vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Tijuana compared to 1.1 months in Zhengzhou. Tijuana ranked 5th best city to live in Mexico vs Zhengzhou ranked 36th in China, while ranked 5591st and 4484th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Tijuana vs Zhengzhou

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	Tijuana	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.7	$2.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.5	$17
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.4	$4.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.79	$0.78
☕ Cappuccino	$4.69	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.51	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$674	$176
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$467	$138
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1199	$311
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$860	$252
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$31.6	$35.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.7	$54.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.5	$9.48
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.9%	4.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3040	$2753
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2330	$1340
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.02	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.5	$10.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.9	$3.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.84	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.45	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.34	$0.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.91	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.25	$2.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.15	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.21	$2.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.94	$2.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.33	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$0.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.6	$1.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.8	$45.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.94	$5.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$44.7	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$4.48
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.4	$55.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.9	$65.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$201	$227
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4593	$19556

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Cities near Tijuana

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.5 mi	Imperial Beach	$2909
11 km or 6.9 mi	Chula Vista	$2972
15 km or 9.5 mi	Las Delicias	$1063
18 km or 11 mi	National	$3013
21 km or 13 mi	Rosarito Beach	$1055
22 km or 14 mi	Coronado	$3195
23 km or 15 mi	Lemon Grove	$2932
24 km or 15 mi	San Diego	$3469
27 km or 17 mi	La Mesa	$2943
30 km or 19 mi	El Cajon	$2988
38 km or 24 mi	Santee	$2887
42 km or 26 mi	La Jolla	$2996
48 km or 30 mi	Poway	$2922
62 km or 38 mi	Encinitas	$3066
66 km or 41 mi	Escondido	$3215
69 km or 43 mi	San Marcos	$2931
76 km or 47 mi	Carlsbad	$3252
77 km or 48 mi	Vista	$2930
81 km or 50 mi	Oceanside	$3274
84 km or 52 mi	Ensenada	$903
96 km or 59 mi	Fallbrook	$2873
109 km or 67 mi	Temecula	$2681
115 km or 72 mi	San Clemente	$2967
117 km or 73 mi	Murrieta	$3049
119 km or 74 mi	French Valley	$2715
121 km or 75 mi	Wildomar	$2776
122 km or 76 mi	Dana Point	$2994
123 km or 77 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$3057
128 km or 80 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3490
128 km or 80 mi	Menifee	$2626
131 km or 82 mi	Laguna Beach	$3075
131 km or 82 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2671
134 km or 83 mi	Mission Viejo	$3585
135 km or 84 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$3014
135 km or 84 mi	Laguna Hills	$3037
135 km or 84 mi	Hemet	$2742
138 km or 86 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3450
138 km or 86 mi	Lake Forest	$2539
139 km or 87 mi	El Centro	$2751
140 km or 87 mi	San Jacinto	$2642

Cities near Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$513
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$518
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$522
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$517
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$516
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$478
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$502
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$489
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$517
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$523
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$506
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$511
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$510
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$506
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$507
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$503
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$525
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$515
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$572
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$537
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$513
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$544
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$527
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$553
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$551
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$534
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$582
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$484
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$526
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$585
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$689
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$807
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$598
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$580
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$552
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$581
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$543
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$518
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$563