Tijuana vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Tijuana	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1050	$522
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2567	$1600
🏠 One person rent	$472	$184
🏘️ Family rent	$902	$432
🍽️ Food expenses	$352	$190
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$69
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$856	$714
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	22	78
😀 Quality of life	58	66
🏙️ Population	1.96M	12.6M

The cost of living in Tijuana is 101% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 5280th and 8506th ($1050 vs $522) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 518th 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 1.4 months in Zhengzhou. Tijuana ranked 5th best city to live in Mexico vs Zhengzhou ranked 30th in China, while ranked 5480th and 3930th 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	$12.9	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.7	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.39	$4.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.06	$0.85
☕ Cappuccino	$4.13	$2.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.04	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$557	$181
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$370	$129
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1127	$465
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$741	$343
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.8	$35.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56.8	$55.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.4	$8.81
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.73%	4.91%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2860	$3232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1715	$1608
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.88	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.5	$14
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$3.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.93	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.7	$1.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.51	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.18	$2.24
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$1.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$0.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.84	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.47	$0.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.72	$2.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.06	$2.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.23	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.82	$0.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.18	$1.06
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.4	$95.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.24	$5.36
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.4	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$4.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.2	$47.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.3	$77.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$185	$260
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2656	$19861

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Cities near Tijuana

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.5 mi	Imperial Beach	$2786
11 km or 6.9 mi	Chula Vista	$2893
15 km or 9.5 mi	Las Delicias	$922
18 km or 11 mi	National	$2877
21 km or 13 mi	Rosarito Beach	$922
22 km or 14 mi	Coronado	$2973
23 km or 15 mi	Lemon Grove	$2783
24 km or 15 mi	San Diego	$3346
27 km or 17 mi	La Mesa	$2775
30 km or 19 mi	El Cajon	$2936
38 km or 24 mi	Santee	$2799
42 km or 26 mi	La Jolla	$2821
48 km or 30 mi	Poway	$2765
62 km or 38 mi	Encinitas	$2853
66 km or 41 mi	Escondido	$2795
69 km or 43 mi	San Marcos	$2718
76 km or 47 mi	Carlsbad	$2997
77 km or 48 mi	Vista	$2783
81 km or 50 mi	Oceanside	$2926
84 km or 52 mi	Ensenada	$912
96 km or 59 mi	Fallbrook	$2767
109 km or 67 mi	Temecula	$2579
115 km or 72 mi	San Clemente	$2886
117 km or 73 mi	Murrieta	$3006
119 km or 74 mi	French Valley	$2650
121 km or 75 mi	Wildomar	$2717
122 km or 76 mi	Dana Point	$2828
123 km or 77 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2842
128 km or 80 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3001
128 km or 80 mi	Menifee	$2587
131 km or 82 mi	Laguna Beach	$2928
131 km or 82 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2654
134 km or 83 mi	Mission Viejo	$3444
135 km or 84 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2950
135 km or 84 mi	Laguna Hills	$3035
135 km or 84 mi	Hemet	$2789
138 km or 86 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3330
138 km or 86 mi	Lake Forest	$3047
139 km or 87 mi	El Centro	$2653
140 km or 87 mi	San Jacinto	$2644

Cities near Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$531
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$541
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$559
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$568
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$535
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$623
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$588
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$502
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$542
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$571
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$525
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$565
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$521
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$586
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$610
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$517
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$555
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$533
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$819
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$567
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$511
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$611
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$648
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$612
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$591
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$608
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$599
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$602
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$587
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$826
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$747
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$1433
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$598
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$775
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$659
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$634
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$655
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$609
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$554
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$619