Tijuana vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Tijuana	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1184	$506
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2873	$1394
🏠 One person rent	$508	$178
🏘️ Family rent	$929	$418
🍽️ Food expenses	$409	$184
🚐 Transport expenses	$167	$67.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$944	$627
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	22	78
😀 Quality of life	57	67
🏙️ Population	1.96M	12.6M

The cost of living in Tijuana is 134% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 4480th and 8471st ($1184 vs $506) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 532nd 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 1.2 months in Zhengzhou. Tijuana ranked 8th best city to live in Mexico vs Zhengzhou ranked 29th in China, while ranked 5782nd and 3944th 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	$14.7	$2.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.7	$16.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.52	$4.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.96	$0.76
☕ Cappuccino	$4.46	$2.43
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$649	$176
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$376	$125
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1219	$452
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$729	$332
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.3	$34.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.6	$53.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.7	$8.37
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.86%	4.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3013	$5913
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1701	$1472
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.5	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.7	$3.86
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.35	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$1.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.15	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$1.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.59	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.11	$2.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.63	$1.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$0.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$0.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.68	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.08	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.7	$14
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.81	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.33	$2.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.07	$2.04
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.8	$3.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.87	$0.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.35	$1.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.7	$93
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.66	$5.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.7	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$4.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.7	$45.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.2	$76.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$168	$195
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4103	$4818

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Cities near Tijuana

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.5 mi	Imperial Beach	$2851
11 km or 6.9 mi	Chula Vista	$2969
15 km or 9.5 mi	Las Delicias	$1032
18 km or 11 mi	National	$2907
21 km or 13 mi	Rosarito Beach	$1029
22 km or 14 mi	Coronado	$3051
23 km or 15 mi	Lemon Grove	$2844
24 km or 15 mi	San Diego	$3427
27 km or 17 mi	La Mesa	$2868
30 km or 19 mi	El Cajon	$2910
38 km or 24 mi	Santee	$2788
42 km or 26 mi	La Jolla	$2867
48 km or 30 mi	Poway	$2784
62 km or 38 mi	Encinitas	$2879
66 km or 41 mi	Escondido	$2884
69 km or 43 mi	San Marcos	$2722
76 km or 47 mi	Carlsbad	$3046
77 km or 48 mi	Vista	$2732
81 km or 50 mi	Oceanside	$3094
84 km or 52 mi	Ensenada	$1027
96 km or 59 mi	Fallbrook	$2709
109 km or 67 mi	Temecula	$2597
115 km or 72 mi	San Clemente	$3070
117 km or 73 mi	Murrieta	$3155
119 km or 74 mi	French Valley	$2684
121 km or 75 mi	Wildomar	$2803
122 km or 76 mi	Dana Point	$2751
123 km or 77 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2681
128 km or 80 mi	Laguna Niguel	$2461
128 km or 80 mi	Menifee	$2637
131 km or 82 mi	Laguna Beach	$2755
131 km or 82 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2730
134 km or 83 mi	Mission Viejo	$3513
135 km or 84 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2960
135 km or 84 mi	Laguna Hills	$2957
135 km or 84 mi	Hemet	$2879
138 km or 86 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3180
138 km or 86 mi	Lake Forest	$2944
139 km or 87 mi	El Centro	$2687
140 km or 87 mi	San Jacinto	$2684

Cities near Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$531
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$542
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$554
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$563
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$539
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$541
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$583
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$583
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$543
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$570
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$544
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$579
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$525
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$585
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$599
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$524
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$554
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$538
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$746
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$600
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$498
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$605
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$640
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$608
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$622
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$617
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$584
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$601
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$589
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$801
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$739
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$1400
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$594
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$743
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$651
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$613
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$642
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$601
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$580
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$617