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Cabo San Lucas vs. Ankara Cost of Living Summary

Cabo San Lucas is 44.6% more expensive than Ankara.

Restaurants: pay 43.9% more in Cabo San Lucas
Groceries: pay 83.2% more in Cabo San Lucas
Transportation: pay 2.9 times more in Cabo San Lucas
Housing: pay 46.3% more in Cabo San Lucas
Childcare: pay 60.0% less in Cabo San Lucas
Entertainment and Sports: pay 9.1% more in Cabo San Lucas
Clothing: pay 0.3% less in Cabo San Lucas

The cost of transportation, groceries, housing, restaurants, and entertainment and sports in Cabo San Lucas are more expensive than in Ankara. Expenses including childcare and clothing are lower in Cabo San Lucas. Notably, transportation and groceries are significantly more expensive in Cabo San Lucas.

Cabo San Lucas vs. Ankara Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Cabo San Lucas instead of Ankara, you would:

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pay 43.9% more for restaurants

	Ankara	Cabo San Lucas
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$9.62 TRY410.93	$10.29 MX$185.35	+6.9%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.42 TRY359.56	$8.66 MX$156.08	+2.9%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.21 TRY51.59	$1.45 MX$26.20	+20.4%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.41 TRY17.49	$1.01 MX$18.12	+145.5%
Average			+43.9%

Ankara vs. Cabo San Lucas - Cost of restaurants

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pay 83.2% more for groceries

	Ankara	Cabo San Lucas
Bread 1 loaf	$0.69 TRY29.48	$3.05 MX$54.87	+341.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.81 TRY205.38	$5.78 MX$104.06	+20.1%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.67 TRY156.66	$6.66 MX$120.02	+81.6%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.32 TRY99.07	$2.29 MX$41.22	-1.4%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.55 TRY108.76	$4.42 MX$79.65	+73.6%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.70 TRY29.77	$1.19 MX$21.39	+70.3%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.05 TRY44.88	$0.70 MX$12.54	-33.8%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.60 TRY25.62	$0.72 MX$12.98	+20.1%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.64 TRY27.15	$0.75 MX$13.57	+18.4%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.30 TRY12.60	$0.55 MX$9.96	+87.3%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.25 TRY10.67	$0.84 MX$15.19	+237.3%
Average			+83.2%

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pay 2.9 times more for transportation

	Ankara	Cabo San Lucas
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.41 TRY188.30	$5.02 MX$90.44	+13.8%
Monthly public transit pass	$9.02 TRY385.24	$51.99 MX$936.51	+476.2%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$48,122.27 TRY2,054,633.12	$22,378.40 MX$403,122.29	-53.5%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$6.74 TRY287.65	$28.56 MX$514.48	+323.9%
Average			+190.1%

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pay 46.3% more for housing

	Ankara	Cabo San Lucas
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$13.72 TRY586.00	$26.48 MX$477.03	+92.9%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$717.46 TRY30,632.71	$880.01 MX$15,852.33	+22.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$512.73 TRY21,891.63	$852.93 MX$15,364.57	+66.3%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$62.15 TRY2,653.64	$64.23 MX$1,157.03	+3.3%
Average			+46.3%

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pay 60.0% less for childcare

	Ankara	Cabo San Lucas
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$600.60 TRY25,643.40	$135.39 MX$2,438.82	-77.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$14,110.57 TRY602,466.26	$8,123.13 MX$146,329.19	-42.4%
Average			-60.0%

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pay 9.1% more for entertainment and sports

	Ankara	Cabo San Lucas
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.61 TRY154.10	$2.44 MX$43.90	-32.5%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.22 TRY137.60	$3.52 MX$63.41	+9.2%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.17 TRY92.46	$4.87 MX$87.80	+125.1%
Monthly membership at local gym	$55.91 TRY2,387.29	$45.13 MX$812.94	-19.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.44 TRY274.81	$4.06 MX$73.16	-36.9%
Average			+9.1%

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pay 0.3% less for clothing

	Ankara	Cabo San Lucas
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$57.32 TRY2,447.41	$72.21 MX$1,300.70	+26.0%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$45.55 TRY1,944.87	$51.45 MX$926.75	+12.9%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$104.18 TRY4,448.28	$93.87 MX$1,690.92	-9.9%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$95.96 TRY4,097.18	$66.79 MX$1,203.15	-30.4%
Average			-0.3%

Ankara vs. Cabo San Lucas - Cost of clothing

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: December 2025

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