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Celaya vs. Ankara Cost of Living Summary

Celaya is 23.1% more expensive than Ankara.

Restaurants: pay 33.7% more in Celaya
Groceries: pay 2.5 times more in Celaya
Transportation: pay 67.7% more in Celaya
Housing: pay 11.6% less in Celaya
Childcare: pay 76.0% less in Celaya
Entertainment and Sports: pay 11.9% more in Celaya
Clothing: pay 11.3% less in Celaya

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

Celaya vs. Ankara Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Celaya instead of Ankara, you would:

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pay 33.7% more for restaurants

	Ankara	Celaya
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$9.62 TRY409.29	$11.40 MX$207.18	+18.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.42 TRY358.13	$8.14 MX$147.99	-3.3%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.21 TRY51.39	$1.19 MX$21.70	-1.2%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.41 TRY17.42	$0.90 MX$16.44	+120.8%
Average			+33.7%

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pay 2.5 times more for groceries

	Ankara	Celaya
Bread 1 loaf	$0.69 TRY29.36	$2.52 MX$45.88	+265.6%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.81 TRY204.56	$5.43 MX$98.66	+12.8%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.67 TRY156.04	$7.29 MX$132.58	+98.8%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.32 TRY98.68	$2.64 MX$48.00	+13.8%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.55 TRY108.32	$4.51 MX$81.95	+77.0%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.70 TRY29.65	$1.47 MX$26.70	+110.7%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.05 TRY44.70	$1.07 MX$19.39	+1.5%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.60 TRY25.52	$0.98 MX$17.90	+64.1%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.64 TRY27.05	$1.14 MX$20.73	+79.4%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.30 TRY12.55	$1.39 MX$25.21	+370.2%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.25 TRY10.63	$1.57 MX$28.49	+527.0%
Average			+147.4%

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pay 67.7% more for transportation

	Ankara	Celaya
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.41 TRY187.55	$5.00 MX$90.90	+13.4%
Monthly public transit pass	$9.02 TRY383.71	$27.14 MX$493.29	+200.8%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$48,122.27 TRY2,046,447.66	$24,970.21 MX$453,823.62	-48.1%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$6.74 TRY286.50	$13.79 MX$250.55	+104.6%
Average			+67.7%

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pay 11.6% less for housing

	Ankara	Celaya
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$13.72 TRY583.66	$30.76 MX$559.06	+124.1%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$717.46 TRY30,510.67	$244.27 MX$4,439.58	-66.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$512.73 TRY21,804.41	$217.13 MX$3,946.29	-57.7%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$62.15 TRY2,643.06	$33.09 MX$601.36	-46.8%
Average			-11.6%

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pay 76.0% less for childcare

	Ankara	Celaya
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$600.60 TRY25,541.24	$193.61 MX$3,518.78	-67.8%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$14,110.57 TRY600,066.10	$2,214.75 MX$40,252.18	-84.3%
Average			-76.0%

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pay 11.9% more for entertainment and sports

	Ankara	Celaya
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.61 TRY153.48	$2.71 MX$49.33	-24.8%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.22 TRY137.05	$3.09 MX$56.23	-4.0%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.17 TRY92.09	$4.07 MX$73.99	+88.0%
Monthly membership at local gym	$55.91 TRY2,377.78	??
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.44 TRY273.71	$5.70 MX$103.59	-11.4%
Average			+11.9%

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pay 11.3% less for clothing

	Ankara	Celaya
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$57.32 TRY2,437.66	$54.28 MX$986.57	-5.3%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$45.55 TRY1,937.12	$38.00 MX$690.60	-16.6%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$104.18 TRY4,430.56	$99.50 MX$1,808.39	-4.5%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$95.96 TRY4,080.86	$77.79 MX$1,413.76	-18.9%
Average			-11.3%

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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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