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Chihuahua vs. Ankara Cost of Living Summary

Chihuahua is 20.3% more expensive than Ankara.

Restaurants: pay 37.0% more in Chihuahua
Groceries: pay 2.2 times more in Chihuahua
Transportation: pay 65.9% more in Chihuahua
Housing: pay 18.2% more in Chihuahua
Childcare: pay 73.6% less in Chihuahua
Entertainment and Sports: pay 7.7% less in Chihuahua
Clothing: pay 14.8% less in Chihuahua

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

Chihuahua vs. Ankara Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 37.0% more for restaurants

	Ankara	Chihuahua
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$9.62 TRY409.29	$10.86 MX$197.31	+12.8%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.42 TRY358.13	$10.86 MX$197.31	+28.9%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.21 TRY51.39	$1.21 MX$21.90	-0.3%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.41 TRY17.42	$0.85 MX$15.39	+106.7%
Average			+37.0%

Ankara vs. Chihuahua - Cost of restaurants

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pay 2.2 times more for groceries

	Ankara	Chihuahua
Bread 1 loaf	$0.69 TRY29.36	$3.17 MX$57.56	+358.7%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.81 TRY204.56	$4.70 MX$85.49	-2.2%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.67 TRY156.04	$5.91 MX$107.37	+61.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.32 TRY98.68	$2.76 MX$50.08	+18.7%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.55 TRY108.32	$3.07 MX$55.82	+20.6%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.70 TRY29.65	$1.09 MX$19.89	+57.0%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.05 TRY44.70	$0.71 MX$12.83	-32.9%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.60 TRY25.52	$0.92 MX$16.76	+53.7%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.64 TRY27.05	$1.26 MX$22.83	+97.5%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.30 TRY12.55	$1.11 MX$20.12	+275.2%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.25 TRY10.63	$1.19 MX$21.68	+377.1%
Average			+116.8%

Ankara vs. Chihuahua - Cost of groceries

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pay 65.9% more for transportation

	Ankara	Chihuahua
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.41 TRY187.55	$5.01 MX$90.99	+13.5%
Monthly public transit pass	$9.02 TRY383.71	$32.57 MX$591.94	+261.0%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$48,122.27 TRY2,046,447.66	$28,174.81 MX$512,065.96	-41.5%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$6.74 TRY286.50	$8.79 MX$159.82	+30.5%
Average			+65.9%

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pay 18.2% more for housing

	Ankara	Chihuahua
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$13.72 TRY583.66	$24.14 MX$438.78	+75.9%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$717.46 TRY30,510.67	$678.54 MX$12,332.16	-5.4%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$512.73 TRY21,804.41	$441.05 MX$8,015.91	-14.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$62.15 TRY2,643.06	$72.13 MX$1,310.89	+16.1%
Average			+18.2%

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pay 73.6% less for childcare

	Ankara	Chihuahua
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$600.60 TRY25,541.24	$174.91 MX$3,178.96	-70.9%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$14,110.57 TRY600,066.10	$3,347.46 MX$60,838.67	-76.3%
Average			-73.6%

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pay 7.7% less for entertainment and sports

	Ankara	Chihuahua
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.61 TRY153.48	$2.36 MX$42.83	-34.7%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.22 TRY137.05	$2.40 MX$43.61	-25.5%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.17 TRY92.09	$4.34 MX$78.93	+100.5%
Monthly membership at local gym	$55.91 TRY2,377.78	$27.81 MX$505.37	-50.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.44 TRY273.71	$4.61 MX$83.86	-28.3%
Average			-7.7%

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pay 14.8% less for clothing

	Ankara	Chihuahua
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$57.32 TRY2,437.66	$52.79 MX$959.44	-7.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$45.55 TRY1,937.12	$24.43 MX$443.96	-46.4%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$104.18 TRY4,430.56	$107.21 MX$1,948.48	+2.9%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$95.96 TRY4,080.86	$88.64 MX$1,611.07	-7.6%
Average			-14.8%

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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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