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Ensenada vs. Ankara Cost of Living Summary

Ensenada is 16.3% more expensive than Ankara.

Restaurants: pay 16.9% more in Ensenada
Groceries: pay 68.4% more in Ensenada
Transportation: pay 2.0 times more in Ensenada
Housing: pay 0.3% less in Ensenada
Childcare: pay 66.9% less in Ensenada
Entertainment and Sports: pay 9.5% more in Ensenada
Clothing: pay 16.3% less in Ensenada

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

Ensenada vs. Ankara Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 16.9% more for restaurants

	Ankara	Ensenada
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$9.62 TRY427.76	$10.97 MX$198.39	+14.0%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.42 TRY374.29	$7.46 MX$135.02	-11.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.21 TRY53.71	$1.15 MX$20.89	-4.4%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.41 TRY18.21	$0.69 MX$12.57	+69.6%
Average			+16.9%

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pay 68.4% more for groceries

	Ankara	Ensenada
Bread 1 loaf	$0.69 TRY30.68	$2.62 MX$47.37	+279.3%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.81 TRY213.79	$3.32 MX$60.02	-31.0%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.67 TRY163.08	$6.63 MX$119.88	+80.6%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.32 TRY103.13	$2.85 MX$51.53	+22.8%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.55 TRY113.21	$3.00 MX$54.22	+17.7%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.70 TRY30.99	$0.97 MX$17.52	+38.9%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.05 TRY46.72	$0.72 MX$13.07	-31.3%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.60 TRY26.67	$0.78 MX$14.15	+30.4%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.64 TRY28.27	$0.71 MX$12.92	+12.3%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.30 TRY13.11	$0.59 MX$10.69	+100.3%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.25 TRY11.11	$0.83 MX$15.02	+232.1%
Average			+68.4%

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pay 2.0 times more for transportation

	Ankara	Ensenada
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.41 TRY196.01	$4.91 MX$88.89	+11.4%
Monthly public transit pass	$9.02 TRY401.02	$35.83 MX$648.08	+297.1%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$48,122.27 TRY2M	$21,713.23 MX$393K	-54.9%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$6.74 TRY299.43	$17.37 MX$314.22	+157.8%
Average			+102.9%

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pay 0.3% less for housing

	Ankara	Ensenada
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$13.72 TRY610.00	$27.12 MX$490.64	+97.6%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$717.46 TRY31,887.48	$515.69 MX$9,328.46	-28.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$512.73 TRY22,788.34	$325.70 MX$5,891.66	-36.5%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$62.15 TRY2,762.33	$41.03 MX$742.23	-34.0%
Average			-0.3%

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pay 66.9% less for childcare

	Ankara	Ensenada
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$600.60 TRY26,693.80	$189.99 MX$3,436.80	-68.4%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$14,110.57 TRY627K	$4,885.48 MX$88,374.86	-65.4%
Average			-66.9%

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pay 9.5% more for entertainment and sports

	Ankara	Ensenada
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.61 TRY160.41	$2.71 MX$49.10	-24.8%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.22 TRY143.23	$3.02 MX$54.60	-6.3%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.17 TRY96.25	$4.07 MX$73.65	+88.0%
Monthly membership at local gym	$55.91 TRY2,485.08	$67.85 MX$1,227.43	+21.4%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.44 TRY286.06	$4.45 MX$80.52	-30.8%
Average			+9.5%

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pay 16.3% less for clothing

	Ankara	Ensenada
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$57.32 TRY2,547.66	$49.22 MX$890.29	-14.1%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$45.55 TRY2,024.54	$42.73 MX$773.03	-6.2%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$104.18 TRY4,630.49	$98.61 MX$1,783.86	-5.3%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$95.96 TRY4,265.01	$57.88 MX$1,047.08	-39.7%
Average			-16.3%

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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: April 2026

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