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Mexico City vs. Bergen Cost of Living Summary

Mexico City is 31.9% cheaper than Bergen.

Restaurants: pay 51.6% less in Mexico City
Groceries: pay 31.6% less in Mexico City
Transportation: pay 60.2% less in Mexico City
Housing: pay 44.4% less in Mexico City
Childcare: pay 30.6% more in Mexico City
Entertainment and Sports: pay 44.3% less in Mexico City
Clothing: pay 21.5% less in Mexico City

Expenses including transportation, restaurants, housing, entertainment and sports, groceries, and clothing are lower in Mexico City.

Mexico City vs. Bergen Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Mexico City instead of Bergen, you would:

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pay 51.6% less for restaurants

	Bergen	Mexico City
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$24.93 NOK251.94	$10.86 MX$197.31	-56.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$18.45 NOK186.44	$8.82 MX$160.32	-52.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$3.09 NOK31.24	$1.73 MX$31.47	-44.0%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$2.81 NOK28.45	$1.30 MX$23.70	-53.7%
Average			-51.6%

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pay 31.6% less for groceries

	Bergen	Mexico City
Bread 1 loaf	$3.31 NOK33.41	$2.63 MX$47.71	-20.6%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$6.59 NOK66.59	$5.04 MX$91.60	-23.5%
Milk (1 gallon)	$9.17 NOK92.70	$6.54 MX$118.83	-28.7%
Eggs 1 dozen	$5.21 NOK52.66	$2.61 MX$47.38	-50.0%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$7.12 NOK71.92	$3.80 MX$69.15	-46.5%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.69 NOK17.12	$1.37 MX$24.88	-19.2%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.15 NOK11.59	$0.80 MX$14.54	-30.3%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.49 NOK15.08	$0.97 MX$17.69	-34.8%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$2.37 NOK23.94	$0.91 MX$16.47	-61.7%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.05 NOK10.57	$0.96 MX$17.42	-8.3%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.31 NOK13.26	$0.99 MX$18.07	-24.2%
Average			-31.6%

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pay 60.2% less for transportation

	Bergen	Mexico City
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$8.15 NOK82.36	$5.14 MX$93.37	-37.0%
Monthly public transit pass	$79.77 NOK806.21	$19.54 MX$355.17	-75.5%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$34,898.97 NOK352,716.95	$20,030.45 MX$364,045.47	-42.6%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$31.31 NOK316.44	$4.42 MX$80.42	-85.9%
Average			-60.2%

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pay 44.4% less for housing

	Bergen	Mexico City
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$65.67 NOK663.67	$30.93 MX$562.20	-52.9%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,312.87 NOK13,268.88	$1,079.15 MX$19,613.07	-17.8%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$960.85 NOK9,711.17	$677.25 MX$12,308.67	-29.5%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$163.66 NOK1,654.13	$37.36 MX$679.03	-77.2%
Average			-44.4%

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pay 30.6% more for childcare

	Bergen	Mexico City
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$246.62 NOK2,492.53	$430.39 MX$7,822.12	+74.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$12,588.56 NOK127,230.04	$10,897.53 MX$198,058.25	-13.4%
Average			+30.6%

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pay 44.3% less for entertainment and sports

	Bergen	Mexico City
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$10.47 NOK105.82	$3.26 MX$59.19	-68.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$5.22 NOK52.74	$3.81 MX$69.31	-26.9%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$15.46 NOK156.20	$4.34 MX$78.93	-71.9%
Monthly membership at local gym	$52.33 NOK528.87	$58.44 MX$1,062.21	+11.7%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$18.95 NOK191.47	$6.51 MX$118.39	-65.6%
Average			-44.3%

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pay 21.5% less for clothing

	Bergen	Mexico City
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$103.19 NOK1,042.93	$60.95 MX$1,107.65	-40.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$55.45 NOK560.44	$48.08 MX$873.77	-13.3%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$110.34 NOK1,115.15	$105.72 MX$1,921.42	-4.2%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$153.44 NOK1,550.83	$110.91 MX$2,015.75	-27.7%
Average			-21.5%

Bergen vs. Mexico City - 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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