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Mexico City vs. Cuernavaca Cost of Living Summary

Mexico City is 43.5% more expensive than Cuernavaca.

Restaurants: pay 46.2% more in Mexico City
Groceries: pay 25.9% more in Mexico City
Transportation: pay 26.1% less in Mexico City
Housing: pay 70.6% more in Mexico City
Childcare: pay 2.1 times more in Mexico City
Entertainment and Sports: pay 47.6% more in Mexico City
Clothing: pay 31.4% more in Mexico City

The cost of childcare, housing, entertainment and sports, restaurants, clothing, and groceries in Mexico City are more expensive than in Cuernavaca. Notably, childcare is significantly more expensive in Mexico City.

Mexico City vs. Cuernavaca Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 46.2% more for restaurants

	Cuernavaca	Mexico City
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$9.75 MX$177.16	$10.86 MX$197.31	+11.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.01 MX$127.46	$8.82 MX$160.32	+25.8%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.21 MX$22.07	$1.73 MX$31.47	+42.6%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.64 MX$11.56	$1.30 MX$23.70	+104.9%
Average			+46.2%

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pay 25.9% more for groceries

	Cuernavaca	Mexico City
Bread 1 loaf	$2.26 MX$41.01	$2.63 MX$47.71	+16.3%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.97 MX$72.18	$5.04 MX$91.60	+26.9%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.11 MX$111.03	$6.54 MX$118.83	+7.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.94 MX$35.24	$2.61 MX$47.38	+34.5%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.21 MX$40.18	$3.80 MX$69.15	+72.1%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.98 MX$17.86	$1.37 MX$24.88	+39.3%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.61 MX$11.16	$0.80 MX$14.54	+30.3%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.95 MX$17.21	$0.97 MX$17.69	+2.8%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.74 MX$13.39	$0.91 MX$16.47	+23.0%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.79 MX$14.29	$0.96 MX$17.42	+22.0%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.90 MX$16.39	$0.99 MX$18.07	+10.2%
Average			+25.9%

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pay 26.1% less for transportation

	Cuernavaca	Mexico City
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.89 MX$88.94	$5.14 MX$93.37	+5.0%
Monthly public transit pass	$27.08 MX$492.12	$19.54 MX$355.17	-27.8%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$20,307.82 MX$369,086.45	$20,030.45 MX$364,045.47	-1.4%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$22.47 MX$408.46	$4.42 MX$80.42	-80.3%
Average			-26.1%

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pay 70.6% more for housing

	Cuernavaca	Mexico City
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$26.85 MX$488.06	$30.93 MX$562.20	+15.2%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$385.40 MX$7,004.44	$1,079.15 MX$19,613.07	+180.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$324.93 MX$5,905.38	$677.25 MX$12,308.67	+108.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$47.34 MX$860.45	$37.36 MX$679.03	-21.1%
Average			+70.6%

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pay 2.1 times more for childcare

	Cuernavaca	Mexico City
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$216.62 MX$3,936.92	$430.39 MX$7,822.12	+98.7%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$4,982.18 MX$90,549.21	$10,897.53 MX$198,058.25	+118.7%
Average			+108.7%

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pay 47.6% more for entertainment and sports

	Cuernavaca	Mexico City
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.44 MX$44.29	$3.26 MX$59.19	+33.7%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.44 MX$44.29	$3.81 MX$69.31	+56.5%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.33 MX$78.74	$4.34 MX$78.93	+0.2%
Monthly membership at local gym	$25.72 MX$467.51	$58.44 MX$1,062.21	+127.2%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$5.42 MX$98.42	$6.51 MX$118.39	+20.3%
Average			+47.6%

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pay 31.4% more for clothing

	Cuernavaca	Mexico City
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$40.62 MX$738.17	$60.95 MX$1,107.65	+50.1%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$32.49 MX$590.54	$48.08 MX$873.77	+48.0%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$92.06 MX$1,673.19	$105.72 MX$1,921.42	+14.8%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$98.49 MX$1,790.07	$110.91 MX$2,015.75	+12.6%
Average			+31.4%

Cuernavaca 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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