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Mexico City vs. Equatorial Guinea Cost of Living Summary

Mexico City is 5.7 times more expensive than Equatorial Guinea overall.

Restaurants: pay 46.7% more in Mexico City
Groceries: pay 1.3% less in Mexico City
Transportation: pay 36.6% less in Mexico City
Housing: pay 3.7 times more in Mexico City
Childcare: pay 30.6 times more in Mexico City
Entertainment and Sports: pay 13.2% more in Mexico City
Clothing: pay 29.6% more in Mexico City

The cost of childcare, housing, restaurants, clothing, and entertainment and sports in Mexico City are more expensive than in Equatorial Guinea. Expenses including transportation and groceries are lower in Mexico City. Notably, childcare and housing are significantly more expensive in Mexico City.

Mexico City vs. Equatorial Guinea Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Mexico City instead of Equatorial Guinea, you would:

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pay 46.7% more for restaurants

	Equatorial Guinea	Mexico City
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	??	$10.86 MX$195.57
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.90 FCFA4,976	$8.82 MX$158.90	-0.9%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.89 FCFA498	$1.73 MX$31.20	+94.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.89 FCFA498	$1.30 MX$23.49	+46.5%
Average			+46.7%

Equatorial Guinea vs. Mexico City - Cost of restaurants

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pay 1.3% less for groceries

	Equatorial Guinea	Mexico City
Bread 1 loaf	??	$2.63 MX$47.29
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.36 FCFA1,878	$5.04 MX$90.79	+50.0%
Milk (1 gallon)	$10.78 FCFA6,027	$6.54 MX$117.78	-39.4%
Eggs 1 dozen	$4.27 FCFA2,388	$2.61 MX$46.96	-39.0%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.09 FCFA1,729	$3.80 MX$68.54	+23.0%
Apples (1 lb)	??	$1.37 MX$24.66
Bananas (1 lb)	??	$0.80 MX$14.41
Oranges (1 lb)	??	$0.97 MX$17.53
Tomatoes (1 lb)	??	$0.91 MX$16.32
Potatoes (1 lb)	??	$0.96 MX$17.27
Onions (1 lb)	??	$0.99 MX$17.91
Average			-1.3%

Equatorial Guinea vs. Mexico City - Cost of groceries

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pay 36.6% less for transportation

	Equatorial Guinea	Mexico City
Gasoline (1 gallon)	??	$5.14 MX$92.54
Monthly public transit pass	$26.33 FCFA14,715	$19.54 MX$352.03	-25.8%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$32,972.23 FCFA18,427,508	$20,030.45 MX$360,826.57	-39.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$8.01 FCFA4,478	$4.42 MX$79.70	-44.8%
Average			-36.6%

Equatorial Guinea vs. Mexico City - Cost of transportation

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pay 3.7 times more for housing

	Equatorial Guinea	Mexico City
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$17.81 FCFA9,951	$30.93 MX$557.23	+73.7%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$267.09 FCFA149,270	$1,079.15 MX$19,439.65	+304.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$124.64 FCFA69,659	$677.25 MX$12,199.84	+443.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	??	$37.36 MX$673.03
Average			+273.7%

Equatorial Guinea vs. Mexico City - Cost of housing

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pay 30.6 times more for childcare

	Equatorial Guinea	Mexico City
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	??	$430.39 MX$7,752.95
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$356.12 FCFA199,027	$10,897.53 MX$196,307.02	+2960.1%
Average			+2960.1%

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pay 13.2% more for entertainment and sports

	Equatorial Guinea	Mexico City
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	??	$3.26 MX$58.67
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$5.34 FCFA2,985	$3.81 MX$68.70	-28.6%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.51 FCFA2,520	$4.34 MX$78.23	-3.7%
Monthly membership at local gym	$35.61 FCFA19,903	$58.44 MX$1,052.82	+64.1%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$5.38 FCFA3,004	$6.51 MX$117.34	+21.2%
Average			+13.2%

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pay 29.6% more for clothing

	Equatorial Guinea	Mexico City
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$26.71 FCFA14,927	$60.95 MX$1,097.86	+128.2%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$133.54 FCFA74,635	$48.08 MX$866.05	-64.0%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	??	$105.72 MX$1,904.43
Men's business shoes (leather)	$89.03 FCFA49,757	$110.91 MX$1,997.92	+24.6%
Average			+29.6%

Equatorial Guinea 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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