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Mexico City vs. Maseru Cost of Living Summary

Mexico City is 3.0 times more expensive than Maseru.

Restaurants: pay 3.9% more in Mexico City
Groceries: pay 39.6% more in Mexico City
Transportation: pay 27.2% less in Mexico City
Housing: pay 4.9 times more in Mexico City
Childcare: pay 10.3 times more in Mexico City
Entertainment and Sports: pay 76.9% more in Mexico City
Clothing: pay 2.0% less in Mexico City

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

Mexico City vs. Maseru Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 3.9% more for restaurants

	Maseru	Mexico City
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	??	$9.93 MX$193.03
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$11.58 LSL216.31	$7.45 MX$144.78	-35.7%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.03 LSL19.22	$1.08 MX$20.99	+4.9%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.54 LSL10.13	$0.77 MX$15.02	+42.5%
Average			+3.9%

Maseru vs. Mexico City - Cost of restaurants

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pay 39.6% more for groceries

	Maseru	Mexico City
Bread 1 loaf	$0.82 LSL15.33	$2.45 MX$47.67	+198.7%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$2.67 LSL49.85	$4.87 MX$94.62	+82.3%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.65 LSL68.15	$5.51 MX$107.08	+50.9%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.28 LSL23.85	$2.18 MX$42.44	+70.9%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.09 LSL57.74	$3.57 MX$69.42	+15.5%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.88 LSL16.48	$1.22 MX$23.75	+38.4%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.00 LSL18.77	$0.67 MX$13.01	-33.4%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.99 LSL18.45	$0.80 MX$15.53	-19.1%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.16 LSL21.65	$0.83 MX$16.09	-28.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.61 LSL11.39	$0.85 MX$16.54	+39.5%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.69 LSL12.83	$0.83 MX$16.09	+20.5%
Average			+39.6%

Maseru vs. Mexico City - Cost of groceries

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pay 27.2% less for transportation

	Maseru	Mexico City
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.64 LSL86.59	$4.64 MX$90.16
Monthly public transit pass	$28.40 LSL530.43	$17.87 MX$347.46	-37.1%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$19,879.98 LSL371,298.93	$18,615.02 MX$361,940.36	-6.4%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$5.62 LSL105.02	$3.47 MX$67.56	-38.2%
Average			-27.2%

Maseru vs. Mexico City - Cost of transportation

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pay 4.9 times more for housing

	Maseru	Mexico City
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$22.72 LSL424.34	$24.38 MX$474.02	+7.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$143.89 LSL2,687.50	$893.52 MX$17,373.14	+521.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$72.89 LSL1,361.43	$544.24 MX$10,581.82	+646.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	??	$30.31 MX$589.36
Average			+391.6%

Maseru vs. Mexico City - Cost of housing

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pay 10.3 times more for childcare

	Maseru	Mexico City
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$29.35 LSL548.11	$381.33 MX$7,414.29	+1199.4%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$1,117.07 LSL20,863.46	$8,426.99 MX$163,849.82	+654.4%
Average			+926.9%

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pay 76.9% more for entertainment and sports

	Maseru	Mexico City
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.85 LSL34.63	$2.73 MX$53.08	+47.2%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.29 LSL24.13	$3.01 MX$58.45	+132.7%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.83 LSL90.17	$3.92 MX$76.25	-18.8%
Monthly membership at local gym	$21.77 LSL406.66	$53.69 MX$1,043.87	+146.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	??	$4.96 MX$96.52
Average			+76.9%

Maseru vs. Mexico City - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 2.0% less for clothing

	Maseru	Mexico City
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$42.60 LSL795.64	$56.36 MX$1,095.74	+32.3%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$39.76 LSL742.60	$41.06 MX$798.33	+3.3%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$100.35 LSL1,874.18	$91.99 MX$1,788.65	-8.3%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$142.00 LSL2,652.14	$91.93 MX$1,787.43	-35.3%
Average			-2.0%

Maseru 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: May 2025

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