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Alicante vs. Mexico City Cost of Living Summary

Alicante is 27.6% more expensive than Mexico City.

Restaurants: pay 34.1% more in Alicante
Groceries: pay 1.5% less in Alicante
Transportation: pay 89.7% more in Alicante
Housing: pay 37.3% more in Alicante
Childcare: pay 32.8% more in Alicante
Entertainment and Sports: pay 4.4% more in Alicante
Clothing: pay 3.9% less in Alicante

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

Alicante vs. Mexico City Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 34.1% more for restaurants

	Mexico City	Alicante
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$10.86 MX$197.31	$17.52 €15.05	+61.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.82 MX$160.32	$10.51 €9.03	+19.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.73 MX$31.47	$2.36 €2.03	+36.4%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.30 MX$23.70	$1.56 €1.34	+19.4%
Average			+34.1%

Mexico City vs. Alicante - Cost of restaurants

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pay 1.5% less for groceries

	Mexico City	Alicante
Bread 1 loaf	$2.63 MX$47.71	$1.77 €1.52	-32.4%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.04 MX$91.60	$7.43 €6.38	+47.3%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.54 MX$118.83	$5.20 €4.46	-20.5%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.61 MX$47.38	$3.07 €2.64	+17.9%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.80 MX$69.15	$4.36 €3.75	+14.7%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.37 MX$24.88	$1.11 €0.96	-18.7%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.80 MX$14.54	$1.00 €0.86	+24.7%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.97 MX$17.69	$0.59 €0.51	-39.1%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.91 MX$16.47	$1.11 €0.95	+22.5%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.96 MX$17.42	$0.81 €0.70	-15.0%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.99 MX$18.07	$0.82 €0.70	-17.9%
Average			-1.5%

Mexico City vs. Alicante - Cost of groceries

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pay 89.7% more for transportation

	Mexico City	Alicante
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.14 MX$93.37	$6.78 €5.82	+32.0%
Monthly public transit pass	$19.54 MX$355.17	$27.45 €23.57	+40.5%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$20,030.45 MX$364,045.47	$38,969.97 €33,467.84	+94.6%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$4.42 MX$80.42	$12.91 €11.08	+191.7%
Average			+89.7%

Mexico City vs. Alicante - Cost of transportation

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pay 37.3% more for housing

	Mexico City	Alicante
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$30.93 MX$562.20	$31.32 €26.90	+1.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,079.15 MX$19,613.07	$1,030.48 €884.99	-4.5%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$677.25 MX$12,308.67	$816.52 €701.24	+20.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$37.36 MX$679.03	$86.64 €74.41	+131.9%
Average			+37.3%

Mexico City vs. Alicante - Cost of housing

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pay 32.8% more for childcare

	Mexico City	Alicante
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$430.39 MX$7,822.12	$720.26 €618.57	+67.4%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$10,897.53 MX$198,058.25	$10,687.10 €9,178.20	-1.9%
Average			+32.8%

Mexico City vs. Alicante - Cost of childcare

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pay 4.4% more for entertainment and sports

	Mexico City	Alicante
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.26 MX$59.19	$2.92 €2.51	-10.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.81 MX$69.31	$2.16 €1.86	-43.2%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.34 MX$78.93	$6.13 €5.27	+41.2%
Monthly membership at local gym	$58.44 MX$1,062.21	$50.39 €43.28	-13.8%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.51 MX$118.39	$9.64 €8.28	+47.9%
Average			+4.4%

Mexico City vs. Alicante - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 3.9% less for clothing

	Mexico City	Alicante
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$60.95 MX$1,107.65	$79.03 €67.88	+29.7%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$48.08 MX$873.77	$31.54 €27.08	-34.4%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$105.72 MX$1,921.42	$97.33 €83.59	-7.9%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$110.91 MX$2,015.75	$107.46 €92.28	-3.1%
Average			-3.9%

Mexico City vs. Alicante - Cost of clothing

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