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Ankara vs. Mexico City Cost of Living Summary

Ankara is 1.6% more expensive than Mexico City.

Restaurants: pay 7.9% less in Ankara
Groceries: pay 36.1% less in Ankara
Transportation: pay 37.2% more in Ankara
Housing: pay 9.5% less in Ankara
Childcare: pay 27.5% more in Ankara
Entertainment and Sports: pay 6.5% less in Ankara
Clothing: pay 6.6% more in Ankara

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

Ankara vs. Mexico City Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 7.9% less for restaurants

	Mexico City	Ankara
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$9.93 MX$206.41	$8.72 TRY309.15	-12.1%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.45 MX$154.81	$7.27 TRY257.62	-2.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.08 MX$22.44	$1.27 TRY45.03	+17.8%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.77 MX$16.07	$0.50 TRY17.87	-34.7%
Average			-7.9%

Mexico City vs. Ankara - Cost of restaurants

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pay 36.1% less for groceries

	Mexico City	Ankara
Bread 1 loaf	$2.45 MX$50.98	$0.83 TRY29.57	-66.0%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.87 MX$101.18	$4.61 TRY163.31	-5.3%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.51 MX$114.50	$3.90 TRY138.26	-29.1%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.18 MX$45.38	$1.68 TRY59.57	-23.0%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.57 MX$74.23	$2.70 TRY95.66	-24.4%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.22 MX$25.40	$0.49 TRY17.24	-60.2%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.67 MX$13.91	$0.88 TRY31.23	+31.7%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.80 MX$16.61	$0.45 TRY16.09	-43.1%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.83 MX$17.20	$0.54 TRY19.19	-34.5%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.85 MX$17.69	$0.25 TRY8.77	-70.9%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.83 MX$17.21	$0.23 TRY8.14	-72.3%
Average			-36.1%

Mexico City vs. Ankara - Cost of groceries

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pay 37.2% more for transportation

	Mexico City	Ankara
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.64 MX$96.41	$4.81 TRY170.61	+3.8%
Monthly public transit pass	$17.87 MX$371.54	$8.72 TRY309.15	-51.2%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$18,615.02 MX$387,024.84	$44,845.33 TRY1,589,013.65	+140.9%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$3.47 MX$72.24	$5.40 TRY191.45	+55.5%
Average			+37.2%

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pay 9.5% less for housing

	Mexico City	Ankara
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$24.38 MX$506.87	$11.50 TRY407.56	-52.8%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$893.52 MX$18,577.19	$592.54 TRY20,995.44	-33.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$544.24 MX$11,315.20	$399.36 TRY14,150.66	-26.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$30.31 MX$630.20	$53.07 TRY1,880.57	+75.1%
Average			-9.5%

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pay 27.5% more for childcare

	Mexico City	Ankara
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$381.33 MX$7,928.15	$502.10 TRY17,791.04	+31.7%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$8,426.99 MX$175,205.53	$10,388.60 TRY368,101.43	+23.3%
Average			+27.5%

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pay 6.5% less for entertainment and sports

	Mexico City	Ankara
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.73 MX$56.76	$3.49 TRY123.66	+27.8%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.01 MX$62.50	$2.84 TRY100.73	-5.4%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$3.92 MX$81.53	$2.04 TRY72.13	-48.1%
Monthly membership at local gym	$53.69 MX$1,116.21	$40.91 TRY1,449.46	-23.8%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$4.96 MX$103.21	$5.82 TRY206.10	+17.2%
Average			-6.5%

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pay 6.6% more for clothing

	Mexico City	Ankara
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$56.36 MX$1,171.69	$56.66 TRY2,007.68	+0.5%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$41.06 MX$853.66	$45.57 TRY1,614.63	+11.0%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$91.99 MX$1,912.62	$104.18 TRY3,691.57	+13.3%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$91.93 MX$1,911.30	$93.27 TRY3,304.92	+1.5%
Average			+6.6%

Mexico City vs. Ankara - 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: January 2025

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