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Cabo Verde vs. Mexico City Cost of Living Summary

Cabo Verde is 9.7% more expensive than Mexico City.

Restaurants: pay 6.3% less in Cabo Verde
Groceries: pay 20.7% more in Cabo Verde
Transportation: pay 2.1 times more in Cabo Verde
Housing: pay 36.6% more in Cabo Verde
Childcare: pay 69.3% less in Cabo Verde
Entertainment and Sports: pay 17.6% less in Cabo Verde
Clothing: pay 7.4% less in Cabo Verde

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

Cabo Verde vs. Mexico City Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Cabo Verde instead of Mexico City, you would:

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pay 6.3% less for restaurants

	Mexico City	Cabo Verde
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$10.86 MX$197.31	$7.62 CVE721.50	-29.8%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.82 MX$160.32	$7.18 CVE679.88	-18.6%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.73 MX$31.47	$2.28 CVE216.18	+31.8%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.30 MX$23.70	$1.19 CVE112.67	-8.7%
Average			-6.3%

Mexico City vs. Cabo Verde - Cost of restaurants

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pay 20.7% more for groceries

	Mexico City	Cabo Verde
Bread 1 loaf	$2.63 MX$47.71	$1.85 CVE175.41	-29.4%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.04 MX$91.60	$9.18 CVE868.72	+82.1%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.54 MX$118.83	$5.62 CVE532.36	-14.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.61 MX$47.38	$2.65 CVE250.50	+1.5%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.80 MX$69.15	$3.86 CVE365.84	+1.6%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.37 MX$24.88	$1.60 CVE151.25	+16.7%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.80 MX$14.54	$1.17 CVE111.06	+46.6%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.97 MX$17.69	$1.48 CVE140.54	+52.5%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.91 MX$16.47	$2.05 CVE193.66	+125.7%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.96 MX$17.42	$0.60 CVE56.93	-37.3%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.99 MX$18.07	$0.81 CVE76.50	-18.7%
Average			+20.7%

Mexico City vs. Cabo Verde - Cost of groceries

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pay 2.1 times more for transportation

	Mexico City	Cabo Verde
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.14 MX$93.37	$6.20 CVE586.80	+20.6%
Monthly public transit pass	$19.54 MX$355.17	$30.66 CVE2,903.16	+56.9%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$20,030.45 MX$364,045.47	$30,364.84 CVE2,874,837.81	+51.6%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$4.42 MX$80.42	$18.41 CVE1,742.94	+316.1%
Average			+111.3%

Mexico City vs. Cabo Verde - Cost of transportation

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pay 36.6% more for housing

	Mexico City	Cabo Verde
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$30.93 MX$562.20	$55.12 CVE5,218.65	+78.2%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,079.15 MX$19,613.07	$408.47 CVE38,672.46	-62.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$677.25 MX$12,308.67	$282.06 CVE26,704.41	-58.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$37.36 MX$679.03	$107.81 CVE10,206.77	+188.6%
Average			+36.6%

Mexico City vs. Cabo Verde - Cost of housing

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pay 69.3% less for childcare

	Mexico City	Cabo Verde
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$430.39 MX$7,822.12	$149.25 CVE14,130.84	-65.3%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$10,897.53 MX$198,058.25	$2,897.28 CVE274,304.02	-73.4%
Average			-69.3%

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pay 17.6% less for entertainment and sports

	Mexico City	Cabo Verde
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.26 MX$59.19	$3.41 CVE322.72	+4.7%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.81 MX$69.31	$1.71 CVE162.33	-55.0%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.34 MX$78.93	$4.97 CVE470.65	+14.5%
Monthly membership at local gym	$58.44 MX$1,062.21	$33.73 CVE3,193.34	-42.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.51 MX$118.39	$5.86 CVE554.79	-10.0%
Average			-17.6%

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pay 7.4% less for clothing

	Mexico City	Cabo Verde
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$60.95 MX$1,107.65	$60.02 CVE5,682.51	-1.5%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$48.08 MX$873.77	$31.96 CVE3,026.15	-33.5%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$105.72 MX$1,921.42	$85.23 CVE8,069.72	-19.4%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$110.91 MX$2,015.75	$138.47 CVE13,109.42	+24.8%
Average			-7.4%

Mexico City vs. Cabo Verde - 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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