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Crema vs. Mexico City Cost of Living Summary

Crema is 48.0% more expensive than Mexico City.

Restaurants: pay 42.5% more in Crema
Groceries: pay 10.4% less in Crema
Transportation: pay 71.2% more in Crema
Housing: pay 2.5 times more in Crema
Entertainment and Sports: pay 42.9% more in Crema
Clothing: pay 5.0% less in Crema

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

Crema vs. Mexico City Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 42.5% more for restaurants

	Mexico City	Crema
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$10.86 MX$196.39	$17.52 €15.23	+61.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.82 MX$159.57	$11.68 €10.16	+32.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.73 MX$31.33	$2.92 €2.54	+68.6%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.30 MX$23.59	$1.40 €1.22	+7.5%
Average			+42.5%

Mexico City vs. Crema - Cost of restaurants

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pay 10.4% less for groceries

	Mexico City	Crema
Bread 1 loaf	$2.63 MX$47.49	$1.81 €1.57	-31.0%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.04 MX$91.17	$6.42 €5.59	+27.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.54 MX$118.28	$4.40 €3.83	-32.7%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.61 MX$47.16	$3.12 €2.71	+19.8%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.80 MX$68.82	$4.24 €3.69	+11.4%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.37 MX$24.77	$1.06 €0.92	-22.6%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.80 MX$14.47	$0.66 €0.57	-17.5%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.97 MX$17.61	$0.69 €0.60	-29.2%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.91 MX$16.39	$1.09 €0.94	+19.8%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.96 MX$17.34	$0.63 €0.55	-34.2%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.99 MX$17.98	$0.74 €0.64	-25.4%
Average			-10.4%

Mexico City vs. Crema - Cost of groceries

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pay 71.2% more for transportation

	Mexico City	Crema
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.14 MX$92.93	$7.86 €6.83	+53.0%
Monthly public transit pass	$19.54 MX$353.50	??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$20,030.45 MX$362K	$37,957.76 €33,005.48	+89.5%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$4.42 MX$80.04	??
Average			+71.2%

Mexico City vs. Crema - Cost of transportation

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pay 2.5 times more for housing

	Mexico City	Crema
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$30.93 MX$559.56	$28.03 €24.37	-9.4%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,079.15 MX$19,521.02	??
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$677.25 MX$12,250.91	$613.16 €533.17	-9.5%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$37.36 MX$675.84	$208.89 €181.64	+459.1%
Average			+146.7%

Mexico City vs. Crema - Cost of housing

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pay (unknown) more for childcare

	Mexico City	Crema
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$430.39 MX$7,785.40	??
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$10,897.53 MX$197K	??

Mexico City vs. Crema - Cost of childcare

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pay 42.9% more for entertainment and sports

	Mexico City	Crema
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.26 MX$58.92	$5.84 €5.08	+79.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.81 MX$68.99	$1.99 €1.73	-47.9%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.34 MX$78.56	$7.42 €6.45	+70.8%
Monthly membership at local gym	$58.44 MX$1,057.23	$93.43 €81.24	+59.9%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.51 MX$117.83	$9.93 €8.63	+52.4%
Average			+42.9%

Mexico City vs. Crema - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 5.0% less for clothing

	Mexico City	Crema
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$60.95 MX$1,102.45	$57.23 €49.76	-6.1%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$48.08 MX$869.67	$40.88 €35.54	-15.0%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$105.72 MX$1,912.40	$123.61 €107.48	+16.9%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$110.91 MX$2,006.29	$93.43 €81.24	-15.8%
Average			-5.0%

Mexico City vs. Crema - Cost of clothing

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