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Cumbria vs. Mexico City Cost of Living Summary

Cumbria is 28.3% more expensive than Mexico City.

Restaurants: pay 34.8% more in Cumbria
Groceries: pay 1.2% less in Cumbria
Transportation: pay 52.3% more in Cumbria
Housing: pay 23.1% less in Cumbria
Entertainment and Sports: pay 78.8% more in Cumbria

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

Cumbria vs. Mexico City Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 34.8% more for restaurants

	Mexico City	Cumbria
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$10.86 MX$196.39	$16.04 £12.09	+47.7%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.82 MX$159.57	??
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.73 MX$31.33	$2.67 £2.01	+54.3%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.30 MX$23.59	$1.34 £1.01	+2.5%
Average			+34.8%

Mexico City vs. Cumbria - Cost of restaurants

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pay 1.2% less for groceries

	Mexico City	Cumbria
Bread 1 loaf	$2.63 MX$47.49	$1.80 £1.36	-31.3%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.04 MX$91.17	$2.00 £1.51	-60.2%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.54 MX$118.28	$10.12 £7.63	+54.7%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.61 MX$47.16	??
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.80 MX$68.82	$2.42 £1.83	-36.3%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.37 MX$24.77	??
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.80 MX$14.47	??
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.97 MX$17.61	??
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.91 MX$16.39	$1.06 £0.80	+17.1%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.96 MX$17.34	$1.82 £1.37	+89.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.99 MX$17.98	$0.58 £0.43	-42.1%
Average			-1.2%

Mexico City vs. Cumbria - Cost of groceries

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pay 52.3% more for transportation

	Mexico City	Cumbria
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.14 MX$92.93	$7.82 £5.90	+52.3%
Monthly public transit pass	$19.54 MX$353.50	??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$20,030.45 MX$362K	??
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$4.42 MX$80.04	??
Average			+52.3%

Mexico City vs. Cumbria - Cost of transportation

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pay 23.1% less for housing

	Mexico City	Cumbria
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$30.93 MX$559.56	??
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,079.15 MX$19,521.02	$701.59 £528.83	-35.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$677.25 MX$12,250.91	$601.36 £453.28	-11.2%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$37.36 MX$675.84	??
Average			-23.1%

Mexico City vs. Cumbria - Cost of housing

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pay (unknown) more for childcare

	Mexico City	Cumbria
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. Cumbria - Cost of childcare

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pay 78.8% more for entertainment and sports

	Mexico City	Cumbria
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.26 MX$58.92	$4.01 £3.02	+23.1%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.81 MX$68.99	$4.01 £3.02	+5.1%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.34 MX$78.56	$16.04 £12.09	+269.3%
Monthly membership at local gym	$58.44 MX$1,057.23	$53.45 £40.29	-8.5%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.51 MX$117.83	$13.36 £10.07	+105.2%
Average			+78.8%

Mexico City vs. Cumbria - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay (unknown) more for clothing

	Mexico City	Cumbria
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$60.95 MX$1,102.45	??
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$48.08 MX$869.67	??
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$105.72 MX$1,912.40	??
Men's business shoes (leather)	$110.91 MX$2,006.29	??

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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: April 2026

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