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Ensenada vs. Mexico City Cost of Living Summary

Ensenada is 8.6% cheaper than Mexico City.

Restaurants: pay 23.6% less in Ensenada
Groceries: pay 16.3% less in Ensenada
Transportation: pay 95.0% more in Ensenada
Housing: pay 26.6% less in Ensenada
Childcare: pay 55.5% less in Ensenada
Entertainment and Sports: pay 11.9% less in Ensenada
Clothing: pay 21.2% less in Ensenada

Expenses including childcare, housing, restaurants, clothing, groceries, and entertainment and sports are lower in Ensenada. Notably, transportation is significantly more expensive in Ensenada.

Ensenada vs. Mexico City Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 23.6% less for restaurants

	Mexico City	Ensenada
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$10.86 MX$196.39	$10.97 MX$198.39	+1.0%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.82 MX$159.57	$7.46 MX$135.02	-15.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.73 MX$31.33	$1.15 MX$20.89	-33.3%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.30 MX$23.59	$0.69 MX$12.57	-46.7%
Average			-23.6%

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pay 16.3% less for groceries

	Mexico City	Ensenada
Bread 1 loaf	$2.63 MX$47.49	$2.62 MX$47.37	-0.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.04 MX$91.17	$3.32 MX$60.02	-34.2%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.54 MX$118.28	$6.63 MX$119.88	+1.4%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.61 MX$47.16	$2.85 MX$51.53	+9.3%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.80 MX$68.82	$3.00 MX$54.22	-21.2%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.37 MX$24.77	$0.97 MX$17.52	-29.3%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.80 MX$14.47	$0.72 MX$13.07	-9.7%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.97 MX$17.61	$0.78 MX$14.15	-19.6%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.91 MX$16.39	$0.71 MX$12.92	-21.2%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.96 MX$17.34	$0.59 MX$10.69	-38.4%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.99 MX$17.98	$0.83 MX$15.02	-16.5%
Average			-16.3%

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pay 95.0% more for transportation

	Mexico City	Ensenada
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.14 MX$92.93	$4.91 MX$88.89	-4.4%
Monthly public transit pass	$19.54 MX$353.50	$35.83 MX$648.08	+83.3%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$20,030.45 MX$362K	$21,713.23 MX$393K	+8.4%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$4.42 MX$80.04	$17.37 MX$314.22	+292.6%
Average			+95.0%

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pay 26.6% less for housing

	Mexico City	Ensenada
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$30.93 MX$559.56	$27.12 MX$490.64	-12.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,079.15 MX$19,521.02	$515.69 MX$9,328.46	-52.2%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$677.25 MX$12,250.91	$325.70 MX$5,891.66	-51.9%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$37.36 MX$675.84	$41.03 MX$742.23	+9.8%
Average			-26.6%

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pay 55.5% less for childcare

	Mexico City	Ensenada
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$430.39 MX$7,785.40	$189.99 MX$3,436.80	-55.9%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$10,897.53 MX$197K	$4,885.48 MX$88,374.86	-55.2%
Average			-55.5%

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pay 11.9% less for entertainment and sports

	Mexico City	Ensenada
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.26 MX$58.92	$2.71 MX$49.10	-16.7%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.81 MX$68.99	$3.02 MX$54.60	-20.9%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.34 MX$78.56	$4.07 MX$73.65	-6.2%
Monthly membership at local gym	$58.44 MX$1,057.23	$67.85 MX$1,227.43	+16.1%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.51 MX$117.83	$4.45 MX$80.52	-31.7%
Average			-11.9%

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pay 21.2% less for clothing

	Mexico City	Ensenada
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$60.95 MX$1,102.45	$49.22 MX$890.29	-19.2%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$48.08 MX$869.67	$42.73 MX$773.03	-11.1%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$105.72 MX$1,912.40	$98.61 MX$1,783.86	-6.7%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$110.91 MX$2,006.29	$57.88 MX$1,047.08	-47.8%
Average			-21.2%

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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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