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Flic En Flac vs. Mexico City Cost of Living Summary

Flic En Flac is 4.9% more expensive than Mexico City.

Restaurants: pay 34.5% less in Flic En Flac
Groceries: pay 25.4% less in Flic En Flac
Transportation: pay 3.2 times more in Flic En Flac
Housing: pay 15.1% less in Flic En Flac
Childcare: pay 75.2% less in Flic En Flac
Entertainment and Sports: pay 12.9% less in Flic En Flac
Clothing: pay 26.9% less in Flic En Flac

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

Flic En Flac vs. Mexico City Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Flic En Flac instead of Mexico City, you would:

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pay 34.5% less for restaurants

	Mexico City	Flic En Flac
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$10.86 MX$197.31	$8.74 MUR402.53	-19.5%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.82 MX$160.32	$7.10 MUR327.06	-19.5%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.73 MX$31.47	$0.98 MUR45.29	-43.2%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.30 MX$23.70	$0.58 MUR26.60	-55.7%
Average			-34.5%

Mexico City vs. Flic En Flac - Cost of restaurants

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pay 25.4% less for groceries

	Mexico City	Flic En Flac
Bread 1 loaf	$2.63 MX$47.71	$0.75 MUR34.47	-71.5%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.04 MX$91.60	$4.31 MUR198.75	-14.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.54 MX$118.83	$5.51 MUR253.96	-15.7%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.61 MX$47.38	$2.07 MUR95.27	-20.7%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.80 MX$69.15	$2.63 MUR120.96	-31.0%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.37 MX$24.88	$0.91 MUR41.99	-33.4%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.80 MX$14.54	$0.89 MUR41.08	+11.5%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.97 MX$17.69	$0.66 MUR30.58	-31.8%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.91 MX$16.47	$1.21 MUR55.69	+33.4%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.96 MX$17.42	$0.46 MUR21.30	-51.8%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.99 MX$18.07	$0.46 MUR21.30	-53.5%
Average			-25.4%

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pay 3.2 times more for transportation

	Mexico City	Flic En Flac
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.14 MX$93.37	$5.38 MUR247.92	+4.7%
Monthly public transit pass	$19.54 MX$355.17	??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$20,030.45 MX$364,045.47	$35,495.85 MUR1,635,293.76	+77.2%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$4.42 MX$80.42	$30.58 MUR1,408.87	+591.2%
Average			+224.4%

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pay 15.1% less for housing

	Mexico City	Flic En Flac
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$30.93 MX$562.20	$33.35 MUR1,536.58	+7.8%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,079.15 MX$19,613.07	$583.10 MUR26,863.21	-46.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$677.25 MX$12,308.67	$507.76 MUR23,392.34	-25.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$37.36 MX$679.03	$38.42 MUR1,769.97	+2.8%
Average			-15.1%

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pay 75.2% less for childcare

	Mexico City	Flic En Flac
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$430.39 MX$7,822.12	$109.22 MUR5,031.67	-74.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$10,897.53 MX$198,058.25	$2,621.23 MUR120,760.15	-75.9%
Average			-75.2%

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pay 12.9% less for entertainment and sports

	Mexico City	Flic En Flac
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.26 MX$59.19	$2.18 MUR100.63	-32.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.81 MX$69.31	$2.59 MUR119.50	-32.0%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.34 MX$78.93	$5.57 MUR256.62	+28.3%
Monthly membership at local gym	$58.44 MX$1,062.21	$46.82 MUR2,156.96	-19.9%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.51 MX$118.39	$6.01 MUR276.74	-7.8%
Average			-12.9%

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pay 26.9% less for clothing

	Mexico City	Flic En Flac
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$60.95 MX$1,107.65	$32.77 MUR1,509.50	-46.2%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$48.08 MX$873.77	$32.77 MUR1,509.50	-31.8%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$105.72 MX$1,921.42	$106.49 MUR4,905.88	+0.7%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$110.91 MX$2,015.75	$77.54 MUR3,572.49	-30.1%
Average			-26.9%

Mexico City vs. Flic En Flac - 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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