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Medicine Hat vs. Mexico City Cost of Living Summary

Medicine Hat is 45.7% more expensive than Mexico City.

Restaurants: pay 25.5% more in Medicine Hat
Groceries: pay 0.3% more in Medicine Hat
Transportation: pay 98.3% more in Medicine Hat
Housing: pay 95.7% more in Medicine Hat
Childcare: pay 69.7% more in Medicine Hat
Entertainment and Sports: pay 63.8% more in Medicine Hat
Clothing: pay 33.5% less in Medicine Hat

The cost of transportation, housing, childcare, entertainment and sports, restaurants, and groceries in Medicine Hat are more expensive than in Mexico City. Notably, transportation and housing are significantly more expensive in Medicine Hat.

Medicine Hat vs. Mexico City Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Medicine Hat instead of Mexico City, you would:

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pay 25.5% more for restaurants

	Mexico City	Medicine Hat
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$10.86 MX$196.39	$15.07 CA$20.93	+38.8%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.82 MX$159.57	$10.05 CA$13.95	+13.9%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.73 MX$31.33	$2.00 CA$2.78	+15.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.30 MX$23.59	$1.75 CA$2.42	+33.9%
Average			+25.5%

Mexico City vs. Medicine Hat - Cost of restaurants

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pay 0.3% more for groceries

	Mexico City	Medicine Hat
Bread 1 loaf	$2.63 MX$47.49	$1.82 CA$2.53	-30.7%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.04 MX$91.17	$4.07 CA$5.65	-19.3%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.54 MX$118.28	$5.58 CA$7.75	-14.6%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.61 MX$47.16	$3.24 CA$4.50	+24.2%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.80 MX$68.82	$4.94 CA$6.86	+29.9%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.37 MX$24.77	$1.70 CA$2.36	+24.2%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.80 MX$14.47	$0.59 CA$0.83	-25.6%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.97 MX$17.61	$1.12 CA$1.56	+15.2%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.91 MX$16.39	$1.49 CA$2.07	+64.3%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.96 MX$17.34	$0.65 CA$0.90	-32.3%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.99 MX$17.98	$0.67 CA$0.93	-32.3%
Average			+0.3%

Mexico City vs. Medicine Hat - Cost of groceries

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pay 98.3% more for transportation

	Mexico City	Medicine Hat
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.14 MX$92.93	$3.71 CA$5.15	-27.8%
Monthly public transit pass	$19.54 MX$353.50	$50.59 CA$70.25	+158.9%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$20,030.45 MX$362K	$24,382.26 CA$33,856.70	+21.7%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$4.42 MX$80.04	$15.07 CA$20.93	+240.6%
Average			+98.3%

Mexico City vs. Medicine Hat - Cost of transportation

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pay 95.7% more for housing

	Mexico City	Medicine Hat
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$30.93 MX$559.56	$60.15 CA$83.52	+94.4%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,079.15 MX$19,521.02	$801.31 CA$1,112.68	-25.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$677.25 MX$12,250.91	$717.59 CA$996.43	+6.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$37.36 MX$675.84	$152.49 CA$211.75	+308.1%
Average			+95.7%

Mexico City vs. Medicine Hat - Cost of housing

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pay 69.7% more for childcare

	Mexico City	Medicine Hat
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$430.39 MX$7,785.40	$841.80 CA$1,168.90	+95.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$10,897.53 MX$197K	$15,667.38 CA$21,755.39	+43.8%
Average			+69.7%

Mexico City vs. Medicine Hat - Cost of childcare

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pay 63.8% more for entertainment and sports

	Mexico City	Medicine Hat
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.26 MX$58.92	$5.74 CA$7.97	+76.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.81 MX$68.99	$3.72 CA$5.16	-2.6%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.34 MX$78.56	$11.48 CA$15.94	+164.4%
Monthly membership at local gym	$58.44 MX$1,057.23	$54.78 CA$76.06	-6.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.51 MX$117.83	$12.20 CA$16.94	+87.3%
Average			+63.8%

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pay 33.5% less for clothing

	Mexico City	Medicine Hat
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$60.95 MX$1,102.45	$51.67 CA$71.74	-15.2%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$48.08 MX$869.67	$26.91 CA$37.37	-44.0%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$105.72 MX$1,912.40	$67.45 CA$93.66	-36.2%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$110.91 MX$2,006.29	$68.17 CA$94.66	-38.5%
Average			-33.5%

Mexico City vs. Medicine Hat - 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: April 2026

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