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Nagasaki vs. Mexico City Cost of Living Summary

Nagasaki is 40.1% more expensive than Mexico City.

Restaurants: pay 42.2% less in Nagasaki
Groceries: pay 15.0% less in Nagasaki
Transportation: pay 4.2 times more in Nagasaki
Housing: pay 49.2% more in Nagasaki
Childcare: pay 11.2% less in Nagasaki
Entertainment and Sports: pay 11.0% more in Nagasaki
Clothing: pay 31.1% less in Nagasaki

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

Nagasaki vs. Mexico City Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 42.2% less for restaurants

	Mexico City	Nagasaki
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$10.86 MX$195.79	$5.35 ¥843	-50.8%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.82 MX$159.08	$5.35 ¥843	-39.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.73 MX$31.23	$1.09 ¥172	-37.1%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.30 MX$23.52	$0.76 ¥120	-41.6%
Average			-42.2%

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pay 15.0% less for groceries

	Mexico City	Nagasaki
Bread 1 loaf	$2.63 MX$47.34	$1.20 ¥190	-54.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.04 MX$90.89	$5.01 ¥791	-0.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.54 MX$117.92	$5.73 ¥904	-12.3%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.61 MX$47.01	$2.17 ¥342	-16.9%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.80 MX$68.61	$1.52 ¥239	-60.2%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.37 MX$24.69	$1.21 ¥191	-11.4%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.80 MX$14.43	$0.61 ¥96	-24.2%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.97 MX$17.55	$0.61 ¥96	-37.7%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.91 MX$16.34	??
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.96 MX$17.29	$1.21 ¥191	+26.5%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.99 MX$17.93	$1.40 ¥222	+41.3%
Average			-15.0%

Mexico City vs. Nagasaki - Cost of groceries

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pay 4.2 times more for transportation

	Mexico City	Nagasaki
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.14 MX$92.65	$4.28 ¥675	-16.7%
Monthly public transit pass	$19.54 MX$352.42	$114.88 ¥18,122	+487.9%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$20,030.45 MX$361,229.19	$22,332.63 ¥3,522,894	+11.5%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$4.42 MX$79.79	$39.76 ¥6,272	+798.6%
Average			+320.3%

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pay 49.2% more for housing

	Mexico City	Nagasaki
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$30.93 MX$557.85	$34.45 ¥5,434	+11.4%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,079.15 MX$19,461.34	$300.71 ¥47,436	-72.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$677.25 MX$12,213.45	$200.47 ¥31,624	-70.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$37.36 MX$673.78	$159.87 ¥25,220	+327.9%
Average			+49.2%

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pay 11.2% less for childcare

	Mexico City	Nagasaki
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$430.39 MX$7,761.60	$253.93 ¥40,057	-41.0%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$10,897.53 MX$196,526.06	$12,919.34 ¥2,037,980	+18.6%
Average			-11.2%

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pay 11.0% more for entertainment and sports

	Mexico City	Nagasaki
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.26 MX$58.74	$2.34 ¥369	-28.2%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.81 MX$68.78	$3.07 ¥485	-19.4%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.34 MX$78.32	$3.74 ¥590	-13.8%
Monthly membership at local gym	$58.44 MX$1,053.99	??
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.51 MX$117.47	$13.36 ¥2,108	+105.2%
Average			+11.0%

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pay 31.1% less for clothing

	Mexico City	Nagasaki
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$60.95 MX$1,099.08	$53.46 ¥8,433	-12.3%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$48.08 MX$867.02	??
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$105.72 MX$1,906.56	$70.17 ¥11,068	-33.6%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$110.91 MX$2,000.15	$58.47 ¥9,224	-47.3%
Average			-31.1%

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