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Nowy Sacz vs. Mexico City Cost of Living Summary

Nowy Sacz is 9.5% more expensive than Mexico City.

Restaurants: pay 8.7% more in Nowy Sacz
Groceries: pay 25.1% less in Nowy Sacz
Transportation: pay 65.1% more in Nowy Sacz
Housing: pay 90.4% more in Nowy Sacz
Childcare: pay 58.0% less in Nowy Sacz
Entertainment and Sports: pay 8.3% more in Nowy Sacz
Clothing: pay 22.7% less in Nowy Sacz

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

Nowy Sacz vs. Mexico City Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Nowy Sacz instead of Mexico City, you would:

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pay 8.7% more for restaurants

	Mexico City	Nowy Sacz
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$10.86 MX$195.57	$9.57 PLN34.50	-11.9%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.82 MX$158.90	$8.20 PLN29.57	-7.0%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.73 MX$31.20	$2.14 PLN7.72	+23.7%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.30 MX$23.49	$1.70 PLN6.11	+30.0%
Average			+8.7%

Mexico City vs. Nowy Sacz - Cost of restaurants

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pay 25.1% less for groceries

	Mexico City	Nowy Sacz
Bread 1 loaf	$2.63 MX$47.29	$1.26 PLN4.53	-52.1%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.04 MX$90.79	$3.91 PLN14.10	-22.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.54 MX$117.78	$3.85 PLN13.87	-41.2%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.61 MX$46.96	$3.35 PLN12.06	+28.4%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.80 MX$68.54	$2.93 PLN10.55	-23.1%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.37 MX$24.66	$0.53 PLN1.92	-61.1%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.80 MX$14.41	$0.72 PLN2.59	-10.1%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.97 MX$17.53	$0.73 PLN2.63	-25.1%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.91 MX$16.32	$1.17 PLN4.20	+28.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.96 MX$17.27	$0.44 PLN1.57	-54.5%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.99 MX$17.91	$0.56 PLN2.01	-43.9%
Average			-25.1%

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pay 65.1% more for transportation

	Mexico City	Nowy Sacz
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.14 MX$92.54	$6.55 PLN23.62	+27.5%
Monthly public transit pass	$19.54 MX$352.03	??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$20,030.45 MX$360,826.57	$34,064.62 PLN122,804.37	+70.1%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$4.42 MX$79.70	$8.75 PLN31.54	+97.7%
Average			+65.1%

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pay 90.4% more for housing

	Mexico City	Nowy Sacz
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$30.93 MX$557.23	$13.67 PLN49.28	-55.8%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,079.15 MX$19,439.65	$555.94 PLN2,004.19	-48.5%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$677.25 MX$12,199.84	$455.69 PLN1,642.78	-32.7%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$37.36 MX$673.03	$223.67 PLN806.35	+498.7%
Average			+90.4%

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pay 58.0% less for childcare

	Mexico City	Nowy Sacz
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$430.39 MX$7,752.95	$270.68 PLN975.81	-37.1%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$10,897.53 MX$196,307.02	$2,296.68 PLN8,279.61	-78.9%
Average			-58.0%

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pay 8.3% more for entertainment and sports

	Mexico City	Nowy Sacz
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.26 MX$58.67	$3.01 PLN10.84	-7.7%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.81 MX$68.70	$3.20 PLN11.55	-16.0%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.34 MX$78.23	$5.33 PLN19.22	+22.8%
Monthly membership at local gym	$58.44 MX$1,052.82	??
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.51 MX$117.34	$8.75 PLN31.54	+34.3%
Average			+8.3%

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pay 22.7% less for clothing

	Mexico City	Nowy Sacz
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$60.95 MX$1,097.86	$61.52 PLN221.78	+0.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$48.08 MX$866.05	$39.64 PLN142.92	-17.5%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$105.72 MX$1,904.43	$60.15 PLN216.85	-43.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$110.91 MX$1,997.92	$76.56 PLN275.99	-31.0%
Average			-22.7%

Mexico City vs. Nowy Sacz - 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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