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Praia vs. Mexico City Cost of Living Summary

Praia is 15.5% more expensive than Mexico City.

Restaurants: pay 4.5% more in Praia
Groceries: pay 51.7% more in Praia
Transportation: pay 80.3% more in Praia
Housing: pay 62.3% more in Praia
Childcare: pay 68.0% less in Praia
Entertainment and Sports: pay 23.7% less in Praia
Clothing: pay 1.7% more in Praia

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

Praia vs. Mexico City Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 4.5% more for restaurants

	Mexico City	Praia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$10.86 MX$198.62	$5.29 CVE502.50	-51.3%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.82 MX$161.38	$6.93 CVE658.38	-21.5%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.73 MX$31.68	$3.26 CVE310.29	+88.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.30 MX$23.86	$1.33 CVE126.87	+2.3%
Average			+4.5%

Mexico City vs. Praia - Cost of restaurants

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pay 51.7% more for groceries

	Mexico City	Praia
Bread 1 loaf	$2.63 MX$48.03	$2.19 CVE207.77	-16.8%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.04 MX$92.21	$13.59 CVE1,292.06	+169.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.54 MX$119.62	$5.38 CVE511.23	-17.8%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.61 MX$47.69	$2.37 CVE225.37	-9.1%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.80 MX$69.61	??
Apples (1 lb)	$1.37 MX$25.05	$2.41 CVE229.41	+76.3%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.80 MX$14.63	$1.45 CVE137.83	+81.2%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.97 MX$17.81	$1.76 CVE166.93	+80.4%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.91 MX$16.58	$2.80 CVE266.47	+209.3%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.96 MX$17.54	$0.68 CVE64.32	-29.4%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.99 MX$18.19	$0.72 CVE68.92	-27.1%
Average			+51.7%

Mexico City vs. Praia - Cost of groceries

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pay 80.3% more for transportation

	Mexico City	Praia
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.14 MX$93.99	$6.26 CVE594.72	+21.8%
Monthly public transit pass	$19.54 MX$357.52	$29.37 CVE2,791.68	+50.3%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$20,030.45 MX$366,457.13	$30,364.84 CVE2,886,735.02	+51.6%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$4.42 MX$80.95	$13.16 CVE1,251.00	+197.4%
Average			+80.3%

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pay 62.3% more for housing

	Mexico City	Praia
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$30.93 MX$565.92	$54.34 CVE5,165.74	+75.7%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,079.15 MX$19,743.00	$479.44 CVE45,580.03	-55.6%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$677.25 MX$12,390.21	$266.36 CVE25,322.24	-60.7%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$37.36 MX$683.53	$145.64 CVE13,845.31	+289.8%
Average			+62.3%

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pay 68.0% less for childcare

	Mexico City	Praia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$430.39 MX$7,873.93	$147.65 CVE14,037.25	-65.7%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$10,897.53 MX$199,370.32	$3,238.92 CVE307,918.40	-70.3%
Average			-68.0%

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pay 23.7% less for entertainment and sports

	Mexico City	Praia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.26 MX$59.59	$2.72 CVE258.29	-16.6%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.81 MX$69.77	$1.63 CVE155.11	-57.2%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.34 MX$79.45	$4.79 CVE455.80	+10.4%
Monthly membership at local gym	$58.44 MX$1,069.25	$31.96 CVE3,038.67	-45.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.51 MX$119.17	$5.86 CVE557.09	-10.0%
Average			-23.7%

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pay 1.7% more for clothing

	Mexico City	Praia
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$60.95 MX$1,114.99	$88.10 CVE8,375.05	+44.5%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$48.08 MX$879.56	$31.96 CVE3,038.67	-33.5%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$105.72 MX$1,934.15	$85.23 CVE8,103.12	-19.4%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$110.91 MX$2,029.10	$127.85 CVE12,154.67	+15.3%
Average			+1.7%

Mexico City vs. Praia - 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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