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Puerto Penasco vs. Mexico City Cost of Living Summary

Puerto Penasco is 30.3% more expensive than Mexico City.

Restaurants: pay 16.5% more in Puerto Penasco
Groceries: pay 6.3% more in Puerto Penasco
Transportation: pay 3.4 times more in Puerto Penasco
Housing: pay 33.2% less in Puerto Penasco
Entertainment and Sports: pay 13.9% less in Puerto Penasco
Clothing: pay 38.1% less in Puerto Penasco

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

Puerto Penasco vs. Mexico City Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Puerto Penasco instead of Mexico City, you would:

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pay 16.5% more for restaurants

	Mexico City	Puerto Penasco
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$10.86 MX$196.39	$11.92 MX$215.62	+9.8%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.82 MX$159.57	$17.34 MX$313.62	+96.5%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.73 MX$31.33	$1.37 MX$24.83	-20.7%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.30 MX$23.59	$1.05 MX$18.95	-19.7%
Average			+16.5%

Mexico City vs. Puerto Penasco - Cost of restaurants

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pay 6.3% more for groceries

	Mexico City	Puerto Penasco
Bread 1 loaf	$2.63 MX$47.49	$3.05 MX$55.24	+16.3%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.04 MX$91.17	$2.44 MX$44.10	-51.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.54 MX$118.28	$5.99 MX$108.34	-8.4%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.61 MX$47.16	$2.94 MX$53.19	+12.8%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.80 MX$68.82	$4.73 MX$85.58	+24.3%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.37 MX$24.77	$1.92 MX$34.68	+40.0%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.80 MX$14.47	$0.86 MX$15.56	+7.5%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.97 MX$17.61	$1.35 MX$24.45	+38.9%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.91 MX$16.39	$0.92 MX$16.67	+1.7%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.96 MX$17.34	$0.91 MX$16.45	-5.1%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.99 MX$17.98	$0.92 MX$16.67	-7.3%
Average			+6.3%

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pay 3.4 times more for transportation

	Mexico City	Puerto Penasco
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.14 MX$92.93	$5.14 MX$93.00	+0.1%
Monthly public transit pass	$19.54 MX$353.50	??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$20,030.45 MX$362K	??
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$4.42 MX$80.04	$26.01 MX$470.44	+487.8%
Average			+244.0%

Mexico City vs. Puerto Penasco - Cost of transportation

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pay 33.2% less for housing

	Mexico City	Puerto Penasco
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$30.93 MX$559.56	$32.45 MX$587.06	+4.9%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,079.15 MX$19,521.02	$514.71 MX$9,310.70	-52.3%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$677.25 MX$12,250.91	$325.08 MX$5,880.44	-52.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$37.36 MX$675.84	$24.86 MX$449.68	-33.5%
Average			-33.2%

Mexico City vs. Puerto Penasco - Cost of housing

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pay (unknown) more for childcare

	Mexico City	Puerto Penasco
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$430.39 MX$7,785.40	??
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$10,897.53 MX$197K	??

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pay 13.9% less for entertainment and sports

	Mexico City	Puerto Penasco
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.26 MX$58.92	$3.52 MX$63.70	+8.1%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.81 MX$68.99	$4.70 MX$84.94	+23.1%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.34 MX$78.56	$4.44 MX$80.37	+2.3%
Monthly membership at local gym	$58.44 MX$1,057.23	$32.51 MX$588.04	-44.4%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.51 MX$117.83	$2.71 MX$49.00	-58.4%
Average			-13.9%

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pay 38.1% less for clothing

	Mexico City	Puerto Penasco
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$60.95 MX$1,102.45	$43.34 MX$784.06	-28.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$48.08 MX$869.67	$27.09 MX$490.04	-43.7%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$105.72 MX$1,912.40	$65.02 MX$1,176.09	-38.5%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$110.91 MX$2,006.29	$65.02 MX$1,176.09	-41.4%
Average			-38.1%

Mexico City vs. Puerto Penasco - 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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