Cost of Living Comparison

  1. Cost of Living
  2. Mexico
  3. Mexico City
  4. Japan
  5. Tokyo
  6. Comparison
MXN
COMPARED TO
JPY

Tokyo is 2.8 times more expensive than Mexico City.

If you lived in Tokyo instead of Mexico City, you would:
local_dining

pay 42.9% more for restaurants

  Mexico City help_outline Tokyo help_outline  
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $7.02
MX$124.25
$8.05
¥911
+14.7%
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $5.62
MX$99.40
$6.63
¥751
+18.0%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $0.79
MX$13.92
$1.31
¥149
+67.2%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) $0.58
MX$10.24
$0.99
¥112
+71.5%
Average +42.9%
Mexico City vs. Tokyo - Cost of restaurants
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local_grocery_store

pay 3.0 times more for groceries

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Bread
1 loaf
 $1.48
MX$26.23
$1.98
¥225
+33.9%
Local cheese (8 oz) $2.56
MX$45.32
$7.57
¥858
+195.8%
Milk (1 gallon) $3.70
MX$65.57
$7.16
¥811
+93.4%
Eggs
1 dozen
 $1.58
MX$28.04
$2.37
¥268
+49.6%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) $2.08
MX$36.74
$3.98
¥450
+91.6%
Apples (1 lb) $0.91
MX$16.12
$3.38
¥383
+271.0%
Bananas (1 lb) $0.46
MX$8.16
$1.63
¥184
+253.4%
Oranges (1 lb) $0.50
MX$8.93
$2.79
¥316
+453.5%
Tomatoes (1 lb) $0.58
MX$10.36
$2.97
¥336
+407.5%
Potatoes (1 lb) $0.54
MX$9.53
$1.52
¥172
+181.9%
Onions (1 lb) $0.50
MX$8.84
$1.40
¥159
+180.8%
Average +201.1%
Mexico City vs. Tokyo - Cost of groceries
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drive_eta

pay 5.8 times more for transportation

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Gasoline (1 gallon) $3.56
MX$62.97
$5.05
¥572
+42.0%
Monthly public transit pass $14.04
MX$248.50
$99.41
¥11,259
+608.1%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $16,846.04
MX$298,196.74
$23,996.86
¥2,717,668
+42.4%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) $2.90
MX$51.36
$38.44
¥4,353
+1224.9%
Average +479.4%
Mexico City vs. Tokyo - Cost of transportation
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home

pay 2.9 times more for housing

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Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $26.81
MX$474.66
$45.46
¥5,149
+69.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $607.14
MX$10,747.09
$1,170.06
¥132,510
+92.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $353.22
MX$6,252.43
$707.57
¥80,133
+100.3%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
 $27.09
MX$479.48
$156.62
¥17,738
+478.2%
Average +185.2%
Mexico City vs. Tokyo - Cost of housing
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child_care

pay 2.7 times more for childcare

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Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $308.71
MX$5,464.58
$667.14
¥75,554
+116.1%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $5,771.83
MX$102,168.97
$19,000.72
¥2,151,851
+229.2%
Average +172.6%
Mexico City vs. Tokyo - Cost of childcare
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gamepad

pay 2.4 times more for entertainment and sports

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Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $1.87
MX$33.13
$4.73
¥536
+152.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area $2.08
MX$36.83
$3.60
¥408
+73.2%
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $2.81
MX$49.70
$4.88
¥552
+73.7%
Monthly membership at local gym $54.26
MX$960.39
$94.25
¥10,674
+73.7%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema $3.91
MX$69.17
$17.04
¥1,930
+336.2%
Average +141.9%
Mexico City vs. Tokyo - Cost of entertainment and sports
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store

pay 35.0% more for clothing

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Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 $42.22
MX$747.39
$65.37
¥7,403
+54.8%
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $36.27
MX$642.00
$42.45
¥4,808
+17.1%
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 $77.14
MX$1,365.40
$78.85
¥8,930
+2.2%
Men's business shoes (leather) $73.36
MX$1,298.56
$121.63
¥13,775
+65.8%
Average +35.0%
Mexico City vs. Tokyo - 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: January 2021
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