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Toluca vs. Mexico City Cost of Living Summary

Toluca is 2.6% more expensive than Mexico City.

Restaurants: pay 27.9% less in Toluca
Groceries: pay 5.2% more in Toluca
Transportation: pay 2.2 times more in Toluca
Housing: pay 18.4% less in Toluca
Childcare: pay 54.0% less in Toluca
Entertainment and Sports: pay 9.7% less in Toluca
Clothing: pay 1.8% less in Toluca

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

Toluca vs. Mexico City Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 27.9% less for restaurants

	Mexico City	Toluca
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$10.86 MX$195.79	$10.86 MX$195.79
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.82 MX$159.08	$8.14 MX$146.84	-7.7%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.73 MX$31.23	$1.15 MX$20.75	-33.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.30 MX$23.52	$0.75 MX$13.53	-42.5%
Average			-27.9%

Mexico City vs. Toluca - Cost of restaurants

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pay 5.2% more for groceries

	Mexico City	Toluca
Bread 1 loaf	$2.63 MX$47.34	$3.38 MX$60.98	+28.8%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.04 MX$90.89	$2.90 MX$52.34	-42.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.54 MX$117.92	$5.38 MX$97.03	-17.7%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.61 MX$47.01	$2.66 MX$47.97	+2.0%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.80 MX$68.61	$4.59 MX$82.78	+20.6%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.37 MX$24.69	$1.92 MX$34.55	+39.9%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.80 MX$14.43	$0.76 MX$13.64	-5.5%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.97 MX$17.55	$0.90 MX$16.31	-7.1%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.91 MX$16.34	$1.02 MX$18.39	+12.5%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.96 MX$17.29	$1.13 MX$20.46	+18.3%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.99 MX$17.93	$1.08 MX$19.42	+8.3%
Average			+5.2%

Mexico City vs. Toluca - Cost of groceries

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pay 2.2 times more for transportation

	Mexico City	Toluca
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.14 MX$92.65	$4.95 MX$89.30	-3.6%
Monthly public transit pass	$19.54 MX$352.42	??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$20,030.45 MX$361,229.19	$28,498.61 MX$513,943.96	+42.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$4.42 MX$79.79	$19.25 MX$347.07	+335.0%
Average			+124.6%

Mexico City vs. Toluca - Cost of transportation

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pay 18.4% less for housing

	Mexico City	Toluca
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$30.93 MX$557.85	$35.50 MX$640.23	+14.8%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,079.15 MX$19,461.34	$669.49 MX$12,073.60	-38.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$677.25 MX$12,213.45	$346.05 MX$6,240.75	-48.9%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$37.36 MX$673.78	$36.84 MX$664.38	-1.4%
Average			-18.4%

Mexico City vs. Toluca - Cost of housing

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pay 54.0% less for childcare

	Mexico City	Toluca
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$430.39 MX$7,761.60	$189.99 MX$3,426.29	-55.9%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$10,897.53 MX$196,526.06	$5,211.17 MX$93,978.32	-52.2%
Average			-54.0%

Mexico City vs. Toluca - Cost of childcare

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pay 9.7% less for entertainment and sports

	Mexico City	Toluca
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.26 MX$58.74	$2.17 MX$39.16	-33.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.81 MX$68.78	$2.98 MX$53.76	-21.8%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.34 MX$78.32	$4.89 MX$88.10	+12.5%
Monthly membership at local gym	$58.44 MX$1,053.99	$52.47 MX$946.31	-10.2%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.51 MX$117.47	$6.79 MX$122.37	+4.2%
Average			-9.7%

Mexico City vs. Toluca - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 1.8% less for clothing

	Mexico City	Toluca
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$60.95 MX$1,099.08	$61.34 MX$1,106.20	+0.6%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$48.08 MX$867.02	$50.20 MX$905.28	+4.4%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$105.72 MX$1,906.56	$97.71 MX$1,762.09	-7.6%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$110.91 MX$2,000.15	$105.85 MX$1,908.93	-4.6%
Average			-1.8%

Mexico City vs. Toluca - 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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