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Traverse City vs. Mexico City Cost of Living Summary

Traverse City is 48.7% more expensive than Mexico City.

Restaurants: pay 47.9% more in Traverse City
Groceries: pay 42.1% more in Traverse City
Transportation: pay 31.8% more in Traverse City
Housing: pay 2.3 times more in Traverse City
Childcare: pay 70.8% more in Traverse City
Entertainment and Sports: pay 22.5% more in Traverse City
Clothing: pay 1.9% less in Traverse City

The cost of housing, childcare, restaurants, groceries, transportation, and entertainment and sports in Traverse City are more expensive than in Mexico City. Notably, housing is significantly more expensive in Traverse City.

Traverse City vs. Mexico City Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 47.9% more for restaurants

	Mexico City	Traverse City
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$10.86 MX$195.79	$20.00	+84.2%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.82 MX$159.08	$10.00	+13.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.73 MX$31.23	$2.25	+29.9%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.30 MX$23.52	$2.14	+64.1%
Average			+47.9%

Mexico City vs. Traverse City - Cost of restaurants

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pay 42.1% more for groceries

	Mexico City	Traverse City
Bread 1 loaf	$2.63 MX$47.34	$2.94	+11.9%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.04 MX$90.89	$4.64	-7.9%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.54 MX$117.92	$2.83	-56.7%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.61 MX$47.01	$2.61	+0.1%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.80 MX$68.61	$5.07	+33.1%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.37 MX$24.69	$2.74	+100.3%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.80 MX$14.43	$0.72	-10.0%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.97 MX$17.55	$1.75	+79.8%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.91 MX$16.34	$3.08	+239.9%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.96 MX$17.29	$1.21	+26.6%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.99 MX$17.93	$1.45	+45.5%
Average			+42.1%

Mexico City vs. Traverse City - Cost of groceries

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pay 31.8% more for transportation

	Mexico City	Traverse City
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.14 MX$92.65	$3.27	-36.3%
Monthly public transit pass	$19.54 MX$352.42	$30.00	+53.5%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$20,030.45 MX$361,229.19	$35,699.74	+78.2%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$4.42 MX$79.79	??
Average			+31.8%

Mexico City vs. Traverse City - Cost of transportation

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pay 2.3 times more for housing

	Mexico City	Traverse City
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$30.93 MX$557.85	$67.50	+118.2%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,079.15 MX$19,461.34	$1,983.33	+83.8%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$677.25 MX$12,213.45	$1,418.00	+109.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$37.36 MX$673.78	$112.10	+200.0%
Average			+127.8%

Mexico City vs. Traverse City - Cost of housing

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pay 70.8% more for childcare

	Mexico City	Traverse City
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$430.39 MX$7,761.60	$1,030.00	+139.3%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$10,897.53 MX$196,526.06	$11,136.00	+2.2%
Average			+70.8%

Mexico City vs. Traverse City - Cost of childcare

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pay 22.5% more for entertainment and sports

	Mexico City	Traverse City
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.26 MX$58.74	$3.75	+15.1%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.81 MX$68.78	$4.00	+4.9%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.34 MX$78.32	$6.00	+38.2%
Monthly membership at local gym	$58.44 MX$1,053.99	$63.33	+8.4%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.51 MX$117.47	$9.50	+45.8%
Average			+22.5%

Mexico City vs. Traverse City - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 1.9% less for clothing

	Mexico City	Traverse City
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$60.95 MX$1,099.08	$74.33	+22.0%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$48.08 MX$867.02	$41.67	-13.3%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$105.72 MX$1,906.56	$111.67	+5.6%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$110.91 MX$2,000.15	$86.67	-21.9%
Average			-1.9%

Mexico City vs. Traverse City - 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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