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Trinidad vs. Mexico City Cost of Living Summary

Trinidad is 18.1% more expensive than Mexico City.

Restaurants: pay 23.3% less in Trinidad
Groceries: pay 23.1% more in Trinidad
Transportation: pay 2.5 times more in Trinidad
Housing: pay 20.6% more in Trinidad
Childcare: pay 28.6% less in Trinidad
Entertainment and Sports: pay 1.6% more in Trinidad
Clothing: pay 20.2% less in Trinidad

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

Trinidad vs. Mexico City Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 23.3% less for restaurants

	Mexico City	Trinidad
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$10.86 MX$195.57	$10.31 TTD69.84	-5.1%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.82 MX$158.90	$8.10 TTD54.87	-8.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.73 MX$31.20	$1.01 TTD6.84	-41.7%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.30 MX$23.49	$0.80 TTD5.45	-38.3%
Average			-23.3%

Mexico City vs. Trinidad - Cost of restaurants

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pay 23.1% more for groceries

	Mexico City	Trinidad
Bread 1 loaf	$2.63 MX$47.29	$2.38 TTD16.13	-9.3%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.04 MX$90.79	$4.07 TTD27.61	-19.2%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.54 MX$117.78	$8.58 TTD58.16	+31.3%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.61 MX$46.96	$4.12 TTD27.94	+58.2%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.80 MX$68.54	$4.62 TTD31.29	+21.4%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.37 MX$24.66	$1.98 TTD13.44	+44.9%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.80 MX$14.41	$1.16 TTD7.89	+45.6%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.97 MX$17.53	$1.54 TTD10.42	+58.0%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.91 MX$16.32	$1.88 TTD12.75	+107.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.96 MX$17.27	$0.50 TTD3.41	-47.4%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.99 MX$17.91	$0.62 TTD4.22	-37.3%
Average			+23.1%

Mexico City vs. Trinidad - Cost of groceries

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pay 2.5 times more for transportation

	Mexico City	Trinidad
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.14 MX$92.54	$4.23 TTD28.64	-17.7%
Monthly public transit pass	$19.54 MX$352.03	$117.80 TTD798.15	+502.8%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$20,030.45 MX$360,826.57	$35,340.41 TTD239,444.02	+76.4%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$4.42 MX$79.70	$6.77 TTD45.89	+53.1%
Average			+153.7%

Mexico City vs. Trinidad - Cost of transportation

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pay 20.6% more for housing

	Mexico City	Trinidad
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$30.93 MX$557.23	$61.52 TTD416.81	+98.9%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,079.15 MX$19,439.65	$640.36 TTD4,338.68	-40.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$677.25 MX$12,199.84	$412.16 TTD2,792.52	-39.1%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$37.36 MX$673.03	$60.99 TTD413.26	+63.3%
Average			+20.6%

Mexico City vs. Trinidad - Cost of housing

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pay 28.6% less for childcare

	Mexico City	Trinidad
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$430.39 MX$7,752.95	$331.04 TTD2,242.94	-23.1%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$10,897.53 MX$196,307.02	$7,180.97 TTD48,653.70	-34.1%
Average			-28.6%

Mexico City vs. Trinidad - Cost of childcare

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pay 1.6% more for entertainment and sports

	Mexico City	Trinidad
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.26 MX$58.67	$1.62 TTD10.97	-50.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.81 MX$68.70	$3.73 TTD25.27	-2.2%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.34 MX$78.23	$6.04 TTD40.91	+39.0%
Monthly membership at local gym	$58.44 MX$1,052.82	$50.07 TTD339.21	-14.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.51 MX$117.34	$8.84 TTD59.86	+35.6%
Average			+1.6%

Mexico City vs. Trinidad - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 20.2% less for clothing

	Mexico City	Trinidad
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$60.95 MX$1,097.86	$59.02 TTD399.90	-3.2%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$48.08 MX$866.05	$38.29 TTD259.40	-20.4%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$105.72 MX$1,904.43	$77.31 TTD523.78	-26.9%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$110.91 MX$1,997.92	$77.31 TTD523.78	-30.3%
Average			-20.2%

Mexico City vs. Trinidad - 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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