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Udon Thani vs. Mexico City Cost of Living Summary

Udon Thani is 11.8% cheaper than Mexico City.

Restaurants: pay 45.5% less in Udon Thani
Groceries: pay 18.1% less in Udon Thani
Transportation: pay 68.7% more in Udon Thani
Housing: pay 34.8% less in Udon Thani
Childcare: pay 17.1% less in Udon Thani
Entertainment and Sports: pay 15.1% less in Udon Thani
Clothing: pay 20.4% less in Udon Thani

Expenses including restaurants, housing, clothing, groceries, childcare, and entertainment and sports are lower in Udon Thani.

Udon Thani vs. Mexico City Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Udon Thani instead of Mexico City, you would:

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pay 45.5% less for restaurants

	Mexico City	Udon Thani
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$10.86 MX$197.31	$2.48 THB78.94	-77.1%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.82 MX$160.32	$10.85 THB345.35	+23.1%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.73 MX$31.47	$0.83 THB26.52	-51.9%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.30 MX$23.70	$0.31 THB9.87	-76.2%
Average			-45.5%

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pay 18.1% less for groceries

	Mexico City	Udon Thani
Bread 1 loaf	$2.63 MX$47.71	$1.37 THB43.70	-47.7%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.04 MX$91.60	$9.30 THB296.02	+84.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.54 MX$118.83	$8.05 THB256.23	+23.2%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.61 MX$47.38	$1.59 THB50.45	-39.2%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.80 MX$69.15	$1.09 THB34.69	-71.3%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.37 MX$24.88	$1.06 THB33.84	-22.3%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.80 MX$14.54	$0.45 THB14.32	-43.7%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.97 MX$17.69	$0.98 THB31.11	+0.4%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.91 MX$16.47	$0.84 THB26.85	-6.9%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.96 MX$17.42	$0.73 THB23.27	-23.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.99 MX$18.07	$0.47 THB14.88	-53.0%
Average			-18.1%

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pay 68.7% more for transportation

	Mexico City	Udon Thani
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.14 MX$93.37	$4.77 THB151.78	-7.1%
Monthly public transit pass	$19.54 MX$355.17	$13.18 THB419.36	-32.6%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$20,030.45 MX$364,045.47	$43,643.10 THB1,388,567.52	+117.9%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$4.42 MX$80.42	$13.12 THB417.38	+196.5%
Average			+68.7%

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pay 34.8% less for housing

	Mexico City	Udon Thani
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$30.93 MX$562.20	$23.26 THB740.04	-24.8%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,079.15 MX$19,613.07	$206.02 THB6,554.67	-80.9%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$677.25 MX$12,308.67	$126.27 THB4,017.38	-81.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$37.36 MX$679.03	$55.30 THB1,759.30	+48.0%
Average			-34.8%

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pay 17.1% less for childcare

	Mexico City	Udon Thani
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$430.39 MX$7,822.12	$284.29 THB9,044.97	-33.9%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$10,897.53 MX$198,058.25	$10,854.56 THB345,353.44	-0.4%
Average			-17.1%

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pay 15.1% less for entertainment and sports

	Mexico City	Udon Thani
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.26 MX$59.19	$1.86 THB59.20	-42.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.81 MX$69.31	$1.60 THB50.98	-58.0%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.34 MX$78.93	$4.19 THB133.21	-3.6%
Monthly membership at local gym	$58.44 MX$1,062.21	$78.31 THB2,491.48	+34.0%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.51 MX$118.39	$6.20 THB197.34	-4.8%
Average			-15.1%

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pay 20.4% less for clothing

	Mexico City	Udon Thani
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$60.95 MX$1,107.65	$36.60 THB1,164.33	-40.0%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$48.08 MX$873.77	$54.79 THB1,743.21	+14.0%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$105.72 MX$1,921.42	$72.88 THB2,318.80	-31.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$110.91 MX$2,015.75	$83.74 THB2,664.16	-24.5%
Average			-20.4%

Mexico City vs. Udon Thani - 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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