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Wroclaw vs. Mexico City Cost of Living Summary

Wroclaw is 30.6% more expensive than Mexico City.

Restaurants: pay 9.9% more in Wroclaw
Groceries: pay 15.4% less in Wroclaw
Transportation: pay 70.4% more in Wroclaw
Housing: pay 2.4 times more in Wroclaw
Childcare: pay 2.5% less in Wroclaw
Entertainment and Sports: pay 10.2% more in Wroclaw
Clothing: pay 2.5% more in Wroclaw

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

Wroclaw vs. Mexico City Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 9.9% more for restaurants

	Mexico City	Wroclaw
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$10.86 MX$187.42	$10.94 PLN39.04	+0.7%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.82 MX$152.28	$9.02 PLN32.21	+2.3%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.73 MX$29.90	$2.07 PLN7.41	+19.8%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.30 MX$22.51	$1.52 PLN5.43	+16.7%
Average			+9.9%

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pay 15.4% less for groceries

	Mexico City	Wroclaw
Bread 1 loaf	$2.63 MX$45.32	$1.32 PLN4.70	-49.9%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.04 MX$87.01	$4.90 PLN17.50	-2.7%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.54 MX$112.88	$4.00 PLN14.27	-38.9%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.61 MX$45.01	$3.43 PLN12.25	+31.7%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.80 MX$65.68	$3.00 PLN10.72	-21.1%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.37 MX$23.64	$0.56 PLN2.00	-59.1%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.80 MX$13.81	$0.80 PLN2.85	-0.3%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.97 MX$16.80	$0.88 PLN3.15	-9.5%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.91 MX$15.64	$1.51 PLN5.40	+66.8%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.96 MX$16.55	$0.50 PLN1.79	-47.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.99 MX$17.16	$0.61 PLN2.18	-38.6%
Average			-15.4%

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pay 70.4% more for transportation

	Mexico City	Wroclaw
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.14 MX$88.69	$6.31 PLN22.53	+22.8%
Monthly public transit pass	$19.54 MX$337.36	$30.08 PLN107.36	+53.9%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$20,030.45 MX$346K	$34,052.32 PLN122K	+70.0%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$4.42 MX$76.38	$10.39 PLN37.09	+134.8%
Average			+70.4%

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pay 2.4 times more for housing

	Mexico City	Wroclaw
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$30.93 MX$534.02	$17.59 PLN62.81	-43.1%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,079.15 MX$18,629.97	$925.05 PLN3,302.24	-14.3%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$677.25 MX$11,691.70	$723.98 PLN2,584.45	+6.9%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$37.36 MX$644.99	$264.43 PLN943.97	+607.8%
Average			+139.3%

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pay 2.5% less for childcare

	Mexico City	Wroclaw
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$430.39 MX$7,430.03	$465.86 PLN1,663.01	+8.2%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$10,897.53 MX$188K	$9,460.12 PLN33,770.64	-13.2%
Average			-2.5%

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pay 10.2% more for entertainment and sports

	Mexico City	Wroclaw
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.26 MX$56.23	$4.10 PLN14.64	+25.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.81 MX$65.84	$4.10 PLN14.64	+7.5%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.34 MX$74.97	$5.47 PLN19.52	+25.9%
Monthly membership at local gym	$58.44 MX$1,008.97	$38.39 PLN137.04	-34.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.51 MX$112.45	$8.20 PLN29.28	+25.9%
Average			+10.2%

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pay 2.5% more for clothing

	Mexico City	Wroclaw
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$60.95 MX$1,052.13	$82.20 PLN293.42	+34.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$48.08 MX$829.98	$42.65 PLN152.26	-11.3%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$105.72 MX$1,825.11	$98.59 PLN351.94	-6.7%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$110.91 MX$1,914.71	$103.51 PLN369.50	-6.7%
Average			+2.5%

Mexico City vs. Wroclaw - 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: February 2026

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