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Yokosuka vs. Mexico City Cost of Living Summary

Yokosuka is 23.8% more expensive than Mexico City.

Restaurants: pay 38.5% less in Yokosuka
Groceries: pay 36.4% more in Yokosuka
Transportation: pay 2.9 times more in Yokosuka
Housing: pay 37.6% more in Yokosuka
Childcare: pay 18.3% less in Yokosuka
Entertainment and Sports: pay 0.5% more in Yokosuka
Clothing: pay 37.0% less in Yokosuka

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

Yokosuka vs. Mexico City Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 38.5% less for restaurants

	Mexico City	Yokosuka
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$10.86 MX$189.62	$6.68 ¥1,034	-38.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.82 MX$154.07	$5.35 ¥827	-39.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.73 MX$30.25	$1.14 ¥176	-34.4%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.30 MX$22.78	$0.76 ¥117	-41.9%
Average			-38.5%

Mexico City vs. Yokosuka - Cost of restaurants

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pay 36.4% more for groceries

	Mexico City	Yokosuka
Bread 1 loaf	$2.63 MX$45.85	$1.46 ¥225	-44.5%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.04 MX$88.03	$4.86 ¥752	-3.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.54 MX$114.20	$5.51 ¥853	-15.7%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.61 MX$45.53	$2.21 ¥342	-15.3%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.80 MX$66.45	$3.03 ¥469	-20.3%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.37 MX$23.91	$2.63 ¥407	+91.9%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.80 MX$13.97	$1.36 ¥211	+70.5%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.97 MX$17.00	$1.76 ¥272	+80.6%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.91 MX$15.83	$2.64 ¥408	+191.0%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.96 MX$16.74	$1.44 ¥224	+50.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.99 MX$17.37	$1.14 ¥177	+15.1%
Average			+36.4%

Mexico City vs. Yokosuka - Cost of groceries

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pay 2.9 times more for transportation

	Mexico City	Yokosuka
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.14 MX$89.73	$4.43 ¥686	-13.7%
Monthly public transit pass	$19.54 MX$341.32	$66.16 ¥10,237	+238.5%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$20,030.45 MX$350K	$22,332.63 ¥3M	+11.5%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$4.42 MX$77.28	$26.86 ¥4,157	+507.1%
Average			+185.8%

Mexico City vs. Yokosuka - Cost of transportation

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pay 37.6% more for housing

	Mexico City	Yokosuka
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$30.93 MX$540.28	$32.91 ¥5,093	+6.4%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,079.15 MX$18,848.39	$568.01 ¥87,896	-47.4%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$677.25 MX$11,828.78	$334.12 ¥51,704	-50.7%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$37.36 MX$652.56	$127.75 ¥19,769	+241.9%
Average			+37.6%

Mexico City vs. Yokosuka - Cost of housing

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pay 18.3% less for childcare

	Mexico City	Yokosuka
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$430.39 MX$7,517.14	$271.75 ¥42,052	-36.9%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$10,897.53 MX$190K	$10,914.61 ¥2M	+0.2%
Average			-18.3%

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pay 0.5% more for entertainment and sports

	Mexico City	Yokosuka
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.26 MX$56.89	$2.67 ¥414	-17.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.81 MX$66.61	$3.01 ¥465	-21.2%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.34 MX$75.85	$3.34 ¥517	-23.1%
Monthly membership at local gym	$58.44 MX$1,020.80	$46.78 ¥7,238	-20.0%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.51 MX$113.77	$12.03 ¥1,861	+84.7%
Average			+0.5%

Mexico City vs. Yokosuka - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 37.0% less for clothing

	Mexico City	Yokosuka
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$60.95 MX$1,064.47	$40.09 ¥6,204	-34.2%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$48.08 MX$839.71	$28.40 ¥4,395	-40.9%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$105.72 MX$1,846.51	$50.12 ¥7,756	-52.6%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$110.91 MX$1,937.16	$88.54 ¥13,701	-20.2%
Average			-37.0%

Mexico City vs. Yokosuka - 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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