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Mexico City vs. Moldova Cost of Living Summary

Mexico City is 58.4% more expensive than Moldova overall.

Restaurants: pay 65.2% more in Mexico City
Groceries: pay 2.2 times more in Mexico City
Transportation: pay 3.3% less in Mexico City
Housing: pay 98.8% more in Mexico City
Childcare: pay 54.1% more in Mexico City
Entertainment and Sports: pay 72.2% more in Mexico City
Clothing: pay 3.8% more in Mexico City

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

Mexico City vs. Moldova Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 65.2% more for restaurants

	Moldova	Mexico City
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$8.86 MDL150.08	$10.86 MX$198.62	+22.5%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.75 MDL131.33	$8.82 MX$161.38	+13.8%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.86 MDL14.65	$1.73 MX$31.68	+100.3%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.58 MDL9.85	$1.30 MX$23.86	+124.3%
Average			+65.2%

Moldova vs. Mexico City - Cost of restaurants

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pay 2.2 times more for groceries

	Moldova	Mexico City
Bread 1 loaf	$0.46 MDL7.73	$2.63 MX$48.03	+474.9%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.18 MDL87.68	$5.04 MX$92.21	-2.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.54 MDL76.86	$6.54 MX$119.62	+44.1%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.13 MDL36.10	$2.61 MX$47.69	+22.3%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.43 MDL41.09	$3.80 MX$69.61	+56.8%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.41 MDL6.92	$1.37 MX$25.05	+235.2%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.86 MDL14.53	$0.80 MX$14.63	-6.7%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.81 MDL13.76	$0.97 MX$17.81	+19.8%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.96 MDL16.29	$0.91 MX$16.58	-5.8%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.34 MDL5.74	$0.96 MX$17.54	+182.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.27 MDL4.51	$0.99 MX$18.19	+273.5%
Average			+117.7%

Moldova vs. Mexico City - Cost of groceries

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pay 3.3% less for transportation

	Moldova	Mexico City
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.28 MDL89.36	$5.14 MX$93.99	-2.6%
Monthly public transit pass	$16.10 MDL272.74	$19.54 MX$357.52	+21.4%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$31,784.24 MDL538,319.30	$20,030.45 MX$366,457.13	-37.0%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$4.21 MDL71.27	$4.42 MX$80.95	+5.2%
Average			-3.3%

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pay 98.8% more for housing

	Moldova	Mexico City
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$10.63 MDL180.09	$30.93 MX$565.92	+190.9%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$424.82 MDL7,194.99	$1,079.15 MX$19,743.00	+154.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$315.71 MDL5,347.02	$677.25 MX$12,390.21	+114.5%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$104.05 MDL1,762.28	$37.36 MX$683.53	-64.1%
Average			+98.8%

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pay 54.1% more for childcare

	Moldova	Mexico City
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$314.41 MDL5,325.09	$430.39 MX$7,873.93	+36.9%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$6,362.73 MDL107,763.51	$10,897.53 MX$199,370.32	+71.3%
Average			+54.1%

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pay 72.2% more for entertainment and sports

	Moldova	Mexico City
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.61 MDL27.27	$3.26 MX$59.59	+102.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.68 MDL28.50	$3.81 MX$69.77	+126.7%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$3.36 MDL56.97	$4.34 MX$79.45	+29.1%
Monthly membership at local gym	$31.99 MDL541.85	$58.44 MX$1,069.25	+82.7%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$5.42 MDL91.86	$6.51 MX$119.17	+20.1%
Average			+72.2%

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pay 3.8% more for clothing

	Moldova	Mexico City
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$56.94 MDL964.36	$60.95 MX$1,114.99	+7.0%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$48.36 MDL819.02	$48.08 MX$879.56	-0.6%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$116.20 MDL1,968.11	$105.72 MX$1,934.15	-9.0%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$94.29 MDL1,597.02	$110.91 MX$2,029.10	+17.6%
Average			+3.8%

Moldova vs. Mexico 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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