Cost of Living Comparison

  1. Cost of Living
  2. South Africa
  3. Pretoria
  4. Mexico
  5. Mexico City
  6. Comparison
ZAR
COMPARED TO
MXN

Mexico City is 3.8% more expensive than Pretoria.

If you lived in Mexico City instead of Pretoria, you would:
local_dining

pay 8.1% more for restaurants

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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $7.26
R95.90
$7.02
MX$124.25
-3.3%
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $3.63
R47.95
$5.62
MX$99.40
+54.7%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $0.85
R11.29
$0.79
MX$13.92
-8.0%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) $0.65
R8.60
$0.58
MX$10.24
-11.1%
Average +8.1%
Pretoria vs. Mexico City - Cost of restaurants
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local_grocery_store

pay 3.6% more for groceries

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Bread
1 loaf
 $0.85
R11.19
$1.48
MX$26.23
+75.0%
Local cheese (8 oz) $3.08
R40.74
$2.56
MX$45.32
-17.0%
Milk (1 gallon) $3.99
R52.69
$3.70
MX$65.57
-7.1%
Eggs
1 dozen
 $1.83
R24.13
$1.58
MX$28.04
-13.2%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) $1.83
R24.16
$2.08
MX$36.74
+13.5%
Apples (1 lb) $0.72
R9.48
$0.91
MX$16.12
+26.9%
Bananas (1 lb) $0.64
R8.42
$0.46
MX$8.16
-27.7%
Oranges (1 lb) $0.64
R8.50
$0.50
MX$8.93
-21.7%
Tomatoes (1 lb) $0.53
R7.03
$0.58
MX$10.36
+10.0%
Potatoes (1 lb) $0.57
R7.48
$0.54
MX$9.53
-4.9%
Onions (1 lb) $0.47
R6.24
$0.50
MX$8.84
+5.7%
Average +3.6%
Pretoria vs. Mexico City - Cost of groceries
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drive_eta

pay 38.8% less for transportation

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Gasoline (1 gallon) $3.64
R48.03
$3.56
MX$62.97
-2.1%
Monthly public transit pass $81.66
R1,078.86
$14.04
MX$248.50
-82.8%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $19,477.50
R257,328.87
$16,846.04
MX$298,196.74
-13.5%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) $6.71
R88.71
$2.90
MX$51.36
-56.8%
Average -38.8%
Pretoria vs. Mexico City - Cost of transportation
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home

pay 1.3% less for housing

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Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $53.32
R704.46
$26.81
MX$474.66
-49.7%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $317.25
R4,191.45
$607.14
MX$10,747.09
+91.4%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $308.03
R4,069.56
$353.22
MX$6,252.43
+14.7%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
 $70.72
R934.26
$27.09
MX$479.48
-61.7%
Average -1.3%
Pretoria vs. Mexico City - Cost of housing
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child_care

pay 45.6% more for childcare

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Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $188.24
R2,486.98
$308.71
MX$5,464.58
+64.0%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $4,538.20
R59,956.83
$5,771.83
MX$102,168.97
+27.2%
Average +45.6%
Pretoria vs. Mexico City - Cost of childcare
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gamepad

pay 10.2% more for entertainment and sports

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Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $1.94
R25.57
$1.87
MX$33.13
-3.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area $1.68
R22.18
$2.08
MX$36.83
+23.9%
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $2.72
R35.96
$2.81
MX$49.70
+3.1%
Monthly membership at local gym $33.69
R445.10
$54.26
MX$960.39
+61.0%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema $5.90
R77.92
$3.91
MX$69.17
-33.7%
Average +10.2%
Pretoria vs. Mexico City - Cost of entertainment and sports
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store

pay 0.6% less for clothing

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Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 $47.22
R623.81
$42.22
MX$747.39
-10.6%
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $31.22
R412.49
$36.27
MX$642.00
+16.2%
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 $81.64
R1,078.61
$77.14
MX$1,365.40
-5.5%
Men's business shoes (leather) $75.30
R994.81
$73.36
MX$1,298.56
-2.6%
Average -0.6%
Pretoria 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: April 2021
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