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Mexico City vs. Quezon City Cost of Living Summary

Mexico City is 2.2 times more expensive than Quezon City.

Restaurants: pay 2.7 times more in Mexico City
Groceries: pay 17.1% more in Mexico City
Transportation: pay 13.9% more in Mexico City
Housing: pay 2.2 times more in Mexico City
Childcare: pay 4.7 times more in Mexico City
Entertainment and Sports: pay 67.1% more in Mexico City
Clothing: pay 45.6% more in Mexico City

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

Mexico City vs. Quezon City Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 2.7 times more for restaurants

	Quezon City	Mexico City
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$4.13 ₱241.87	$10.86 MX$195.79	+163.0%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$3.14 ₱183.92	$8.82 MX$159.08	+181.0%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.93 ₱54.71	$1.73 MX$31.23	+85.4%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.36 ₱21.16	$1.30 MX$23.52	+261.0%
Average			+172.6%

Quezon City vs. Mexico City - Cost of restaurants

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pay 17.1% more for groceries

	Quezon City	Mexico City
Bread 1 loaf	$1.26 ₱73.57	$2.63 MX$47.34	+109.0%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.66 ₱214.15	$5.04 MX$90.89	+37.9%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.81 ₱457.79	$6.54 MX$117.92	-16.3%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.92 ₱112.54	$2.61 MX$47.01	+35.7%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.87 ₱109.71	$3.80 MX$68.61	+103.2%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.93 ₱113.14	$1.37 MX$24.69	-29.1%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.69 ₱40.23	$0.80 MX$14.43	+16.5%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.30 ₱75.88	$0.97 MX$17.55	-24.9%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.73 ₱42.97	$0.91 MX$16.34	+23.5%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.24 ₱72.68	$0.96 MX$17.29	-22.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.81 ₱106.05	$0.99 MX$17.93	-45.1%
Average			+17.1%

Quezon City vs. Mexico City - Cost of groceries

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pay 13.9% more for transportation

	Quezon City	Mexico City
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.12 ₱241.36	$5.14 MX$92.65	+24.7%
Monthly public transit pass	$20.64 ₱1,209.34	$19.54 MX$352.42	-5.3%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$24,944.52 ₱1,461,287.22	$20,030.45 MX$361,229.19	-19.7%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$2.84 ₱166.28	$4.42 MX$79.79	+55.9%
Average			+13.9%

Quezon City vs. Mexico City - Cost of transportation

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pay 2.2 times more for housing

	Quezon City	Mexico City
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$28.12 ₱1,647.26	$30.93 MX$557.85	+10.0%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$268.37 ₱15,721.43	$1,079.15 MX$19,461.34	+302.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$192.67 ₱11,287.18	$677.25 MX$12,213.45	+251.5%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$106.28 ₱6,225.87	$37.36 MX$673.78	-64.8%
Average			+124.7%

Quezon City vs. Mexico City - Cost of housing

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pay 4.7 times more for childcare

	Quezon City	Mexico City
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$78.85 ₱4,619.01	$430.39 MX$7,761.60	+445.8%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$2,709.49 ₱158,726.03	$10,897.53 MX$196,526.06	+302.2%
Average			+374.0%

Quezon City vs. Mexico City - Cost of childcare

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pay 67.1% more for entertainment and sports

	Quezon City	Mexico City
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.20 ₱70.54	$3.26 MX$58.74	+170.5%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.83 ₱165.56	$3.81 MX$68.78	+34.9%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$3.01 ₱176.36	$4.34 MX$78.32	+44.2%
Monthly membership at local gym	$30.54 ₱1,788.82	$58.44 MX$1,053.99	+91.4%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.88 ₱403.11	$6.51 MX$117.47	-5.3%
Average			+67.1%

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pay 45.6% more for clothing

	Quezon City	Mexico City
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$35.44 ₱2,076.04	$60.95 MX$1,099.08	+72.0%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$28.77 ₱1,685.52	$48.08 MX$867.02	+67.1%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$86.70 ₱5,079.23	$105.72 MX$1,906.56	+21.9%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$91.18 ₱5,341.26	$110.91 MX$2,000.15	+21.6%
Average			+45.6%

Quezon City 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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