Cost of living comparison
Mexico City is 24.4% more expensive than Quito.
If you lived in Mexico City instead of Quito, you would:
pay 43.4% more for restaurants
Quito
|
Mexico City
|
||
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$3.75
|
$8.28
MX$138.75
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$7.00
|
$6.95
MX$116.51
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$0.81
|
$1.06
MX$17.80
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.63
|
$0.78
MX$13.00
|
|
pay 42.9% more for groceries
Quito
|
Mexico City
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$1.56
|
$2.09
MX$34.97
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$2.65
|
$4.43
MX$74.33
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$3.73
|
$5.45
MX$91.31
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$1.72
|
$2.15
MX$36.07
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$2.39
|
$3.19
MX$53.42
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.77
|
$1.21
MX$20.27
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.46
|
$0.62
MX$10.39
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.55
|
$0.71
MX$11.88
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.49
|
$0.76
MX$12.78
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.57
|
$0.78
MX$13.13
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.48
|
$0.73
MX$12.31
|
|
pay 5.6% more for transportation
Quito
|
Mexico City
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$2.90
|
$4.92
MX$82.55
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$17.50
|
$17.77
MX$298.01
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$20,000.00
|
$22,067.99
MX$369,994.15
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$13.50
|
$5.52
MX$92.50
|
|
pay 45.4% more for housing
Quito
|
Mexico City
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$37.59
|
$28.01
MX$469.57
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$458.75
|
$826.42
MX$13,855.79
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$251.88
|
$480.11
MX$8,049.61
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$29.49
|
$40.24
MX$674.68
|
|
pay 38.6% more for childcare
Quito
|
Mexico City
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$252.31
|
$377.91
MX$6,336.15
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$6,961.11
|
$8,870.11
MX$148,717.09
|
|
pay 2.9% less for entertainment and sports
Quito
|
Mexico City
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$2.50
|
$2.76
MX$46.25
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$2.75
|
$2.89
MX$48.40
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$5.75
|
$3.86
MX$64.75
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$41.46
|
$49.94
MX$837.34
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$6.00
|
$4.97
MX$83.25
|
|
pay 2.3% less for clothing
Quito
|
Mexico City
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$53.53
|
$56.86
MX$953.27
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$45.71
|
$37.51
MX$628.92
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$100.31
|
$92.48
MX$1,550.56
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$86.25
|
$95.13
MX$1,594.89
|
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