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Mexico City vs. Rio das Ostras Cost of Living Summary

Mexico City is 99.0% more expensive than Rio das Ostras.

Restaurants: pay 2.0 times more in Mexico City
Groceries: pay 97.7% more in Mexico City
Transportation: pay 6.2% less in Mexico City
Housing: pay 3.3 times more in Mexico City
Childcare: pay 46.6% more in Mexico City
Entertainment and Sports: pay 2.3 times more in Mexico City
Clothing: pay 86.5% more in Mexico City

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

Mexico City vs. Rio das Ostras Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Mexico City instead of Rio das Ostras, you would:

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pay 2.0 times more for restaurants

	Rio das Ostras	Mexico City
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.91 R$21.29	$10.86 MX$197.31	+177.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.34 R$34.47	$8.82 MX$160.32	+39.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.18 R$6.42	$1.73 MX$31.47	+46.7%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.52 R$2.84	$1.30 MX$23.70	+149.9%
Average			+103.3%

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pay 97.7% more for groceries

	Rio das Ostras	Mexico City
Bread 1 loaf	$1.57 R$8.53	$2.63 MX$47.71	+67.3%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.73 R$20.28	$5.04 MX$91.60	+35.2%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.34 R$18.17	$6.54 MX$118.83	+95.8%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.90 R$10.34	$2.61 MX$47.38	+37.1%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.45 R$7.91	$3.80 MX$69.15	+161.6%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.76 R$4.14	$1.37 MX$24.88	+79.9%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.53 R$2.87	$0.80 MX$14.54	+51.4%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.42 R$2.30	$0.97 MX$17.69	+130.3%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.54 R$2.94	$0.91 MX$16.47	+67.5%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.36 R$1.95	$0.96 MX$17.42	+166.8%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.35 R$1.92	$0.99 MX$18.07	+182.2%
Average			+97.7%

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pay 6.2% less for transportation

	Rio das Ostras	Mexico City
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.05 R$22.00	$5.14 MX$93.37	+27.0%
Monthly public transit pass	??	$19.54 MX$355.17
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$21,435.23 R$116,594.78	$20,030.45 MX$364,045.47	-6.6%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$7.27 R$39.54	$4.42 MX$80.42	-39.1%
Average			-6.2%

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pay 3.3 times more for housing

	Rio das Ostras	Mexico City
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$16.64 R$90.49	$30.93 MX$562.20	+85.9%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$186.39 R$1,013.87	$1,079.15 MX$19,613.07	+479.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$139.79 R$760.40	$677.25 MX$12,308.67	+384.5%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$49.89 R$271.36	$37.36 MX$679.03	-25.1%
Average			+231.1%

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pay 46.6% more for childcare

	Rio das Ostras	Mexico City
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$304.44 R$1,655.98	$430.39 MX$7,822.12	+41.4%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$7,176.14 R$39,033.90	$10,897.53 MX$198,058.25	+51.9%
Average			+46.6%

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pay 2.3 times more for entertainment and sports

	Rio das Ostras	Mexico City
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$0.93 R$5.07	$3.26 MX$59.19	+249.5%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.62 R$8.79	$3.81 MX$69.31	+136.1%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.05 R$11.15	$4.34 MX$78.93	+111.8%
Monthly membership at local gym	$22.37 R$121.66	$58.44 MX$1,062.21	+161.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$5.78 R$31.43	$6.51 MX$118.39	+12.7%
Average			+134.3%

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pay 86.5% more for clothing

	Rio das Ostras	Mexico City
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$52.19 R$283.88	$60.95 MX$1,107.65	+16.8%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$26.10 R$141.94	$48.08 MX$873.77	+84.2%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$60.58 R$329.51	$105.72 MX$1,921.42	+74.5%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$41.01 R$223.05	$110.91 MX$2,015.75	+170.5%
Average			+86.5%

Rio das Ostras 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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