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Mexico City vs. Rocklin Cost of Living Summary

Mexico City is 39.4% cheaper than Rocklin.

Restaurants: pay 36.4% less in Mexico City
Groceries: pay 11.8% less in Mexico City
Transportation: pay 38.6% less in Mexico City
Housing: pay 58.8% less in Mexico City
Childcare: pay 77.7% less in Mexico City
Entertainment and Sports: pay 43.5% less in Mexico City
Clothing: pay 9.2% less in Mexico City

Expenses including childcare, housing, entertainment and sports, transportation, restaurants, and groceries are lower in Mexico City.

Mexico City vs. Rocklin Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 36.4% less for restaurants

	Rocklin	Mexico City
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$17.00	$10.86 MX$198.62	-36.1%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$12.00	$8.82 MX$161.38	-26.5%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.93	$1.73 MX$31.68	-40.8%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$2.25	$1.30 MX$23.86	-42.0%
Average			-36.4%

Rocklin vs. Mexico City - Cost of restaurants

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pay 11.8% less for groceries

	Rocklin	Mexico City
Bread 1 loaf	$3.99	$2.63 MX$48.03	-34.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$6.06	$5.04 MX$92.21	-16.9%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.75	$6.54 MX$119.62	+37.7%
Eggs 1 dozen	$6.42	$2.61 MX$47.69	-59.4%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$6.75	$3.80 MX$69.61	-43.6%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.92	$1.37 MX$25.05	-28.6%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.52	$0.80 MX$14.63	+52.9%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.28	$0.97 MX$17.81	-24.2%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.49	$0.91 MX$16.58	-39.3%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.87	$0.96 MX$17.54	+10.6%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.86	$0.99 MX$18.19	+15.6%
Average			-11.8%

Rocklin vs. Mexico City - Cost of groceries

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pay 38.6% less for transportation

	Rocklin	Mexico City
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.77	$5.14 MX$93.99	+7.8%
Monthly public transit pass	$100.00	$19.54 MX$357.52	-80.5%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$23,894.01	$20,030.45 MX$366,457.13	-16.2%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$12.85	$4.42 MX$80.95	-65.6%
Average			-38.6%

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pay 58.8% less for housing

	Rocklin	Mexico City
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$63.33	$30.93 MX$565.92	-51.2%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,904.50	$1,079.15 MX$19,743.00	-43.3%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$1,700.00	$677.25 MX$12,390.21	-60.2%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$190.70	$37.36 MX$683.53	-80.4%
Average			-58.8%

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pay 77.7% less for childcare

	Rocklin	Mexico City
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$2,738.89	$430.39 MX$7,873.93	-84.3%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$37,770.00	$10,897.53 MX$199,370.32	-71.1%
Average			-77.7%

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pay 43.5% less for entertainment and sports

	Rocklin	Mexico City
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$5.50	$3.26 MX$59.59	-40.8%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$5.25	$3.81 MX$69.77	-27.4%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$11.00	$4.34 MX$79.45	-60.5%
Monthly membership at local gym	$88.33	$58.44 MX$1,069.25	-33.8%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$14.50	$6.51 MX$119.17	-55.1%
Average			-43.5%

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pay 9.2% less for clothing

	Rocklin	Mexico City
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$72.33	$60.95 MX$1,114.99	-15.7%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$56.00	$48.08 MX$879.56	-14.1%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$101.67	$105.72 MX$1,934.15	+4.0%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$124.75	$110.91 MX$2,029.10	-11.1%
Average			-9.2%

Rocklin vs. Mexico City - Cost of clothing

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