Cost of living comparison
Mexico City is 39.0% more expensive than Roseau.
If you lived in Mexico City instead of Roseau, you would:
pay 15.4% less for restaurants
Roseau
|
Mexico City
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$7.40
EC$20.00
|
$8.28
MX$142.01
|
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Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$6.11
EC$16.50
|
$6.95
MX$119.25
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$1.75
EC$4.73
|
$1.06
MX$18.22
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$1.49
EC$4.01
|
$0.78
MX$13.31
|
|
pay 30.5% less for groceries
Roseau
|
Mexico City
|
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Bread
1 loaf
|
$2.54
EC$6.87
|
$2.09
MX$35.79
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) | ?? |
$4.43
MX$76.07
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$18.91
EC$51.10
|
$5.45
MX$93.45
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$3.89
EC$10.50
|
$2.15
MX$36.92
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) | ?? |
$3.19
MX$54.67
|
|
Apples (1 lb) | ?? |
$1.21
MX$20.75
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) | ?? |
$0.62
MX$10.64
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) | ?? |
$0.71
MX$12.16
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) | ?? |
$0.76
MX$13.08
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$1.09
EC$2.94
|
$0.78
MX$13.43
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.67
EC$1.81
|
$0.73
MX$12.60
|
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pay 21.5% more for transportation
Roseau
|
Mexico City
|
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Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$4.01
EC$10.84
|
$4.92
MX$84.49
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$14.80
EC$40.00
|
$17.77
MX$305.01
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) | ?? |
$22,067.99
MX$378,688.94
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) | ?? |
$5.52
MX$94.67
|
|
pay 75.2% more for housing
Roseau
|
Mexico City
|
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Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$64.75
EC$175.00
|
$28.01
MX$480.61
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$345.65
EC$934.14
|
$826.42
MX$14,181.40
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$197.34
EC$533.33
|
$480.11
MX$8,238.77
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
?? |
$40.24
MX$690.53
|
|
pay 3.4 times more for childcare
Roseau
|
Mexico City
|
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Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$111.01
EC$300.00
|
$377.91
MX$6,485.05
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters | ?? |
$8,870.11
MX$152,211.92
|
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pay 4.4% more for entertainment and sports
Roseau
|
Mexico City
|
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Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$1.85
EC$5.00
|
$2.76
MX$47.34
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$2.94
EC$7.94
|
$2.89
MX$49.54
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$7.40
EC$20.00
|
$3.86
MX$66.27
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$29.60
EC$80.00
|
$49.94
MX$857.02
|
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Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$9.25
EC$25.00
|
$4.97
MX$85.21
|
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pay 22.9% less for clothing
Roseau
|
Mexico City
|
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Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$70.92
EC$191.67
|
$56.86
MX$975.67
|
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Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$38.24
EC$103.33
|
$37.51
MX$643.70
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$154.18
EC$416.67
|
$92.48
MX$1,587.00
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$135.67
EC$366.67
|
$95.13
MX$1,632.37
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