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Mexico City vs. Salalah Cost of Living Summary

Mexico City is 2.0 times more expensive than Salalah.

Restaurants: pay 2.6 times more in Mexico City
Groceries: pay 65.1% more in Mexico City
Transportation: pay 3.8% less in Mexico City
Housing: pay 2.1 times more in Mexico City
Childcare: pay 4.2 times more in Mexico City
Entertainment and Sports: pay 34.7% less in Mexico City
Clothing: pay 99.2% more in Mexico City

The cost of childcare, restaurants, housing, clothing, and groceries in Mexico City are more expensive than in Salalah. Expenses including entertainment and sports and transportation are lower in Mexico City. Notably, childcare, restaurants, and housing are significantly more expensive in Mexico City.

Mexico City vs. Salalah Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 2.6 times more for restaurants

	Salalah	Mexico City
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$5.20 OMR1.990	$10.86 MX$195.57	+108.7%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$13.00 OMR4.980	$8.82 MX$158.90	-32.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.65 OMR0.250	$1.73 MX$31.20	+166.3%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.26 OMR0.100	$1.30 MX$23.49	+401.4%
Average			+161.1%

Salalah vs. Mexico City - Cost of restaurants

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pay 65.1% more for groceries

	Salalah	Mexico City
Bread 1 loaf	$1.25 OMR0.480	$2.63 MX$47.29	+110.3%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.45 OMR1.320	$5.04 MX$90.79	+46.3%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.56 OMR2.510	$6.54 MX$117.78	-0.4%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.92 OMR0.740	$2.61 MX$46.96	+35.5%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.12 OMR0.810	$3.80 MX$68.54	+79.2%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.94 OMR0.360	$1.37 MX$24.66	+45.1%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.49 OMR0.190	$0.80 MX$14.41	+62.7%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.71 OMR0.270	$0.97 MX$17.53	+37.5%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.53 OMR0.200	$0.91 MX$16.32	+70.7%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.59 OMR0.220	$0.96 MX$17.27	+63.6%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.37 OMR0.140	$0.99 MX$17.91	+166.1%
Average			+65.1%

Salalah vs. Mexico City - Cost of groceries

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pay 3.8% less for transportation

	Salalah	Mexico City
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.36 OMR0.900	$5.14 MX$92.54	+117.9%
Monthly public transit pass	$54.62 OMR20.900	$19.54 MX$352.03	-64.2%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$20,806.46 OMR7,962.090	$20,030.45 MX$360,826.57	-3.7%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$12.68 OMR4.850	$4.42 MX$79.70	-65.1%
Average			-3.8%

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pay 2.1 times more for housing

	Salalah	Mexico City
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$76.07 OMR29.110	$30.93 MX$557.23	-59.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$255.75 OMR97.870	$1,079.15 MX$19,439.65	+322.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$212.40 OMR81.280	$677.25 MX$12,199.84	+218.9%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$49.72 OMR19.030	$37.36 MX$673.03	-24.9%
Average			+114.2%

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pay 4.2 times more for childcare

	Salalah	Mexico City
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$112.70 OMR43.130	$430.39 MX$7,752.95	+281.9%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$2,392.74 OMR915.640	$10,897.53 MX$196,307.02	+355.4%
Average			+318.6%

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pay 34.7% less for entertainment and sports

	Salalah	Mexico City
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$9.10 OMR3.480	$3.26 MX$58.67	-64.2%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$5.33 OMR2.040	$3.81 MX$68.70	-28.5%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$5.85 OMR2.240	$4.34 MX$78.23	-25.8%
Monthly membership at local gym	$94.82 OMR36.290	$58.44 MX$1,052.82	-38.4%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$7.80 OMR2.990	$6.51 MX$117.34	-16.5%
Average			-34.7%

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pay 99.2% more for clothing

	Salalah	Mexico City
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$27.74 OMR10.620	$60.95 MX$1,097.86	+119.7%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$31.21 OMR11.940	$48.08 MX$866.05	+54.0%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$63.29 OMR24.220	$105.72 MX$1,904.43	+67.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$43.35 OMR16.590	$110.91 MX$1,997.92	+155.9%
Average			+99.2%

Salalah 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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