Cost of living comparison
Mexico City is 8.4% cheaper than Santo Domingo.
If you lived in Mexico City instead of Santo Domingo, you would:
pay 20.3% more for restaurants
Santo Domingo
|
Mexico City
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$9.57
$562.60
|
$8.28
MX$142.01
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$7.30
$429.04
|
$6.95
MX$119.25
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$0.76
$44.44
|
$1.06
MX$18.22
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.49
$28.60
|
$0.78
MX$13.31
|
|
pay 10.8% more for groceries
Santo Domingo
|
Mexico City
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$2.22
$130.32
|
$2.09
MX$35.79
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$3.54
$208.00
|
$4.43
MX$76.07
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$4.92
$288.88
|
$5.45
MX$93.45
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.00
$117.27
|
$2.15
MX$36.92
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$2.78
$163.11
|
$3.19
MX$54.67
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$1.34
$78.47
|
$1.21
MX$20.75
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.29
$16.84
|
$0.62
MX$10.64
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$1.25
$73.17
|
$0.71
MX$12.16
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.63
$37.13
|
$0.76
MX$13.08
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.69
$40.32
|
$0.78
MX$13.43
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$1.08
$63.57
|
$0.73
MX$12.60
|
|
pay 47.8% less for transportation
Santo Domingo
|
Mexico City
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$4.93
$289.78
|
$4.92
MX$84.49
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$91.26
$5,362.97
|
$17.77
MX$305.01
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$33,765.29
$1,984,300.31
|
$22,067.99
MX$378,688.94
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$22.77
$1,337.94
|
$5.52
MX$94.67
|
|
pay 24.8% less for housing
Santo Domingo
|
Mexico City
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$50.90
$2,991.35
|
$28.01
MX$480.61
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$918.25
$53,962.98
|
$826.42
MX$14,181.40
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$473.61
$27,832.66
|
$480.11
MX$8,238.77
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$73.91
$4,343.44
|
$40.24
MX$690.53
|
|
pay 4.9% less for childcare
Santo Domingo
|
Mexico City
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$479.10
$28,155.61
|
$377.91
MX$6,485.05
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$7,969.82
$468,366.38
|
$8,870.11
MX$152,211.92
|
|
pay 1.2% more for entertainment and sports
Santo Domingo
|
Mexico City
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$2.74
$160.89
|
$2.76
MX$47.34
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$2.27
$133.40
|
$2.89
MX$49.54
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$4.56
$268.15
|
$3.86
MX$66.27
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$45.61
$2,680.15
|
$49.94
MX$857.02
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$5.93
$348.59
|
$4.97
MX$85.21
|
|
pay 13.6% less for clothing
Santo Domingo
|
Mexico City
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$61.04
$3,587.23
|
$56.86
MX$975.67
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$45.17
$2,654.67
|
$37.51
MX$643.70
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$118.63
$6,971.87
|
$92.48
MX$1,587.00
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$103.81
$6,100.38
|
$95.13
MX$1,632.37
|
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