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Mexico City vs. White Plains Cost of Living Summary

Mexico City is 40.2% cheaper than White Plains.

Restaurants: pay 27.6% less in Mexico City
Groceries: pay 39.9% less in Mexico City
Transportation: pay 34.7% less in Mexico City
Housing: pay 57.6% less in Mexico City
Childcare: pay 66.2% less in Mexico City
Entertainment and Sports: pay 54.9% less in Mexico City
Clothing: pay 0.2% less in Mexico City

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

Mexico City vs. White Plains Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Mexico City instead of White Plains, you would:

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pay 27.6% less for restaurants

	White Plains	Mexico City
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$18.00	$10.86 MX$195.57	-39.7%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$11.00	$8.82 MX$158.90	-19.8%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.28	$1.73 MX$31.20	-24.1%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.78	$1.30 MX$23.49	-26.7%
Average			-27.6%

White Plains vs. Mexico City - Cost of restaurants

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pay 39.9% less for groceries

	White Plains	Mexico City
Bread 1 loaf	$4.05	$2.63 MX$47.29	-35.1%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$17.27	$5.04 MX$90.79	-70.8%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.80	$6.54 MX$117.78	+36.2%
Eggs 1 dozen	$5.33	$2.61 MX$46.96	-51.1%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$5.62	$3.80 MX$68.54	-32.3%
Apples (1 lb)	$2.87	$1.37 MX$24.66	-52.3%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.89	$0.80 MX$14.41	-10.1%
Oranges (1 lb)	$2.16	$0.97 MX$17.53	-54.9%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$2.37	$0.91 MX$16.32	-61.8%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.41	$0.96 MX$17.27	-32.2%
Onions (1 lb)	$3.83	$0.99 MX$17.91	-74.1%
Average			-39.9%

White Plains vs. Mexico City - Cost of groceries

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pay 34.7% less for transportation

	White Plains	Mexico City
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.30	$5.14 MX$92.54	+55.8%
Monthly public transit pass	$155.00	$19.54 MX$352.03	-87.4%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$28,570.00	$20,030.45 MX$360,826.57	-29.9%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$19.40	$4.42 MX$79.70	-77.2%
Average			-34.7%

White Plains vs. Mexico City - Cost of transportation

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pay 57.6% less for housing

	White Plains	Mexico City
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$63.75	$30.93 MX$557.23	-51.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$2,237.50	$1,079.15 MX$19,439.65	-51.8%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$1,837.50	$677.25 MX$12,199.84	-63.1%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$103.54	$37.36 MX$673.03	-63.9%
Average			-57.6%

White Plains vs. Mexico City - Cost of housing

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pay 66.2% less for childcare

	White Plains	Mexico City
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$2,000.00	$430.39 MX$7,752.95	-78.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$23,666.67	$10,897.53 MX$196,307.02	-54.0%
Average			-66.2%

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pay 54.9% less for entertainment and sports

	White Plains	Mexico City
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$7.00	$3.26 MX$58.67	-53.5%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$5.10	$3.81 MX$68.70	-25.2%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$16.00	$4.34 MX$78.23	-72.9%
Monthly membership at local gym	$151.33	$58.44 MX$1,052.82	-61.4%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$17.00	$6.51 MX$117.34	-61.7%
Average			-54.9%

White Plains vs. Mexico City - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 0.2% less for clothing

	White Plains	Mexico City
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$67.90	$60.95 MX$1,097.86	-10.2%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$53.33	$48.08 MX$866.05	-9.9%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$77.50	$105.72 MX$1,904.43	+36.4%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$133.75	$110.91 MX$1,997.92	-17.1%
Average			-0.2%

White Plains 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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