Mexico City vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mexico City	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1160	$2201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2923	$5311
🏠 One person rent	$603	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$1214	$2479
🍽️ Food expenses	$374	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.2	$211
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$709	$3560
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	92	90
😀 Quality of life	67	93
🏙️ Population	9.21M	1.51M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 47% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 4604th and 1352nd ($1160 vs $2201) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 1st in Mexico and Germany, respectively. Check Mexico vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Mexico City compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 3470th and 54th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Munich

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	Mexico City	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.1	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.5	$69.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.02	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$3.69	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$3.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$846	$1323
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$475	$1006
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1732	$2618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$998	$2005
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.8	$205
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.3	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.7	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.34%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2952	$12224
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2197	$8488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$4.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.9	$59.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.96	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.11	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$2.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.43	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.12	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.41	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.4	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.89	$9.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.17	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.39	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.79	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.6	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.97	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45	$73.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.2	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.8	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$401	$953
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9034	$14702

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Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$800
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$747
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$761
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$696
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$752
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$858
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$632
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$825
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$981
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$788
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$821
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$983
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$770
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$485
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$638
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$635
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$717
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$693
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$724
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$725
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$700
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$574
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$634
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$667
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$804

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1789
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1746
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1772
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1755
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1730
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1727
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1711
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1631
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1679
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1611
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1568
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1700
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1613
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1644
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1164
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1638
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1637
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1728
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1644
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1569
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1541
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1645
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1465
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1537
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1508
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1698
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1517
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1911
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1540
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1544
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1636
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1538
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1502
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1627
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1565
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1522
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1509
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1516
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1672
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1560