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Cost of living in Mexico City

Prices for October 2026

Monthly living costs in Mexico City, Mexico, built from prices read directly at the original sources. Choose the number of adults and children to calculate by household size; every price opens its list of sources.

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Total per month Not enough data

  • Rent (1-bedroom) MXN 18,775
  • Electricity, water, gas Not enough data
  • Internet & mobile MXN 659
  • Groceries MXN 1,737
  • Eating out MXN 2,188
  • Transport MXN 242

Missing data: Electricity, 200 kWh, Electricity, 450 kWh

Amounts are rounded to the nearest unit, so the parts may differ from the total by 1 or 2 units. International school fees and other reference items are not included. How households are built is explained in How it is calculated.

Housing & utilities

Item Average price Low – high Samples Sources
Rent, 1-bedroom apartment, outside the centre MXN 18,775 / month MXN 9,900 – 30,000 12
12 sources
Rent, 3-bedroom apartment, outside the centre MXN 21,992 / month MXN 13,200 – 30,000 12
12 sources
Electricity, 200 kWhNo data yet
Electricity, 450 kWhNo data yet
Water, 4 m³ MXN 122 / month MXN 111 – 133 2
1 source
Water, 15 m³ MXN 356 / month MXN 338 – 374 2
1 source
Gas, 100 kWh MXN 160 / month MXN 159 – 162 2
2 sources
Gas, 225 kWh MXN 361 / month MXN 358 – 364 2
2 sources

Internet & mobile

Item Average price Low – high Samples Sources
Fixed internet, 100 Mbps or faster MXN 435 / month MXN 389 – 480 2
2 sources
Mobile plan, 10 GB or more MXN 225 / month MXN 100 – 349 2
2 sources

Groceries

Online retail prices of everyday items; a fixed basket of 15 items.

Item Average price Low – high Samples Sources
White rice MXN 24.78 / kg MXN 17.67 – 30.00 3
3 sources
Sandwich bread, 500 g loaf MXN 33.60 / loaf MXN 26.67 – 43.55 3
3 sources
Fresh milk MXN 32.33 / litre MXN 32.00 – 33.00 3
3 sources
Hen eggs MXN 2.30 / egg MXN 2.11 – 2.50 3
3 sources
Chicken breast fillet MXN 178 / kg MXN 170 – 195 3
3 sources
Fresh beef MXN 235 / kg MXN 223 – 257 3
3 sources
Tomatoes MXN 42.40 / kg MXN 34.90 – 49.90 2
2 sources
Potatoes MXN 50.95 / kg MXN 47.00 – 54.90 2
2 sources
Onions MXN 63.65 / kg MXN 62.50 – 64.80 2
2 sources
Lettuce MXN 22.73 / head MXN 18.90 – 24.80 3
3 sources
Apples MXN 53.93 / kg MXN 42.00 – 59.90 3
3 sources
Bananas MXN 28.75 / kg MXN 18.00 – 39.50 2
2 sources
Oranges MXN 33.40 / kg MXN 19.90 – 46.90 2
2 sources
Vegetable cooking oil MXN 43.82 / litre MXN 39.00 – 50.47 3
3 sources
Bottled water, 1.5 litres MXN 15.83 / bottle MXN 10.50 – 19.00 3
3 sources

Eating out

Item Average price Low – high Samples Sources
Meal at an inexpensive restaurant (main course, soft drink) MXN 172 / meal MXN 149 – 209 3
3 sources
Meal at a mid-range restaurant (starter or dessert, main course, soft drink) MXN 406 / meal MXN 387 – 425 2
2 sources

Transport

Item Average price Low – high Samples Sources
Monthly public transport pass, adult MXN 242 / month MXN 220 – 264 2
2 sources
Monthly public transport pass, child MXN 242 / month MXN 220 – 264 2
2 sources

School fees (reference)

For reference only; not added to the total.

Item Average price Low – high Samples Sources
International school tuition, Grade 3No data yet

How it is calculated

  1. Prices: each item is the average of samples read straight from the original source: supermarket web shops, official tariffs of electricity, water, gas, mobile and transport operators, rental listings and restaurant menus. No price-aggregator sites are used. Every item opens its list of sources. Rents are for apartments outside the city centre.
  2. Housing: 1 to 2 people rent a 1-bedroom apartment; 3 to 6 people rent a 3-bedroom apartment. The calculator accepts households of up to 6 people because the largest apartment in the data has 3 bedrooms.
  3. Electricity, water, gas: linear interpolation by household size between the 1-person level (electricity 200 kWh, water 4 m³, gas 100 kWh) and the 4-person level (electricity 450 kWh, water 15 m³, gas 225 kWh); above 4 people the same slope is extended. Gas is left out where most apartments cook on electricity.
  4. Groceries: a fixed basket of 15 everyday items at online retail prices, one basket per adult and 0.6 of a basket per child. It is not a household’s full food spending.
  5. Eating out: per adult, 8 meals at an inexpensive restaurant and 2 at a mid-range restaurant a month; children are not counted.
  6. Internet and mobile: one internet plan per household and one mobile plan per adult.
  7. Transport: one adult monthly pass per adult and one child monthly pass per child.
  8. International school fees and other reference items are shown for information and are not added to the total.
  9. Where an item lacks enough data, that part and the total read “Not enough data”. Prosperous Intelligence does not estimate in its place.
  10. Conversion to US dollars uses central-bank exchange rates fixed to one day for the whole batch; the rate date and the dates prices were read are on the Data sources page.

Methodology · Data sources

See also

Cost of Living Index (0–⁠100 scale)  · Country profile: Mexico  · Cities in Mexico  · All cities

Reference data, not financial advice. Prices change over time; this page shows the prices of the month stated at the top.