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Cost of living in Mexico City 2026

Typical rent, prices and the overall cost index for Mexico City, with quick comparisons to other cities.

Cost index (base New York = 100)

40.6

59% cheaper than New York

Mexico CityUSD
1-bed apartment, centre 20,107 MXN $1,166
1-bed apartment, outside centre 12,995 MXN $754
3-bed apartment, centre 45,789 MXN $2,656
Room in shared flat 6,498 MXN $377
Buy price per m2 67,818 MXN $3,933
Living cost excl. rent 14,043 MXN $814
Typical net salary 19,184 MXN $1,113

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How we calculate and where the data comes from

Educational model, not financial, tax or relocation advice. Figures are estimates for 2026 and are rounded to ranges, never exact values. Our cost index is built from open data and adapted by CrawlJobs (aggregated and reweighted); it is not endorsed by the sources.

Sources: Eurostat (free reuse, Commission Decision 2011/833/EU), World Bank Open Data ICP (CC-BY-4.0), US BEA / HUD / Census (public domain), GeoNames (CC-BY-4.0). Source and product names are used for attribution only; no affiliation or endorsement is implied.