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Culiacan vs. Ankara Cost of Living Summary

Culiacan is 9.6% more expensive than Ankara.

Restaurants: pay 8.4% more in Culiacan
Groceries: pay 97.6% more in Culiacan
Transportation: pay 64.0% more in Culiacan
Housing: pay 5.5% more in Culiacan
Childcare: pay 75.8% less in Culiacan
Entertainment and Sports: pay 20.7% less in Culiacan
Clothing: pay 11.8% less in Culiacan

The cost of groceries, transportation, restaurants, and housing in Culiacan are more expensive than in Ankara. Expenses including childcare, entertainment and sports, and clothing are lower in Culiacan. Notably, groceries is significantly more expensive in Culiacan.

Culiacan vs. Ankara Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Culiacan instead of Ankara, you would:

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pay 8.4% more for restaurants

	Ankara	Culiacan
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$8.72 TRY308.68	$9.93 MX$204.83	+13.8%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.27 TRY257.24	$7.07 MX$145.94	-2.7%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.27 TRY44.97	$0.95 MX$19.66	-25.0%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.50 TRY17.84	$0.74 MX$15.36	+47.6%
Average			+8.4%

Ankara vs. Culiacan - Cost of restaurants

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pay 97.6% more for groceries

	Ankara	Culiacan
Bread 1 loaf	$0.83 TRY29.52	$2.83 MX$58.38	+239.1%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.61 TRY163.07	$3.72 MX$76.81	-19.2%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.90 TRY138.06	$6.58 MX$135.69	+68.5%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.68 TRY59.48	$2.03 MX$41.79	+20.5%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.70 TRY95.51	$4.28 MX$88.26	+58.5%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.49 TRY17.21	$0.79 MX$16.26	+62.0%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.88 TRY31.18	$0.79 MX$16.26	-10.6%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.45 TRY16.07	$0.79 MX$16.26	+73.5%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.54 TRY19.16	$0.68 MX$13.94	+24.7%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.25 TRY8.75	$0.90 MX$18.58	+264.0%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.23 TRY8.12	$0.90 MX$18.58	+292.2%
Average			+97.6%

Ankara vs. Culiacan - Cost of groceries

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pay 64.0% more for transportation

	Ankara	Culiacan
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.81 TRY170.35	$4.43 MX$91.34	-8.1%
Monthly public transit pass	$8.72 TRY308.68	??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$44,845.33 TRY1,586,636.89	$27,775.34 MX$573,044.23	-38.1%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$5.40 TRY191.17	$18.28 MX$377.15	+238.3%
Average			+64.0%

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pay 5.5% more for housing

	Ankara	Culiacan
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$11.50 TRY406.95	$26.06 MX$537.68	+126.6%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$592.54 TRY20,964.04	$347.48 MX$7,169.01	-41.4%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$399.36 TRY14,129.49	$260.61 MX$5,376.75	-34.7%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$53.07 TRY1,877.75	$37.96 MX$783.17	-28.5%
Average			+5.5%

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pay 75.8% less for childcare

	Ankara	Culiacan
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$502.10 TRY17,764.43	$99.28 MX$2,048.29	-80.2%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$10,388.60 TRY367,550.84	$2,978.40 MX$61,448.62	-71.3%
Average			-75.8%

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pay 20.7% less for entertainment and sports

	Ankara	Culiacan
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.49 TRY123.47	$1.86 MX$38.41	-46.7%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.84 TRY100.57	$3.32 MX$68.41	+16.6%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.04 TRY72.03	??
Monthly membership at local gym	$40.91 TRY1,447.29	$32.27 MX$665.69	-21.1%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$5.82 TRY205.79	$3.97 MX$81.93	-31.7%
Average			-20.7%

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pay 11.8% less for clothing

	Ankara	Culiacan
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$56.66 TRY2,004.67	$57.09 MX$1,177.77	+0.8%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$45.57 TRY1,612.22	$24.82 MX$512.07	-45.5%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$104.18 TRY3,686.05	$67.01 MX$1,382.59	-35.7%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$93.27 TRY3,299.98	$124.10 MX$2,560.36	+33.1%
Average			-11.8%

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