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San Miguel de Allende vs. Ankara Cost of Living Summary

San Miguel de Allende is 12.3% more expensive than Ankara.

Restaurants: pay 11.0% more in San Miguel de Allende
Groceries: pay 94.8% more in San Miguel de Allende
Transportation: pay 33.9% less in San Miguel de Allende
Housing: pay 53.3% more in San Miguel de Allende
Childcare: pay 47.8% less in San Miguel de Allende
Entertainment and Sports: pay 14.9% more in San Miguel de Allende
Clothing: pay 5.9% less in San Miguel de Allende

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

San Miguel de Allende vs. Ankara Cost Breakdown

If you lived in San Miguel de Allende instead of Ankara, you would:

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pay 11.0% more for restaurants

	Ankara	San Miguel de Allende
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$8.72 TRY306.59	$9.93 MX$201.81	+13.8%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.27 TRY255.49	$6.70 MX$136.22	-7.8%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.27 TRY44.66	$1.08 MX$21.94	-15.1%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.50 TRY17.72	$0.77 MX$15.71	+53.2%
Average			+11.0%

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pay 94.8% more for groceries

	Ankara	San Miguel de Allende
Bread 1 loaf	$0.83 TRY29.32	$2.45 MX$49.84	+193.8%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.61 TRY161.96	$4.31 MX$87.62	-6.5%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.90 TRY137.12	$5.41 MX$110.04	+38.7%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.68 TRY59.08	$2.18 MX$44.36	+29.8%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.70 TRY94.86	$3.57 MX$72.58	+32.3%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.49 TRY17.10	$1.22 MX$24.83	+151.1%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.88 TRY30.97	$0.62 MX$12.70	-29.1%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.45 TRY15.96	$0.80 MX$16.24	+75.9%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.54 TRY19.03	$0.83 MX$16.82	+52.8%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.25 TRY8.69	$0.85 MX$17.30	+243.9%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.23 TRY8.07	$0.83 MX$16.82	+260.4%
Average			+94.8%

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pay 33.9% less for transportation

	Ankara	San Miguel de Allende
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.81 TRY169.20	$4.51 MX$91.61	-6.4%
Monthly public transit pass	$8.72 TRY306.59	$5.96 MX$121.09	-31.7%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$44,845.33 TRY1,575,864.95	$17,125.82 MX$348,119.90	-61.8%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$5.40 TRY189.87	$3.47 MX$70.63	-35.7%
Average			-33.9%

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pay 53.3% more for housing

	Ankara	San Miguel de Allende
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$11.50 TRY404.19	$24.38 MX$495.56	+112.0%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$592.54 TRY20,821.71	$992.80 MX$20,180.86	+67.6%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$399.36 TRY14,033.56	$704.89 MX$14,328.41	+76.5%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$53.07 TRY1,865.00	$30.31 MX$616.14	-42.9%
Average			+53.3%

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pay 47.8% less for childcare

	Ankara	San Miguel de Allende
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$502.10 TRY17,643.83	$322.66 MX$6,558.78	-35.7%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$10,388.60 TRY365,055.48	$4,169.76 MX$84,759.63	-59.9%
Average			-47.8%

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pay 14.9% more for entertainment and sports

	Ankara	San Miguel de Allende
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.49 TRY122.64	$2.48 MX$50.45	-28.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.84 TRY99.89	$3.01 MX$61.11	+5.8%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.04 TRY71.54	$3.92 MX$79.71	+92.6%
Monthly membership at local gym	$40.91 TRY1,437.47	$49.02 MX$996.43	+19.8%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$5.82 TRY204.39	$4.96 MX$100.90	-14.7%
Average			+14.9%

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pay 5.9% less for clothing

	Ankara	San Miguel de Allende
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$56.66 TRY1,991.06	$56.36 MX$1,145.62	-0.5%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$45.57 TRY1,601.27	$41.06 MX$834.62	-9.9%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$104.18 TRY3,661.03	$91.99 MX$1,869.95	-11.7%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$93.27 TRY3,277.58	$91.93 MX$1,868.67	-1.4%
Average			-5.9%

Ankara vs. San Miguel de Allende - 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 2024

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