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Zapopan vs. Manila Cost of Living Summary

Zapopan is 35.5% more expensive than Manila.

Restaurants: pay 75.0% more in Zapopan
Groceries: pay 15.8% less in Zapopan
Transportation: pay 3.1 times more in Zapopan
Housing: pay 0.6% more in Zapopan
Childcare: pay 61.4% less in Zapopan
Entertainment and Sports: pay 9.2% more in Zapopan
Clothing: pay 31.8% more in Zapopan

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

Zapopan vs. Manila Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Zapopan instead of Manila, you would:

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pay 75.0% more for restaurants

	Manila	Zapopan
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$5.12 ₱297.74	$9.93 MX$204.83	+94.1%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$4.26 ₱248.11	$7.45 MX$153.62	+74.7%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.87 ₱50.81	$1.13 MX$23.28	+29.2%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.49 ₱28.60	$0.99 MX$20.48	+102.1%
Average			+75.0%

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pay 15.8% less for groceries

	Manila	Zapopan
Bread 1 loaf	$1.35 ₱78.69	$2.52 MX$51.94	+86.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.30 ₱308.70	$4.06 MX$83.77	-23.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.79 ₱395.40	$4.93 MX$101.78	-27.4%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.08 ₱120.98	$1.96 MX$40.36	-5.9%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.42 ₱140.81	$3.16 MX$65.14	+30.5%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.52 ₱88.57	$0.99 MX$20.43	-34.9%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.80 ₱46.79	$0.64 MX$13.23	-20.2%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.52 ₱88.59	$0.72 MX$14.77	-53.0%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.98 ₱56.85	$0.61 MX$12.55	-37.7%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.20 ₱69.90	$0.74 MX$15.36	-38.0%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.48 ₱86.43	$0.74 MX$15.20	-50.4%
Average			-15.8%

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pay 3.1 times more for transportation

	Manila	Zapopan
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.14 ₱241.05	$4.53 MX$93.37	+9.3%
Monthly public transit pass	$9.93 ₱577.90	$29.78 MX$614.49	+200.0%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$25,575.45 ₱1,488,682.76	$16,381.22 MX$337,967.41	-35.9%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$2.67 ₱155.32	$20.35 MX$419.90	+662.7%
Average			+209.0%

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pay 0.6% more for housing

	Manila	Zapopan
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$28.80 ₱1,676.66	$28.52 MX$588.37	-1.0%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$468.88 ₱27,292.47	$595.68 MX$12,289.72	+27.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$234.44 ₱13,646.26	$260.61 MX$5,376.75	+11.2%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$106.33 ₱6,189.20	$69.23 MX$1,428.25	-34.9%
Average			+0.6%

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pay 61.4% less for childcare

	Manila	Zapopan
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$482.52 ₱28,086.48	$168.78 MX$3,482.09	-65.0%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$14,127.39 ₱822,320.00	$5,956.81 MX$122,897.24	-57.8%
Average			-61.4%

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pay 9.2% more for entertainment and sports

	Manila	Zapopan
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.36 ₱79.40	$1.99 MX$40.97	+45.6%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.70 ₱156.99	$2.75 MX$56.79	+2.1%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$3.07 ₱178.64	$3.92 MX$80.91	+27.8%
Monthly membership at local gym	$40.61 ₱2,363.85	$34.70 MX$715.88	-14.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$7.67 ₱446.60	$6.53 MX$134.67	-14.9%
Average			+9.2%

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pay 31.8% more for clothing

	Manila	Zapopan
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$33.31 ₱1,939.03	$46.09 MX$950.92	+38.4%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$26.60 ₱1,548.13	$33.51 MX$691.30	+26.0%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$74.03 ₱4,308.83	$93.08 MX$1,920.27	+25.7%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$60.89 ₱3,544.34	$83.56 MX$1,723.89	+37.2%
Average			+31.8%

Manila vs. Zapopan - 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: January 2025

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