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Blenheim vs. Mexico City Cost of Living Summary

Blenheim is 74.8% more expensive than Mexico City.

Restaurants: pay 95.0% more in Blenheim
Groceries: pay 40.3% more in Blenheim
Transportation: pay 3.1 times more in Blenheim
Housing: pay 34.1% more in Blenheim
Childcare: pay 22.9% more in Blenheim
Entertainment and Sports: pay 2.4 times more in Blenheim
Clothing: pay 22.6% less in Blenheim

The cost of transportation, entertainment and sports, restaurants, groceries, housing, and childcare in Blenheim are more expensive than in Mexico City. Notably, transportation, entertainment and sports, and restaurants are significantly more expensive in Blenheim.

Blenheim vs. Mexico City Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Blenheim instead of Mexico City, you would:

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pay 95.0% more for restaurants

	Mexico City	Blenheim
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$9.93 MX$205.69	$17.32 NZ$31.14	+74.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.45 MX$154.27	$10.75 NZ$19.33	+44.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.08 MX$22.36	$2.41 NZ$4.34	+123.6%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.77 MX$16.01	$1.84 NZ$3.30	+137.8%
Average			+95.0%

Mexico City vs. Blenheim - Cost of restaurants

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pay 40.3% more for groceries

	Mexico City	Blenheim
Bread 1 loaf	$2.45 MX$50.80	$1.59 NZ$2.86	-35.0%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.87 MX$100.82	$3.88 NZ$6.98	-20.2%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.51 MX$114.10	$7.24 NZ$13.03	+31.6%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.18 MX$45.22	$5.67 NZ$10.20	+160.0%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.57 MX$73.97	$2.84 NZ$5.11	-20.3%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.22 MX$25.31	$1.34 NZ$2.41	+9.7%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.67 MX$13.86	$0.81 NZ$1.46	+21.4%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.80 MX$16.55	$1.29 NZ$2.31	+61.1%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.83 MX$17.14	$2.52 NZ$4.53	+204.3%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.85 MX$17.63	$0.85 NZ$1.53	+0.1%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.83 MX$17.15	$1.08 NZ$1.95	+30.9%
Average			+40.3%

Mexico City vs. Blenheim - Cost of groceries

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pay 3.1 times more for transportation

	Mexico City	Blenheim
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.64 MX$96.07	$6.28 NZ$11.30	+35.5%
Monthly public transit pass	$17.87 MX$370.24	$119.44 NZ$214.79	+568.4%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$18,615.02 MX$385,667.80	$17,617.83 NZ$31,681.05	-5.4%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$3.47 MX$71.99	$12.24 NZ$22.02	+252.3%
Average			+212.7%

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pay 34.1% more for housing

	Mexico City	Blenheim
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$24.38 MX$505.09	$48.71 NZ$87.59	+99.8%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$893.52 MX$18,512.05	$796.29 NZ$1,431.91	-10.9%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$544.24 MX$11,275.52	$567.35 NZ$1,020.24	+4.2%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$30.31 MX$627.99	$43.50 NZ$78.22	+43.5%
Average			+34.1%

Mexico City vs. Blenheim - Cost of housing

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pay 22.9% more for childcare

	Mexico City	Blenheim
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$381.33 MX$7,900.35	$477.77 NZ$859.15	+25.3%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$8,426.99 MX$174,591.20	$10,158.62 NZ$18,267.62	+20.5%
Average			+22.9%

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pay 2.4 times more for entertainment and sports

	Mexico City	Blenheim
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.73 MX$56.56	$5.97 NZ$10.74	+118.7%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.01 MX$62.28	$3.34 NZ$6.01	+11.3%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$3.92 MX$81.25	$23.59 NZ$42.42	+501.5%
Monthly membership at local gym	$53.69 MX$1,112.30	$31.25 NZ$56.20	-41.8%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$4.96 MX$102.84	$10.75 NZ$19.33	+116.6%
Average			+141.3%

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pay 22.6% less for clothing

	Mexico City	Blenheim
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$56.36 MX$1,167.58	$37.33 NZ$67.12	-33.8%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$41.06 MX$850.67	$29.86 NZ$53.70	-27.3%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$91.99 MX$1,905.91	$85.40 NZ$153.57	-7.2%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$91.93 MX$1,904.60	$71.67 NZ$128.87	-22.0%
Average			-22.6%

Mexico City vs. Blenheim - 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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