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Montenegro vs. Mexico City Cost of Living Summary

Montenegro is 34.0% more expensive than Mexico City.

Restaurants: pay 60.1% more in Montenegro
Groceries: pay 11.5% less in Montenegro
Transportation: pay 94.8% more in Montenegro
Housing: pay 55.1% more in Montenegro
Childcare: pay 1.9% more in Montenegro
Entertainment and Sports: pay 0.1% less in Montenegro
Clothing: pay 37.5% more in Montenegro

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

Montenegro vs. Mexico City Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 60.1% more for restaurants

	Mexico City	Montenegro
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$9.93 MX$205.69	$11.31 €11.03	+14.0%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.45 MX$154.27	$8.81 €8.59	+18.3%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.08 MX$22.36	$2.10 €2.04	+94.1%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.77 MX$16.01	$1.65 €1.61	+114.0%
Average			+60.1%

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pay 11.5% less for groceries

	Mexico City	Montenegro
Bread 1 loaf	$2.45 MX$50.80	$0.98 €0.96	-59.9%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.87 MX$100.82	$4.01 €3.91	-17.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.51 MX$114.10	$5.18 €5.05	-6.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.18 MX$45.22	$3.02 €2.94	+38.2%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.57 MX$73.97	$3.19 €3.12	-10.5%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.22 MX$25.31	$0.61 €0.59	-50.1%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.67 MX$13.86	$0.83 €0.81	+24.4%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.80 MX$16.55	$0.67 €0.65	-16.1%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.83 MX$17.14	$1.17 €1.14	+41.5%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.85 MX$17.63	$0.50 €0.48	-41.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.83 MX$17.15	$0.59 €0.58	-28.6%
Average			-11.5%

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pay 94.8% more for transportation

	Mexico City	Montenegro
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.64 MX$96.07	$6.10 €5.95	+31.6%
Monthly public transit pass	$17.87 MX$370.24	$39.06 €38.09	+118.6%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$18,615.02 MX$385,667.80	$27,888.35 €27,196.21	+49.8%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$3.47 MX$71.99	$9.69 €9.45	+179.0%
Average			+94.8%

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pay 55.1% more for housing

	Mexico City	Montenegro
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$24.38 MX$505.09	$29.16 €28.44	+19.6%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$893.52 MX$18,512.05	$691.39 €674.23	-22.6%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$544.24 MX$11,275.52	$536.29 €522.98	-1.5%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$30.31 MX$627.99	$98.51 €96.07	+225.0%
Average			+55.1%

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pay 1.9% more for childcare

	Mexico City	Montenegro
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$381.33 MX$7,900.35	$385.16 €375.60	+1.0%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$8,426.99 MX$174,591.20	$8,661.10 €8,446.15	+2.8%
Average			+1.9%

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pay 0.1% less for entertainment and sports

	Mexico City	Montenegro
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.73 MX$56.56	$2.71 €2.64	-0.8%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.01 MX$62.28	$2.26 €2.20	-24.8%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$3.92 MX$81.25	$4.12 €4.02	+5.1%
Monthly membership at local gym	$53.69 MX$1,112.30	$58.84 €57.38	+9.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$4.96 MX$102.84	$5.48 €5.34	+10.4%
Average			-0.1%

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pay 37.5% more for clothing

	Mexico City	Montenegro
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$56.36 MX$1,167.58	$83.30 €81.23	+47.8%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$41.06 MX$850.67	$45.33 €44.21	+10.4%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$91.99 MX$1,905.91	$104.82 €102.21	+13.9%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$91.93 MX$1,904.60	$163.37 €159.32	+77.7%
Average			+37.5%

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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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