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New Zealand vs. Mexico City Cost of Living Summary

New Zealand is 86.0% more expensive than Mexico City.

Restaurants: pay 76.5% more in New Zealand
Groceries: pay 41.9% more in New Zealand
Transportation: pay 2.9 times more in New Zealand
Housing: pay 93.5% more in New Zealand
Childcare: pay 43.5% more in New Zealand
Entertainment and Sports: pay 2.4 times more in New Zealand
Clothing: pay 12.4% more in New Zealand

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

New Zealand vs. Mexico City Cost Breakdown

If you lived in New Zealand instead of Mexico City, you would:

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pay 76.5% more for restaurants

	Mexico City	New Zealand
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$9.93 MX$205.69	$13.47 NZ$24.23	+35.7%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.45 MX$154.27	$8.81 NZ$15.84	+18.3%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.08 MX$22.36	$2.16 NZ$3.89	+100.4%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.77 MX$16.01	$1.94 NZ$3.50	+151.7%
Average			+76.5%

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pay 41.9% more for groceries

	Mexico City	New Zealand
Bread 1 loaf	$2.45 MX$50.80	$1.86 NZ$3.35	-23.9%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.87 MX$100.82	$3.77 NZ$6.78	-22.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.51 MX$114.10	$6.55 NZ$11.77	+18.9%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.18 MX$45.22	$5.92 NZ$10.65	+171.5%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.57 MX$73.97	$4.25 NZ$7.64	+19.0%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.22 MX$25.31	$1.15 NZ$2.06	-6.1%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.67 MX$13.86	$1.04 NZ$1.87	+55.6%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.80 MX$16.55	$1.31 NZ$2.35	+63.7%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.83 MX$17.14	$2.31 NZ$4.15	+179.0%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.85 MX$17.63	$0.90 NZ$1.62	+5.6%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.83 MX$17.15	$0.83 NZ$1.49	+0.4%
Average			+41.9%

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pay 2.9 times more for transportation

	Mexico City	New Zealand
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.64 MX$96.07	$6.26 NZ$11.26	+35.0%
Monthly public transit pass	$17.87 MX$370.24	$69.15 NZ$124.35	+287.0%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$18,615.02 MX$385,667.80	$24,735.85 NZ$44,480.95	+32.9%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$3.47 MX$71.99	$17.90 NZ$32.19	+415.1%
Average			+192.5%

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pay 93.5% more for housing

	Mexico City	New Zealand
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$24.38 MX$505.09	$51.16 NZ$91.99	+109.8%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$893.52 MX$18,512.05	$1,007.66 NZ$1,812.02	+12.8%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$544.24 MX$11,275.52	$809.64 NZ$1,455.92	+48.8%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$30.31 MX$627.99	$91.68 NZ$164.86	+202.4%
Average			+93.5%

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pay 43.5% more for childcare

	Mexico City	New Zealand
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$381.33 MX$7,900.35	$611.89 NZ$1,100.32	+60.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$8,426.99 MX$174,591.20	$10,661.07 NZ$19,171.14	+26.5%
Average			+43.5%

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pay 2.4 times more for entertainment and sports

	Mexico City	New Zealand
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.73 MX$56.56	$6.10 NZ$10.96	+123.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.01 MX$62.28	$3.30 NZ$5.94	+9.8%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$3.92 MX$81.25	$22.88 NZ$41.14	+483.4%
Monthly membership at local gym	$53.69 MX$1,112.30	$38.53 NZ$69.28	-28.2%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$4.96 MX$102.84	$10.92 NZ$19.63	+119.9%
Average			+141.6%

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pay 12.4% more for clothing

	Mexico City	New Zealand
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$56.36 MX$1,167.58	$65.31 NZ$117.44	+15.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$41.06 MX$850.67	$40.78 NZ$73.34	-0.7%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$91.99 MX$1,905.91	$93.71 NZ$168.51	+1.9%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$91.93 MX$1,904.60	$121.74 NZ$218.92	+32.4%
Average			+12.4%

Mexico City vs. New Zealand - 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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