Cost of living comparison

Mexico City, Mexico

compared to

Porto Alegre, Brazil

Porto Alegre vs. Mexico City Cost of Living Summary

Porto Alegre is 4.1% cheaper than Mexico City.

Restaurants: pay 15.5% less in Porto Alegre
Groceries: pay 30.8% less in Porto Alegre
Transportation: pay 2.1 times more in Porto Alegre
Housing: pay 15.9% less in Porto Alegre
Childcare: pay 23.1% less in Porto Alegre
Entertainment and Sports: pay 30.1% less in Porto Alegre
Clothing: pay 23.8% less in Porto Alegre

Expenses including groceries, entertainment and sports, clothing, childcare, housing, and restaurants are lower in Porto Alegre. Notably, transportation is significantly more expensive in Porto Alegre.

Porto Alegre vs. Mexico City Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Porto Alegre instead of Mexico City, you would:

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pay 15.5% less for restaurants

	Mexico City	Porto Alegre
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$9.93 MX$189.72	$6.10 R$33.90	-38.6%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.45 MX$142.29	$6.10 R$33.90	-18.1%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.08 MX$20.63	$1.08 R$6.00	+0.1%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.77 MX$14.77	$0.73 R$4.06	-5.5%
Average			-15.5%

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pay 30.8% less for groceries

	Mexico City	Porto Alegre
Bread 1 loaf	$2.45 MX$46.85	$1.30 R$7.25	-46.8%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.87 MX$92.99	$4.88 R$27.12	+0.2%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.51 MX$105.24	$3.20 R$17.80	-41.9%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.18 MX$41.71	$1.93 R$10.73	-11.6%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.57 MX$68.23	$1.91 R$10.64	-46.4%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.22 MX$23.35	$0.84 R$4.65	-31.6%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.67 MX$12.79	$0.53 R$2.93	-21.3%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.80 MX$15.27	$0.53 R$2.94	-33.7%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.83 MX$15.81	$0.66 R$3.66	-20.5%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.85 MX$16.26	$0.46 R$2.53	-46.5%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.83 MX$15.81	$0.50 R$2.80	-39.2%
Average			-30.8%

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pay 2.1 times more for transportation

	Mexico City	Porto Alegre
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.64 MX$88.61	$3.71 R$20.63	-20.0%
Monthly public transit pass	$17.87 MX$341.49	$62.71 R$348.66	+250.9%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$18,615.02 MX$355,719.96	$23,514.66 R$130,748.57	+26.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$3.47 MX$66.40	$9.93 R$55.20	+185.7%
Average			+110.7%

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pay 15.9% less for housing

	Mexico City	Porto Alegre
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$24.38 MX$465.87	$18.89 R$105.01	-22.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$893.52 MX$17,074.56	$307.65 R$1,710.63	-65.6%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$544.24 MX$10,399.96	$240.75 R$1,338.62	-55.8%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$30.31 MX$579.23	$54.69 R$304.12	+80.4%
Average			-15.9%

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pay 23.1% less for childcare

	Mexico City	Porto Alegre
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$381.33 MX$7,286.87	$240.37 R$1,336.54	-37.0%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$8,426.99 MX$161,033.86	$7,664.04 R$42,614.35	-9.1%
Average			-23.1%

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pay 30.1% less for entertainment and sports

	Mexico City	Porto Alegre
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.73 MX$52.17	$2.18 R$12.11	-20.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.01 MX$57.45	$1.74 R$9.68	-42.1%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$3.92 MX$74.94	$1.79 R$9.93	-54.5%
Monthly membership at local gym	$53.69 MX$1,025.93	$25.30 R$140.66	-52.9%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$4.96 MX$94.86	$5.91 R$32.88	+19.1%
Average			-30.1%

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pay 23.8% less for clothing

	Mexico City	Porto Alegre
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$56.36 MX$1,076.91	$43.69 R$242.93	-22.5%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$41.06 MX$784.61	$37.45 R$208.23	-8.8%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$91.99 MX$1,757.91	$73.13 R$406.63	-20.5%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$91.93 MX$1,756.71	$52.25 R$290.55	-43.2%
Average			-23.8%

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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: June 2025

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