Cost of living comparison

Mexico City, Mexico

compared to

Vientiane, Laos

Vientiane vs. Mexico City Cost of Living Summary

Vientiane is 4.0% more expensive than Mexico City.

Restaurants: pay 59.1% less in Vientiane
Groceries: pay 2.5% less in Vientiane
Transportation: pay 2.1 times more in Vientiane
Housing: pay 16.0% more in Vientiane
Childcare: pay 1.5% less in Vientiane
Entertainment and Sports: pay 42.4% less in Vientiane
Clothing: pay 3.2% more in Vientiane

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

Vientiane vs. Mexico City Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 59.1% less for restaurants

	Mexico City	Vientiane
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$9.93 MX$190.36	$1.98 LAK42,799	-80.0%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.45 MX$142.77	$2.97 LAK64,198	-60.1%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.08 MX$20.70	$0.53 LAK11,414	-51.0%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.77 MX$14.82	$0.42 LAK9,132	-45.3%
Average			-59.1%

Mexico City vs. Vientiane - Cost of restaurants

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pay 2.5% less for groceries

	Mexico City	Vientiane
Bread 1 loaf	$2.45 MX$47.01	$0.91 LAK19,687	-62.8%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.87 MX$93.31	$13.72 LAK296,125	+181.9%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.51 MX$105.60	$6.42 LAK138,583	+16.6%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.18 MX$41.85	$1.75 LAK37,789	-19.8%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.57 MX$68.46	$2.95 LAK63,697	-17.4%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.22 MX$23.42	$0.88 LAK19,037	-27.8%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.67 MX$12.83	$0.49 LAK10,627	-26.4%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.80 MX$15.32	$0.92 LAK19,933	+15.6%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.83 MX$15.86	$0.60 LAK12,862	-28.0%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.85 MX$16.32	$0.73 LAK15,671	-14.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.83 MX$15.87	$0.46 LAK9,888	-44.7%
Average			-2.5%

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pay 2.1 times more for transportation

	Mexico City	Vientiane
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.64 MX$88.91	$5.00 LAK108,020	+7.9%
Monthly public transit pass	$17.87 MX$342.65	$49.23 LAK1,062,788	+175.5%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$18,615.02 MX$356,927.55	$28,330.27 LAK611,555,372	+52.2%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$3.47 MX$66.63	$11.18 LAK241,386	+221.8%
Average			+114.4%

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pay 16.0% more for housing

	Mexico City	Vientiane
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$24.38 MX$467.45	$11.17 LAK241,182	-54.2%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$893.52 MX$17,132.52	$859.15 LAK18,546,208	-3.8%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$544.24 MX$10,435.26	$775.98 LAK16,750,743	+42.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$30.31 MX$581.19	$54.31 LAK1,172,332	+79.2%
Average			+16.0%

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pay 1.5% less for childcare

	Mexico City	Vientiane
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$381.33 MX$7,311.61	$332.66 LAK7,181,006	-12.8%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$8,426.99 MX$161,580.54	$9,252.41 LAK199,728,394	+9.8%
Average			-1.5%

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pay 42.4% less for entertainment and sports

	Mexico City	Vientiane
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.73 MX$52.35	$0.95 LAK20,477	-65.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.01 MX$57.64	$1.50 LAK32,284	-50.2%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$3.92 MX$75.19	$1.59 LAK34,239	-59.6%
Monthly membership at local gym	$53.69 MX$1,029.41	$49.74 LAK1,073,686	-7.4%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$4.96 MX$95.18	$3.50 LAK75,638	-29.4%
Average			-42.4%

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pay 3.2% more for clothing

	Mexico City	Vientiane
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$56.36 MX$1,080.57	$85.86 LAK1,853,365	+52.3%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$41.06 MX$787.27	$62.88 LAK1,357,338	+53.1%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$91.99 MX$1,763.88	$57.29 LAK1,236,647	-37.7%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$91.93 MX$1,762.67	$41.48 LAK895,357	-54.9%
Average			+3.2%

Mexico City vs. Vientiane - 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: June 2025

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