Cost of living comparison

Sanaa, Yemen

compared to

Mexico City vs. Sanaa Cost of Living Summary

Mexico City is 55.4% more expensive than Sanaa.

Restaurants: pay 24.8% more in Mexico City
Groceries: pay 3.0% less in Mexico City
Transportation: pay 70.0% less in Mexico City
Housing: pay 2.7 times more in Mexico City
Childcare: pay 3.1 times more in Mexico City
Entertainment and Sports: pay 3.0% more in Mexico City
Clothing: pay 54.9% more in Mexico City

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

Mexico City vs. Sanaa Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 24.8% more for restaurants

	Sanaa	Mexico City
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$6.00 YER1,475	$9.93 MX$201.61	+65.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$9.50 YER2,335	$7.45 MX$151.20	-21.6%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.14 YER281	$1.08 MX$21.92	-5.6%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.48 YER118	$0.77 MX$15.69	+60.9%
Average			+24.8%

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pay 3.0% less for groceries

	Sanaa	Mexico City
Bread 1 loaf	$1.25 YER307	$2.45 MX$49.79	+96.0%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.37 YER1,075	$4.87 MX$98.82	+11.2%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.16 YER1,759	$5.51 MX$111.83	-23.1%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.55 YER873	$2.18 MX$44.32	-38.6%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.99 YER982	$3.57 MX$72.51	-10.6%
Apples (1 lb)	$2.02 YER496	$1.22 MX$24.81	-39.5%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.70 YER171	$0.67 MX$13.59	-3.8%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.50 YER368	$0.80 MX$16.22	-46.7%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.81 YER199	$0.83 MX$16.80	+1.9%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.78 YER191	$0.85 MX$17.28	+9.6%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.75 YER184	$0.83 MX$16.81	+10.5%
Average			-3.0%

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pay 70.0% less for transportation

	Sanaa	Mexico City
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$9.19 YER2,259	$4.64 MX$94.16	-49.6%
Monthly public transit pass	??	$17.87 MX$362.89
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	??	$18,615.02 MX$378,011.91
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$36.03 YER8,852	$3.47 MX$70.56	-90.4%
Average			-70.0%

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pay 2.7 times more for housing

	Sanaa	Mexico City
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$43.77 YER10,754	$24.38 MX$495.06	-44.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$180.13 YER44,261	$893.52 MX$18,144.57	+396.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$110.08 YER27,048	$544.24 MX$11,051.69	+394.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$69.51 YER17,080	$30.31 MX$615.53	-56.4%
Average			+172.4%

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pay 3.1 times more for childcare

	Sanaa	Mexico City
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$88.92 YER21,850	$381.33 MX$7,743.52	+328.8%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$4,602.31 YER1,130,883	$8,426.99 MX$171,125.39	+83.1%
Average			+205.9%

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pay 3.0% more for entertainment and sports

	Sanaa	Mexico City
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.75 YER430	$2.73 MX$55.44	+55.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.80 YER688	$3.01 MX$61.05	+7.3%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.00 YER984	$3.92 MX$79.63	-2.0%
Monthly membership at local gym	$82.55 YER20,284	$53.69 MX$1,090.22	-35.0%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$5.60 YER1,377	$4.96 MX$100.80	-11.4%
Average			+3.0%

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pay 54.9% more for clothing

	Sanaa	Mexico City
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$42.70 YER10,491	$56.36 MX$1,144.40	+32.0%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$116.08 YER28,524	$41.06 MX$833.78	-64.6%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$44.69 YER10,980	$91.99 MX$1,868.08	+105.9%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$37.35 YER9,178	$91.93 MX$1,866.79	+146.1%
Average			+54.9%

Sanaa vs. Mexico City - 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: April 2025

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