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San Miguel de Allende vs. Washington Cost of Living Summary

San Miguel de Allende is 56.2% cheaper than Washington.

Restaurants: pay 57.7% less in San Miguel de Allende
Groceries: pay 41.8% less in San Miguel de Allende
Transportation: pay 51.6% less in San Miguel de Allende
Housing: pay 67.4% less in San Miguel de Allende
Childcare: pay 87.4% less in San Miguel de Allende
Entertainment and Sports: pay 61.3% less in San Miguel de Allende
Clothing: pay 26.1% less in San Miguel de Allende

Expenses including childcare, housing, entertainment and sports, restaurants, transportation, and groceries are lower in San Miguel de Allende.

San Miguel de Allende vs. Washington Cost Breakdown

If you lived in San Miguel de Allende instead of Washington, you would:

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pay 57.7% less for restaurants

	Washington	San Miguel de Allende
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$25.00	$9.93 MX$201.81	-60.3%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$12.00	$6.70 MX$136.22	-44.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.78	$1.08 MX$21.94	-61.2%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$2.22	$0.77 MX$15.71	-65.1%
Average			-57.7%

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pay 41.8% less for groceries

	Washington	San Miguel de Allende
Bread 1 loaf	$4.34	$2.45 MX$49.84	-43.5%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$7.84	$4.31 MX$87.62	-45.0%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.14	$5.41 MX$110.04	+30.6%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.91	$2.18 MX$44.36	-44.1%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$6.73	$3.57 MX$72.58	-47.0%
Apples (1 lb)	$2.70	$1.22 MX$24.83	-54.8%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.85	$0.62 MX$12.70	-26.6%
Oranges (1 lb)	$2.46	$0.80 MX$16.24	-67.6%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$2.59	$0.83 MX$16.82	-68.1%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.55	$0.85 MX$17.30	-45.1%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.61	$0.83 MX$16.82	-48.6%
Average			-41.8%

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pay 51.6% less for transportation

	Washington	San Miguel de Allende
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.66	$4.51 MX$91.61	+23.2%
Monthly public transit pass	$75.00	$5.96 MX$121.09	-92.1%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$35,699.74	$17,125.82 MX$348,119.90	-52.0%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$23.88	$3.47 MX$70.63	-85.5%
Average			-51.6%

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pay 67.4% less for housing

	Washington	San Miguel de Allende
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$66.46	$24.38 MX$495.56	-63.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$2,582.95	$992.80 MX$20,180.86	-61.6%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$2,028.70	$704.89 MX$14,328.41	-65.3%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$146.65	$30.31 MX$616.14	-79.3%
Average			-67.4%

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pay 87.4% less for childcare

	Washington	San Miguel de Allende
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$2,273.25	$322.66 MX$6,558.78	-85.8%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$38,250.00	$4,169.76 MX$84,759.63	-89.1%
Average			-87.4%

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pay 61.3% less for entertainment and sports

	Washington	San Miguel de Allende
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$8.00	$2.48 MX$50.45	-69.0%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$5.55	$3.01 MX$61.11	-45.8%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$11.75	$3.92 MX$79.71	-66.6%
Monthly membership at local gym	$106.36	$49.02 MX$996.43	-53.9%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$17.18	$4.96 MX$100.90	-71.1%
Average			-61.3%

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pay 26.1% less for clothing

	Washington	San Miguel de Allende
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$74.13	$56.36 MX$1,145.62	-24.0%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$50.77	$41.06 MX$834.62	-19.1%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$105.47	$91.99 MX$1,869.95	-12.8%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$178.48	$91.93 MX$1,868.67	-48.5%
Average			-26.1%

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