What does Mexico City cost?
The sourced Numbeo primitives, line by line — and an honest note on the two sub-categories the public data could not cite.
On the documented formula Mexico City lands at 43% of a comparable US city → B+. Housing, utilities and transit are Numbeo (disclosed X-Rates MXN→USD rate); Food ($532/mo) is the Mexico City Numbeo Groceries Index (53.9, the best-sampled of the four cities) at the disclosed site-wide anchor; Healthcare is the Mexico national WHO out-of-pocket figure ($26/mo per person), a disclosed national proxy. The neighbourhood range below is enormous — pick by the city, not the country score.
Numbeo (Mexico City page) "Apartment 1BR City Centre" Mex$20,050.90 → $1,157/mo.
The cross-market Food instrument is the Mexico City Numbeo Groceries Index 53.9 (New York = 100), converted to a monthly USD figure by the single disclosed anchor described on the methodology page → $532/mo.
Average out-of-pocket health spending per person — Mexico national WHO GHED out-of-pocket expenditure per capita (current US$), indicator SH.XPD.OOPC.PC.CD: $313.80/yr (2023) ÷ 12 = $26.15/mo.
Numbeo: basic utilities 85m² Mex$1,202.52 → $69 + monthly transit pass Mex$305.00 → $18 = $87/mo..
Monthly cost, line by line
Per-category numbers behind the composite. Each row cites its source. Modest = single, minimum-comfortable. Comfortable = the central-neighbourhood baseline. Couple = a larger 1BR plus two healthcare plates.
| Category | Comfortable | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Rent · 1BR city centre (unfurnished baseline) | $1,157 | Numbeo Mex$20,050.90 ÷ 17.325572 |
| Food · Numbeo Groceries Index 53.9 × anchor | $532 | Mexico City Numbeo Groceries Index 53.9 via methodology anchor |
| Utilities (85m²) | $69 | Numbeo Mex$1,202.52 ÷ 17.325572 |
| Transit · monthly pass | $18 | Numbeo Mex$305.00 ÷ 17.325572 |
| Health · out-of-pocket per person (national proxy) | $26 | WHO GHED Mexico $313.80/yr ÷ 12 |
| Total · per month | $1,802 |
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