Cost of Living in
Monterrey

Cost of living	One person	Family of 4
Total with rent	$1260	$2584
Without rent	$659	$1389
Rent & Utilities	$719.82	$1294.48
Food	$311	$1165
Transport	$97.54	$245.63
Monthly salary after tax	$1250.96
Quality of life	56.51
Population	1.1M

The cost of living in Monterrey is $1260, which is 1 times more expensive than the average in Monterrey. Monterrey ranked 1st most expensive in Monterrey.

The average salary after taxes in Monterrey is $1250.96, which is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months.

Monterrey

We calculate prices for Monterrey State as a population-weighted mean of 0 cities. Since large cities tend to have a higher cost of living, it's better to visit specific city pages below for more relevant information.

Cost of living	One person	Rank
Total with rent	$1260	1 / 0
Without rent	$659	1 / 0
Rent & Utilities	$719.82	1 / 0
Food	$311	1 / 0
Transport	$97.54	1 / 0

Rent & Utilities
1 bedroom apartment in city Center, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	749.32$
Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	453.75$
3 bedroom apartment in city Center, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	1268.16$
Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	1088.04$
Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	59.99$
Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	94.87$
Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	26.67$
Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.95$
Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	2462$
House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	2248$

Eating Out
Lunch Menu	11.25$
Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	42.76$
Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	6.84$
Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	2.92$
Cappuccino	4.2$
Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	1.51$

Transportation
Local transport ticket	0.67$
Monthly ticket local transport	42.38$
Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	7.03$
Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	1.21$

Groceries
Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	1.69$
Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	2.2$
Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	1.34$
Eggs, x12	2.75$
Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	10.87$
Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	8.24$
Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	14.05$
Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	2.67$
Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	1.12$
Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	1.99$
Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	1.53$
Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	2.08$
Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	1.94$
Water, 1 L or 1 qt	0.61$
Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	2.13$
Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	13.49$
Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	1.15$
Cigarette pack	4.48$
Cold medicince, 1 week	5.23$
Hair Shampoo	3.41$
Toilet paper, 4 rolls	2.44$
Toothpaste, 1 tube	1.35$

Other

Gym Membership, 1 month	50.26$
Cinema Ticket, 1 person	6.29$
Doctor's visit	32.52$
Haircut, simple	10.18$
Brand Jeans	53.56$
Brand Sneakers	115.88$
Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	289.69$
International Primary School, 1 year	7455$

Cost of living in other countries

States ranked from the most expensive to the cheapest ones

Rank	State	Cost of living
1	Nuevo Leon	$2527
2	Tamaulipas	$2499
3	Monterrey	$1260
4	Mexico State	$1083
5	Mazatlan	$1081
6	Morelos	$1002
7	Villahermosa	$976
8	Tijuana	$953
9	Merida (Mexico)	$952
10	Tonala	$935
11	Queretaro	$908
12	Naucalpan	$875
13	State of Mexico	$875
14	San Nicolas de los Garza	$843
15	Valparaiso (Mexico)	$839
16	San Salvador (Mexico)	$838
17	Oaxaca	$833
18	Zapopan	$833
19	Reynosa	$815
20	Quintana Roo	$813
21	Mexicali	$810
22	Michoacan	$810
23	Saltillo	$808
24	Tabasco	$793
25	Santa Barbara (Mexico)	$791
26	Nayarit	$778
27	Morelia	$771
28	Tuxtla Gutierrez	$768
29	San Francisco (Mexico)	$766
30	Texcoco	$758
31	Minatitlan	$733
32	San Luis Potosi	$730
33	Tlalnepantla	$723
34	Tlaxcala	$712
35	Torreon	$703
36	Sinaloa	$696
37	Tepic	$687
38	San Nicolas Buenos Aires	$663
39	Palau	$650
40	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$638
41	Yucatan	$634
42	Veracruz	$630
43	Zongolica	$625
44	Puebla	$621
45	Zaragoza (Mexico)	$620
46	Mexico City	$593
47	Tlaquepaque	$590
48	Zacatecas	$590
49	Xalapa	$493
50	Nuevo Laredo	$453

Cost of Living in Monterrey

States ranked from the most expensive to the cheapest ones