Mexico
United Mexican States
- Capital
- Mexico City
- Region
- North America
- Population, 2025
- 132 million
- Currency
- MXN
- Area
- 1,964,375 km²
Across Mexico's 85 priced cities, one person needs about $1,384 a month, rent included; the average net salary is $919.
Livability
The same seven domains as for cities, scored at country level; safety falls back to the homicide rate where Numbeo has no survey.
58out of 100
- Purchasing power25%43
- Safety20%47
- Health care15%72
- Climate10%85
- Air quality10%80
- Connectivity10%60
- Cost10%50
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank among countries
- #75
What it costs
Averages over the country’s cities, weighted by population. New York = 100.
Cost of living index
45.8
New York = 100, rent excluded
Rent index
15.8
New York = 100
Purchasing power
66.5
New York = 100
One person
$1,384
A month, rent included
Net salary
$919
Average, a month after tax
Rent, one bedroom in the centre
$755
A month
Economy
World Bank development indicators; each figure is the latest year with data.
GDP per person
$13,889
2025
Growth
+0.6%
2025
Unemployment
2.7%
2025
Inflation
3.8%
2025
Life expectancy
75.3 years
2024
Internet users
83%
2024
Taxes
Headline rates side by side from three references, with the source of each.
- Top income tax rate
- 35%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Lowest income tax rate
- 1.9%
- SourceWikipedia
- Corporate tax
- 30%
- SourcePwC
- VAT or sales tax
- 16%
- SourcePwC
- Social security, employee
- 2.8%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Social security, employer
- 7.6%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Inheritance tax
- 0%
- SourceWikipedia
Headline statutory rates as of Sep 2026; brackets, allowances and regional taxes change what a given person pays.
Safety and internet
Numbeo’s crime survey, the World Bank homicide series and the Speedtest Global Index.
Safety
- Safety indexNumbeo, higher is safer
- 47.3
- Crime indexNumbeo, lower is better
- 52.7
- HomicidesPer 100,000 people, 2023
- 24.9
Internet
- Fixed downloadMbps, median, #61 worldwide
- 118
- Mobile downloadMbps, median, #82 worldwide
- 46
- Change in a yearFixed download speed
- +30%
Cities in Mexico
Sort by any column. Livability and cost use the same scales as every city page.
| 1Comitán | 67 | — | — | — | — | 166.2K | Low confidence |
| 2Piedras Negras | 66 | 52.8 | $412 | $1,767 | 167.5 | 150.2K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 3Xalapa, Veracruz | 66 | 33.3 | $244 | $832 | 128.0 | 424.8K | Medium confidence, 15 contributors |
| 4Soledad de Graciano Sánchez | 66 | — | — | — | — | 332.1K | Low confidence |
| 5Chilpancingo De Los Bravo | 66 | 42.6 | — | — | — | 187.3K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 6Tulancingo | 66 | — | — | — | — | 102.4K | Low confidence |
| 7Aguascalientes | 65 | 40.0 | $537 | $919 | 92.4 | 722.3K | Medium confidence, 19 contributors |
| 8Oaxaca de Juarez | 65 | 36.5 | $753 | — | — | 255K | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 9Guadalupe | 65 | — | — | — | — | 170K | Low confidence |
| 10Cuauhtémoc | 65 | — | — | — | — | 168.5K | Low confidence |
| 11Fresnillo | 65 | — | — | — | — | 143.3K | Low confidence |
| 12Hidalgo del Parral | 65 | — | — | — | — | 104.8K | Low confidence |
| 13Teziutlan | 65 | — | — | — | — | 103.6K | Low confidence |
| 14Ciudad Benito Juárez | 65 | — | — | — | — | 308.3K | Low confidence |
| 15Nogales | 65 | — | — | — | — | 264.8K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 16Ciudad Delicias | 65 | — | — | — | — | 148K | Low confidence |
| 17Ciudad Victoria | 65 | 46.5 | — | — | — | 332.1K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 18Tehuacan | 65 | 45.7 | — | — | — | 248.7K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 19Miramar | 65 | — | — | — | — | 118.6K | Low confidence |
| 20Salamanca | 64 | — | — | — | — | 160.7K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 21Apodaca | 64 | — | — | — | — | 467.2K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 22Santa Catarina | 64 | — | — | — | — | 304.1K | Low confidence |
| 23Ciudad Madero | 64 | — | — | — | — | 197.2K | Low confidence |
| 24San Martin Texmelucan de Labastida | 64 | — | — | — | — | 155.7K | Low confidence |
| 25Ciudad Valles | 64 | — | — | — | — | 124.6K | Low confidence |
| 26Orizaba | 64 | — | — | — | — | 123.2K | Low confidence |
| 27San Juan Del Rio | 64 | 50.0 | — | — | — | 138.9K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 28Acuna | 64 | — | — | — | — | 216.1K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 29San José del Cabo | 64 | — | — | — | — | 136.3K | Low confidence |
| 30Guadalupe | 64 | 41.5 | — | — | — | 673.6K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 31Ciudad General Escobedo | 64 | 41.5 | — | — | — | 455K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 32San Nicolas de los Garza | 64 | 41.5 | — | — | — | 412.2K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 33Gómez Palacio | 64 | — | — | — | — | 257.4K | Low confidence |
| 34Monclova | 64 | 41.5 | — | — | — | 215.3K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 35Chicoloapan | 64 | — | — | — | — | 172.9K | Low confidence |
| 36Texcoco de Mora | 64 | — | — | — | — | 105.2K | Low confidence |
| 37Tepexpan | 64 | — | — | — | — | 102.7K | Low confidence |
| 38Cuautla | 63 | 47.2 | — | — | — | 157.3K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 39Jiutepec | 63 | — | — | — | — | 215.4K | Low confidence |
| 40Iguala | 63 | 42.6 | — | — | — | 118.5K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 41Yautepec | 63 | — | — | — | — | 105.8K | Low confidence |
| 42Chalco | 63 | — | — | — | — | 168.7K | Low confidence |
| 43Xico | 63 | — | — | — | — | 384.3K | Low confidence |
| 44Ixtapaluca | 63 | — | — | — | — | 322.3K | Low confidence |
| 45Ciudad de Villa de Álvarez | 63 | — | — | — | — | 117.6K | Low confidence |
| 46Ciudad Guzmán | 63 | — | — | — | — | 112K | Low confidence |
| 47Tuxtepec | 63 | — | — | — | — | 159.5K | Low confidence |
| 48Nuevo Laredo | 63 | 42.9 | — | — | — | 416.1K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 49Heroica Matamoros | 63 | — | — | — | — | 510.7K | Low confidence |
| 50Cuautitlan Izcalli | 63 | 36.5 | $581 | — | — | 555.2K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 51Veracruz | 63 | 37.8 | $430 | $879 | 100.7 | 428.3K | Medium confidence, 17 contributors |
| 52Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas | 63 | — | — | — | — | 196K | Low confidence |
| 53San Luis Rio Colorado | 63 | 43.6 | — | — | — | 176.7K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 54Tlaquepaque | 62 | — | — | — | — | 650.1K | Low confidence |
| 55Tonalá | 62 | — | — | — | — | 408.8K | Low confidence |
| 56Pachuca | 62 | 34.2 | $426 | $697 | 84.8 | 256.6K | Medium confidence, 12 contributors |
| 57Chetumal | 62 | 49.3 | — | — | — | 169K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 58Campeche | 62 | 34.4 | — | — | — | 220.4K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 59Heroica Guaymas | 62 | — | — | — | — | 117.3K | Low confidence |
| 60Delegación Cuajimalpa de Morelos | 62 | — | — | — | — | 160.5K | Low confidence |
| 61Huixquilucan | 62 | — | — | — | — | 124.8K | Low confidence |
| 62Zumpango | 62 | — | — | — | — | 280.5K | Low confidence |
| 63Buenavista | 62 | — | — | — | — | 216.8K | Low confidence |
| 64Cuautitlán | 62 | — | — | — | — | 178.8K | Low confidence |
| 65San Pablo de las Salinas | 62 | — | — | — | — | 156.2K | Low confidence |
| 66Colonia Lindavista | 62 | — | — | — | — | 100K | Low confidence |
| 67Gustavo Adolfo Madero | 62 | — | — | — | — | 1.2M | Low confidence |
| 68Cuauhtémoc | 62 | — | — | — | — | 531.8K | Low confidence |
| 69Ciudad López Mateos | 62 | — | — | — | — | 489.2K | Low confidence |
| 70Venustiano Carranza | 62 | — | — | — | — | 431K | Low confidence |
| 71Uruapan | 62 | — | — | — | — | 299.5K | Low confidence |
| 72Nicolás Romero | 62 | — | — | — | — | 281.8K | Low confidence |
| 73Zamora de Hidalgo | 62 | 41.8 | — | — | — | 186.1K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 74Poza Rica de Hidalgo | 62 | — | — | — | — | 185.2K | Low confidence |
| 75Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl | 62 | — | — | — | — | 1.1M | Low confidence |
| 76Ojo de Agua | 62 | — | — | — | — | 386.3K | Low confidence |
| 77Queretaro (Santiago de Querétaro) | 62 | 48.3 | $904 | $949 | 66.6 | 1.6M | High confidence, 44 contributors |
| 78Reynosa | 62 | 39.0 | $232 | $639 | 89.2 | 589.5K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 79Minatitlán | 62 | — | — | — | — | 112K | Low confidence |
| 80Naucalpan de Juárez | 62 | 44.4 | — | — | — | 834.4K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 81Puerto Vallarta | 62 | 50.3 | $1,429 | $966 | 50.5 | 224.2K | High confidence, 20 contributors |
| 82Durango | 61 | 35.4 | $319 | $569 | 76.5 | 518.7K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 83Coatzacoalcos | 61 | — | — | — | — | 310.7K | Low confidence |
| 84Ciudad Obregon | 61 | — | — | $1,252 | — | 329.4K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 85Los Mochis | 61 | — | $261 | $697 | — | 256.6K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 86Zacatecas | 61 | 32.1 | $261 | $436 | 66.9 | 129K | Medium confidence, 11 contributors |
| 87Álvaro Obregón | 61 | — | — | — | — | 726.7K | Low confidence |
| 88Coyoacán | 61 | — | — | — | — | 614.4K | Low confidence |
| 89Tlalpan | 61 | — | — | — | — | 574.6K | Low confidence |
| 90Xochimilco | 61 | — | — | — | — | 442.2K | Low confidence |
| 91Benito Juárez | 61 | — | — | — | — | 385.4K | Low confidence |
| 92Iztacalco | 61 | — | — | — | — | 384.3K | Low confidence |
| 93Benito Juarez | 61 | — | — | — | — | 355K | Low confidence |
| 94Colonia del Valle | 61 | — | — | — | — | 250K | Low confidence |
| 95Magdalena Contreras | 61 | — | — | — | — | 238.4K | Low confidence |
| 96Cholula | 61 | 44.9 | $465 | $871 | 87.5 | 292.9K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 97Coacalco de Berriozabal | 61 | 53.0 | — | — | — | 278K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 98Navojoa | 61 | — | — | — | — | 113.8K | Low confidence |
| 99Iztapalapa | 61 | — | — | — | — | 1.8M | Low confidence |
| 100Tláhuac | 61 | — | — | — | — | 305.1K | Low confidence |
| 101Ciudad del Carmen | 61 | — | — | — | — | 191.2K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 102Rosarito | 61 | 44.6 | $942 | — | — | 100.7K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 103Tlalnepantla | 61 | 45.8 | $494 | $1,045 | 101.1 | 653.4K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 104Córdoba | 61 | — | — | — | — | 204.7K | Low confidence |
| 105Toluca | 61 | 44.4 | $755 | $1,355 | 108.9 | 489.3K | Medium confidence, 11 contributors |
| 106Chihuahua | 61 | 39.1 | $646 | $892 | 82.7 | 925.8K | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 107Merida | 61 | 46.6 | $683 | $628 | 51.9 | 1.2M | High confidence, 29 contributors |
| 108Hermosillo | 61 | 42.5 | $555 | $943 | 90.4 | 812.2K | Medium confidence, 11 contributors |
| 109Torreon | 60 | 45.8 | $484 | $871 | 85.0 | 735.3K | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 110Cuernavaca | 60 | 36.5 | $413 | $697 | 82.8 | 338.7K | Medium confidence, 15 contributors |
| 111Apatzingán | 60 | — | — | — | — | 102.4K | Low confidence |
| 112San Luis Potosi | 60 | 46.4 | $685 | $919 | 76.0 | 722.8K | High confidence, 21 contributors |
| 113Tapachula | 60 | — | — | — | — | 353.7K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 114León de los Aldama | 60 | 49.6 | — | $936 | 76.7 | 1.6M | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 115Morelia | 60 | 39.0 | $368 | $697 | 83.6 | 743.3K | Medium confidence, 16 contributors |
| 116Ensenada | 60 | 41.4 | $552 | $701 | 68.3 | 443.8K | Medium confidence, 14 contributors |
| 117Saltillo | 59 | 44.2 | $600 | $842 | 76.2 | 709.7K | Medium confidence, 13 contributors |
| 118Villahermosa | 59 | 43.9 | $523 | — | — | 353.6K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 119Ecatepec | 59 | 44.5 | $261 | $581 | 71.4 | 1.6M | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 120Tuxtla Gutierrez | 59 | 38.6 | $348 | $527 | 64.9 | 604.1K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 121Celaya | 59 | 40.7 | $261 | $871 | 114.2 | 340.4K | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 122Monterrey | 58 | 46.0 | $1,025 | $1,140 | 76.0 | 1.1M | High confidence, 57 contributors |
| 123Azcapotzalco | 58 | 61.6 | $1,178 | $1,884 | 102.4 | 414.7K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 124San Cristobal de las Casas | 57 | 34.4 | $465 | $436 | 50.7 | 215.9K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 125Culiacan | 57 | 41.6 | $397 | $755 | 84.5 | 808.4K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 126Tepic | 57 | 41.6 | — | $697 | 62.5 | 332.9K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 127Tampico | 57 | 45.9 | $556 | $595 | 54.7 | 309K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 128Cancun | 57 | 46.3 | $692 | $849 | 70.0 | 888.8K | Medium confidence, 18 contributors |
| 129Acapulco | 57 | 40.2 | $547 | $484 | 48.1 | 658.6K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 130Zapopan | 57 | 45.8 | $929 | $981 | 69.4 | 1.5M | High confidence, 27 contributors |
| 131Leon | 56 | 52.3 | $567 | $572 | 48.3 | 1.6M | Medium confidence, 12 contributors |
| 132Mexicali | 56 | 39.8 | $1,045 | $915 | 63.6 | 1M | Medium confidence, 10 contributors |
| 133La Paz | 56 | 43.0 | $852 | $813 | 62.0 | 250.1K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 134Puebla | 56 | 42.6 | $676 | $711 | 61.8 | 1.7M | Medium confidence, 16 contributors |
| 135Tlaxcala | 56 | 34.5 | $271 | $697 | 101.0 | 84.7K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 136Colima | 55 | 37.0 | $281 | $305 | 41.6 | 147K | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 137Irapuato | 55 | 44.1 | $500 | $350 | 34.4 | 380.9K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 138Guadalajara | 55 | 44.8 | $907 | $818 | 59.1 | 1.4M | High confidence, 48 contributors |
| 139Ciudad Juarez | 55 | 38.7 | $643 | $610 | 57.0 | 1.5M | Medium confidence, 7 contributors |
| 140Playa del Carmen | 54 | 46.9 | $1,077 | $754 | 48.4 | 149.9K | High confidence, 44 contributors |
| 141San Miguel de Allende | 54 | 51.1 | $1,119 | $658 | 39.9 | 174.6K | High confidence, 23 contributors |
| 142Tijuana | 53 | 44.9 | $912 | $988 | 71.2 | 1.9M | Medium confidence, 18 contributors |
| 143Chapala | 53 | 36.6 | $610 | — | — | 21.6K | Medium confidence, 16 contributors |
| 144San Pedro Garza Garcia | 53 | 51.6 | $1,742 | $1,162 | 52.7 | 132.1K | Medium confidence, 19 contributors |
| 145Zacatelco | 52 | 41.4 | — | — | — | 42.2K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 146Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur | 52 | 47.4 | $1,230 | $796 | 46.9 | 202.7K | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 147Valladolid | 52 | 42.7 | — | — | — | 49K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 148Miguel Hidalgo | 52 | 58.2 | $813 | $581 | 39.3 | 372.9K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 149Rioverde | 52 | 45.7 | — | — | — | 53.1K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 150Mexico City | 52 | 46.6 | $1,130 | $1,065 | 66.5 | 12.3M | High confidence, 141 contributors |
| 151Tequisquiapan | 52 | 50.0 | — | — | — | 29.8K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 152Manzanillo | 51 | 44.3 | $699 | $402 | 33.7 | 159.9K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 153Guanajuato | 51 | 42.1 | $556 | $755 | 72.7 | 72.2K | Medium confidence, 12 contributors |
| 154Valle de Bravo | 51 | 53.8 | $750 | — | — | 25.6K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 155Tulum | 51 | 40.6 | $643 | $840 | 76.6 | 18.2K | Medium confidence, 19 contributors |
| 156Zihuatanejo | 51 | — | — | — | — | 67.4K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 157Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo | 51 | — | — | — | — | 67.4K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 158San Andres Tuxtla | 51 | — | — | — | — | 61.8K | Low confidence |
| 159Matamoros | 51 | — | — | — | — | 52.2K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 160Camargo | 51 | — | — | — | — | 40.2K | Low confidence |
| 161Puerto Escondido | 51 | — | $407 | $348 | — | 29.9K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 162Isla Mujeres | 51 | — | — | — | — | 12.6K | Low confidence |
| 163Boca del Rio | 51 | — | — | — | — | 9.9K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 164Santa Maria Huatulco | 51 | — | — | — | — | 7.4K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 165Loc Cabo | 51 | — | $1,178 | — | — | — | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 166Guadelupe | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 167Mazatlan | 50 | 47.0 | $835 | $564 | 41.9 | 381.6K | Medium confidence, 11 contributors |
| 168Puerto Penasco | 48 | 47.7 | $552 | $616 | 55.5 | 62.7K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 169Cozumel | 48 | 43.0 | $772 | $697 | 56.2 | 77.2K | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 170Ajijic | 46 | 39.5 | $890 | $592 | 45.6 | 11.4K | High confidence, 26 contributors |