Mexico City

Life quality score

City ranking

Housing

8
64/265
Details
Large apartment$900.00
Medium apartment$710.00
Rent index [score]0.84
Small apartment$520.00

Cost of Living

9
22/248
Details
5km taxi ride$2.20
A Cappuccino$2.50
A beer$1.00
A kilogram of Apples$1.80
Bread$0.44
Inflation [score]0.92
Lunch$5.60
Monthly fitness club membership$64.00
Monthly public transport$18.00
Movie ticket$3.90
Price of a meal at a restaurant$30.55

Startups

7
33/264
Details
Average monthly increase in number of startups19
Average monthly increase in number of startups [score]0.68
Coworking spaces [score]0.82
Coworking spaces on WorkFrom.co46
Meetups [score]0.74
Meetups groups199
Meetups members119033
Number of investors51
Number of startup events in the last 12 months611
Number of upcoming meetup events39
Startup climate scene [score]0.66
Startup events72
Startup events [score]0.62
Startups [score]0.82
Total number of startups261

Venture Capital

3
113/192
Details
Funding accelerator namesWayra MX
Number of funding accelerators1
Venture capital [score]0.26

Travel Connectivity

3
137/266
Details
Airport hub94
Airport hub [score]0.45
Intercity train connectivity [score]0.13

Commute

4
224/255
Details
Human city pagehttp://cities.human.co/details/Mexico/Mexico_City
Traffic handling [score]0.24

Business Freedom

6
201/264
Details
Business freedom70.70
Business freedom [score]0.57
Freedom from corruption35.00
Freedom from corruption [score]0.24
Lack of labor restrictions58.20
Lack of labor restrictions [score]0.42
Time to open a business8.50
Time to open a business [score]0.92

Safety

5
214/266
Details
Crime rate [score]0.17
Gun-related deaths per 100,000 residents per year11
Guns per 100 residents15
Lack of gun related deaths [score]0.69
Lack of guns [score]0.92
Lack of guns and gun-related deaths [score]0.81

Healthcare

6
193/265
Details
Healthcare expenditure [score]0.47
Healthcare quality [score]0.66
Life expectancy (years)76.71
Life expectancy [score]0.60

Education

2
203/240
Details
Best university in rankingNational Autonomous University of Mexico
Best university ranking550
Country mean scores in PISA math test413.57
Country mean scores in PISA reading test423.55
Country mean scores in PISA science test414.92
PISA math ranking (high school)44
PISA ranking46
PISA ranking (high school) [score]0.24
PISA reading (high school)41
PISA science (high school)46
Percent of happy students0.89
Percent of low performers in PISA math test0.55
Percent of low performers in PISA reading test0.41
Percent of low performers in PISA science test0.47
Percent of top performers in PISA math test0.01
Percent of top performers in PISA reading test0.00
Percent of top performers in PISA science test0.00
University quality [score]0.10

Environmental Quality

3
245/266
Details
Air quality [score]0.15
Cleanliness [score]0.28
Drinking water quality [score]0.21
Urban greenery [score]0.36

Economy

4
220/263
Details
Currency exchange rate per US dollar for urban area17.94
Currency for urban areaMXN
GDP growth rate0.02
GDP growth rate [score]0.40
GDP per capita$17880.51
GDP per capita [score]0.30

Taxation

4
158/266
Details
Effective company profit tax rate on payouts as dividends [score]0.40
Income tax level [score]0.47
Profit tax (% of profit)0.52
Time overhead to file company taxes286
VAT (Sales Tax)0.16

Internet Access

6
101/266
Details
Download speed (Mbps)32.00
Internet access (download) [score]0.49
Internet access (upload) [score]0.68
Upload speed (Mbps)19.49

Leisure & Culture

10
4/264
Details
Art galleries152
Art galleries [score]0.99
Cinemas160
Cinemas [score]1.00
Comedy clubs97
Comedy clubs [score]1.00
Concert venues153
Concerts [score]0.97
Historical sites267
Historical sites [score]0.99
Museums136
Museums [score]1.00
Performing art venues167
Performing arts [score]1.00
Sport venues217
Sports [score]1.00
Zoos77
Zoos [score]0.96

Tolerance

7
138/266
Details
Homosexuality acceptance (percent of the surveyed population in favor)0.61
LGBT Equality Index78.48
LGBT Equality Index [score]0.80
LGBT adoption rights✔ Legal
LGBT age of consentAmbiguous
LGBT blood donation regulations✔ Legal
LGBT conversion therapy regulations✖ Not banned
LGBT discrimination legality✔ Illegal
LGBT employment discrimination legality✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
LGBT gender changing rights✔ Legal, but requires surgery
LGBT homosexuality rights✔ Legal
LGBT housing discrimination legality✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
LGBT marriage rights✔ Legal
Tolerance towards minorities [score]0.62

Outdoors

4
192/266
Details
Elevation (hills or mountains) [score]0.68
Median peak in meters2333.00
Presence of hills in city1.00
Presence of mountains in city1.00
Urban area elevation (meters)2241.00
Water access [score]0.10
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Cost of living

Costs of living in Mexico City are in the least expensive 10 percent of all 248 Teleport cities. Moving to Mexico City will very likely decrease your daily costs of living. Sign up for free to get access to our cost of living index and use our international  cost of living calculator to do cost comparison by city.

Housing costs (USD)

$380$650
$520
Median rent for
apartments in city center

Daily living costs (USD)

Monthly fitness club membership$64
Movie ticket$4
Broadband internet connection$21
Monthly public transport$18
Lunch$6
-65%
compared to
San Francisco
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Job salary calculator

Software Engineer salaries in Mexico City are low. For this job type, Mexico City ranks 233rd for salaries among 265 cities. Get access to our salary comparison calculator by signing up. Compare salaries city by city with our free salary wizard and convert your own salary to a local salary in Mexico City.

Estimated annual salary (in USD)

$20,557
Median salary
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Locals review Mexico City

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Taxation

Personal taxation

Effective income tax rate

20%
For annual salary of $40000
26%
For annual salary of $80000

Value added tax (VAT)

16%
Standard tax rate. Different rates might apply for certain product categories.

Compared to other cities

73/266

Corporate taxation

Compared to other cities

224/263
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Safety

Gun crimes & Ownership

15
Guns per 100 people
11.23
Gun deaths per 100k people / year
HIGH GUN CRIMELOW GUN CRIMEFEW GUNSMANY GUNS
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Europe
Asia
South America
Africa
Oceania

Overall crime rate city ranking

The overall crime rate puts Mexico City in position 252 of 266 Teleport Cities in a ranking for the safest cities.

WORSTBEST
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People in Mexico City

Population of Mexico City

32,933,200
2,140 /km²
61/264
Density (people per unit of area)
1%
Growth in 2015-2020
Mexico City

Demographics of Mexico

Median age
28
Elderly people
7%
Life expectancy at birth
76
GDP per capita (in USD)
$17,881
206/263
Unemployment
4%
43/264

Languages

English proficiency score
50
205/228
Common spoken languages
Spanish

Friends living in Mexico City

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Teleport Users  X  Mexico City

Teleport users who are      Mexico City

Work in:

Software Engineer
6.22%
Marketing Manager
5.26%
Founder
4.78%
Web Designer
3.83%
Graphic Designer
3.35%
Finance Manager
3.35%
Operations Manager
2.87%
Other
70.33%

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Climate

Average day length (hours)

12.5

Climate type

Oceanic Subtropical Highland

Average daily maximum temperature

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On living in Mexico City

Mexico City (Spanish: México, Ciudad de México, or D.F. (pronounced deh eh-feh)) is Mexico's capital.

The city is built on the ruins of the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan, and later came to be the capital of New Spain, which included much of North America. The city has grown fast in the 20th century, and is today North America's largest city (and the world's largest Spanish-speaking city) with 8.9 million inhabitants in the city proper, and more than 20 million in the urban area.

The city is officially divided into 16 delegaciones (boroughs) which are in turn subdivided into colonias (neighborhoods), of which there are around 2150; however, it is better to think of the city in terms of districts to facilitate the visitor getting around. Many older towns like Coyoacán, San Angel and Tlalpan got merged into the urban sprawl, and each of these still manages to preserve some of their original and unique characteristics.

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Good Country Index

Every city comes with a country. How is this one doing in terms of giving back to the global community? Our friends at The Good Country Index measure what each country on earth contributes to the common good of humanity, and what it takes away, relative to its size.

Overall ranking

Mexico
73rd from a total of 163 countries

World Order

69th

Refugees hosted

Refugees generated

Charity giving

Birth rate

UN Treaties signed

International Peace & Security

84th

Dues in arrears to UN peace keeping budgets

International violent conflict

Peacekeeping troops

Arms exports

Internet security (2014)

Planet & Climate

90th

Ecological footprint

Reforestation since 1992

Hazardous pesticides exports

CO2 emissions

Ozone

Prosperity & Equality

36th

Development assistance

FDI outflows

Fairtrade market size

UN volunteers abroad

Open trading

Culture

85th

Freedom of movement

Press freedom

Creative services exports

UNESCO dues in arrears as % of contribution

Creative goods exports

Science & Technology

83rd

Nobel prizes

Patents

Journal exports

International publications

International Students

Health & Wellbeing

92nd

Pharmaceutical exports

Voluntary excess donations to the WHO

Food aid

Humanitarian aid donations

International Health Regulations Compliance

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